Listening is finally not enough! help! LOL

Doggystylen

hey all...i'm too the point where listening to these is not enough...i've got fucking O.C.D. with PJ, and now i need to know how to play...

couple of questions

Electric vs Acoustic....what should i buy first & why?

what is the best software package to learn from...want to obviously learn the basics for now

what song do you recommend i try learning first since i love them all...

forgive me as there is probably a post for each one of these questions but...

chris32482

Whoa... slow down

Are you saying you've never picked up a guitar before? If that's the case I'd recommend starting with an acoustic. And you're going to need to learn a lot of basics before you jump right in to playing Pearl Jam tunes. Learning the guitar, or any instrument, is not an easy task. It takes a lot of dedication.

But as far as learning materials, well, I've always had the philosophy that the greatest tool for learning guitar is yourself. It doesn't matter what source you use to learn chords, scales, etc.-- if you don't stick to it and practice every day you'll never get anywhere. That said, there's millions of books and websites out there for learning the basics on guitar. It may be old, but about 15 years ago, when I was first learning to play, I found a book called "Fretboard Roadmaps" to be tremendously helpful.

EDIT: here's a link to that book. http://www.amazon.com/Fretboard-Roadmaps-Essential-Patterns-Techniques/dp/0793520886/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1310565777&sr=1-1

he.who.forgets

I agree with above poster. While I'm just a beginner myself, I'd also suggest starting on an acoustic as it will definitely teach you proper techniques and prevent you from playing sloppily and learning bad habits. Also, justinguitar.com is a good resource for learning. You'll need to learn a lot of basics before jumping in to play any PJ songs though. If you're really passionate about and stick with it it's a lot of fun and very rewarding. If you want to go the extra step I'd recommend actual lessons as well as one-on-one instruction is very valuable. There's only so much you can learn from youtube.

LukinFan

A few people on here recommended this for me and I love it:

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/ ... uitar-pack

chris32482

Doggystylen wrote:

what song do you recommend i try learning first since i love them all...

Elderly woman behind the counter in a small town. It has the chords written in the Vs. booklet with the lyrics.

ryanevolution

Start on Electric. I am a firm believer in start on the intrsrument you actually want to play! If you want to play guitar, DONT START ON PIANO. If you want to rock electric PJ songs, start on electric. And if you are in Pennsylvania, call me, I am a guitar teacher.

Doggystylen

thanx man...good advice

phungi

If you are looking for a high quality but low cost electric, you can' go wrong with an Xaviere guitar... I picked up a Telecaster clone this year and was AMAZED at the quality and sound for such an inexpensive guitar.

Doggystylen

phungi wrote:

If you are looking for a high quality but low cost electric, you can' go wrong with an Xaviere guitar... I picked up a Telecaster clone this year and was AMAZED at the quality and sound for such an inexpensive guitar.

which one?

phungi

Doggystylen wrote:

phungi wrote:

If you are looking for a high quality but low cost electric, you can' go wrong with an Xaviere guitar... I picked up a Telecaster clone this year and was AMAZED at the quality and sound for such an inexpensive guitar.

which one?

I got the XV-820 but I also heard good things about the XV-JT90 series. If you Google "Xaviere XV-820" (or one of the other models) you will find a lot of discussions... I was initially a septic, but tech-heads have dissected these, studied the components, measured the necks with calipers, and written treaties on the brand...

RedMosquito22

I'd go this route.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/squier-affinity-stratocaster-hss-electric-guitar