Going to try to start learning acousic...

[ZoSoRose]

For all of you starting, this is a great beginner's guitar http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/ACMGANGH?device=c&network=g&matchtype=&gclid=CjkKEQjw5e-cBRDysazatpTm5b8BEiQAWxTHhzQl4TQWYW0I-VhoN-OJwRUt89KGvnN5DjApCjggO0Lw_wcB

[uncivil war]

My advice would be to take your time and most importantly, have fun. Don't expect to be great after just a week. But practice every day, even if you can only spare 10 minutes, and pretty soon you will look back and see how far you've developed.

[45miles]

A trick to remember strings:

Eddie

Ate

Dynamite

Good

Bye

Eddie

I like that one! My guitar teacher taught the other direction: Easter Bunny Gets Drunk At Easter.

Edited June 16, 2014 by 45miles

[The Gunner]

Fuck man just learn Smoke On The Water like everybody else and go from there JK, but don't obsess with music theory and bullshit. Learn chords, strings, reading tabs and thats enough. Don't learn scales, that will make your solos sound boring and unoriginal. Realize it took me about 3-4 months to learn my first two songs and in the next 3-4 months I learned dozens of songs. Its gonna go faster and faster as time moves on. Also look up Marty Schwartz on youtube, he shows slowly and explains everything and has tutorials on many songs. And dont obsess with the internet, remember that all the greatest guitarists developed their style because they were fucking around in their basements. Good luck

Yeah - fuck the scales, random notes sound so much better.

/sarcasm

It's about being free to experiment with sound, and as you gain experience, you're gonna know which notes can be combined which can't but you will do it based on your feeling, not thinking. Which is what makes a great musician.

[Iron MikeyJ]

Gunner,

First you must learn the rules in order to know how to "break" them. Your general premise isn't wrong persay, but your thought process is a little "off". Learning chords, scales, reading music, key signitures, etc is only going to make you better. Not worse. Yes after you learn them, it takes a while for them to become a natural part of your playing. Because playing scales or chords like a robot, is not a desired trait. All the best guitarist know scales, so I don't understand your logic.....