possible to learn electric guitar without learning acoustic?

[mysterio123]

no i'm not being sarcastic. there are so many different types of acoustics out there, be it 6 strings, 12 strings, dreadnaught, jumbos, they all sound different.

theres this website i dont know whether u've heard abt it before:
http://www.google.com.sg/
but with a little effort, u can get all ur answers from there

Sorry, cause ur emoticons puts a "sarcastic" on it

 

[craziefunky]

haha! after reading this thread, i think i have to change my mindset. so perhaps i will get an electric guitar, hopefully my financial is good enough to spend a few hundred bucks on the equipment.

 

[duckii]

duckii:

the internet is ur friend. make use of it.

youtube is an excellent learning resource

yeap i tried that, but I think even the youtubes ones are hard for me. Maybe I'm a book person, need a book and some illustrations to understand. Hope you had something in mind. I just seen this

http://www.amazon.com/Fender-Presen...ef=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1247368005&sr=8-3

looks great, but wonder if any shops in singapore carry it, because kinokuniya definitely doesn't have it.

 

[craziefunky]

you can choose either way really, but in my opinion, start out with a classical/acoustic. The way your left fingers has to press on the strings is usually harder than on an electric. After a few months mastering, or comfortably, playing the acoustic, you will find playing an electric guitar, MUCH EASIER.

But this is all my opinion. Cus I went through the classical, then the acoustic, and it was easy on the electric after that

last time when i'm starting to learn guitar, i was thinking shld i start with classical guitar coz what i heard that classical guitar strings will not cause too much pain compare to acoustic's. so initially, i want to go classical-> acoustic-> perhaps electric.
however, one friend who play guitar told me that, if you want to play more of pop songs, just get acoustic guitar straight. coz no matter what you still have to go thru the stage of pain on fingers. so might as well 'suffer' first and 'enjoy' later.
i nv try out classical guitar before, so seriously i'm not very sure if that's true for classical guitar (regarding the pain).

anyway, i think you shld choose guitar for the song genre tt you want to play?

 

[mysterio123]

i want to play metal, so what type of guitar should i start with

 

[craziefunky]

yeap i tried that, but I think even the youtubes ones are hard for me. Maybe I'm a book person, need a book and some illustrations to understand. Hope you had something in mind. I just seen this

http://www.amazon.com/Fender-Presen...ef=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1247368005&sr=8-3

looks great, but wonder if any shops in singapore carry it, because kinokuniya definitely doesn't have it.

how about going to library? sometimes they do have guide books. i had once manage to borrow one guide on guitar. that book teaches the required techniques for both acoustic and electric i think. but sadly, not all libraries have such books. have to search and try your luck.

or you can try this web? not sure if it will be helpful to you.
http://www.cyberfret.com/

 

[gtuckerkellogg]

Sure. Just don't think that having learned to play electric you'll know how to play acoustic. It's much harder to play fast on acoustic, and even harder to play fast with decent tone. Electric players can learn a lot quicker in some areas because playing electric is a lot easier on the hands. But learning acoustic will teach you a lot more about getting good sound from your own two hands.

 

[Adawang]

you can choose either way really, but in my opinion, start out with a classical/acoustic. The way your left fingers has to press on the strings is usually harder than on an electric. After a few months mastering, or comfortably, playing the acoustic, you will find playing an electric guitar, MUCH EASIER.

But this is all my opinion. Cus I went through the classical, then the acoustic, and it was easy on the electric after that

I find accoustic more pain on the fingers

 

[craziefunky]

pain is like a process that everyone must go thru' if u want to learn guitar. tt's what i think. inital stage is damn painful (and irritating sometimes) but after tt, will just get used to it.

 

[babyjosef17]

pain is like a process that everyone must go thru' if u want to learn guitar. tt's what i think. inital stage is damn painful (and irritating sometimes) but after tt, will just get used to it.

And kinda addictive too Because when you start to feel pain in your fingers after practicing, somehow you find relief if you play the guitar again. So think of it as extra motivation to keep on practicing.

And you will get more of this pain when playing acoustic. Though this is based on my experience. Which ever guitar you choose, you will still go though the basics and will learned chords from any of those.

 

[entuguitar]

i started playing a acoustic guitar with gauge 12 strings(it means that the strings are quite very hard to play with my poor setup).It really hardens yr fingers a lot.I really recommend to play the acoustic before going to the electric.in my opinion,if u can play on acoustic,u can play on electric.but if u can play on electric,it does not all the time mean u can play on acoustic because the strings are really hard to press.If u can to s technige on a acoustic,for example pull offs and hammer ons,U will be able to do many times better on electric.Really strongly recommend playing a acoustic first