Matt H
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My mate keeps blagging me to start playing. He started a while back & he said he wants some one to play with (  )
He said its dead easy blah de blah de blah de blah but he's bound to say that if he wants me to start. Is it fairly easy? How did you all start out? 
[Edited on 11-12-2006 by Matt H]
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chris_uk
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it is fairly easy really..
alsong and you havent got arthritic hands you should be fine, just takes time to learn the songs n stuff.. it will become frustrating at first and your hands will ache
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Hammer
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You'll get pissed off at the start because it'll hurt your fingers until they've built up a resistance.
But id say go for it, once you can play 2 chords and they resemble an oasis track your hooked.
Something like songbird is only 3 simple chords, that was liam gallaghers 1st attempt at playing the guitar as well, good tune 
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1 SCR
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its quite easy mate, i enjoy it
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Laney
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I started by stealing the guitarists guitar at band practice
Depends how far you wanna take it. Lessons are never a bad thing to start with.
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Matt H
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My mate takes lessons, £10 for 1/2 an hour
Then whatever you learn in that 1/2 hour you practise all week
He was saying greenday & Oasis songs are easy to learn/play
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Jake
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When i used to play acoustic my mum bought me a electric guitar for christmas and was well disappointed with the sound of it, you need one of those pedals with different effects to make it sound really good.
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Laney
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quote:
Originally posted by Matt H
My mate takes lessons, £10 for 1/2 an hour
Then whatever you learn in that 1/2 hour you practise all week
He was saying greenday & Oasis songs are easy to learn/play
That sounds about right. Once you've got chord shapes you'll be able to play most stuff 
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chris_uk
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7651480933251465724&q=guitar
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Ian
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Buy an acoustic and see how you get on. If you have time to practice then you'll get good quickly.
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Hammer
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I dont know if id bother with lessons to be honest with you. It seems to me that the self taught guitarists are the best ones.
Liken it to painting, i dont see the point in painting lessons either, its a way of expressing yourself and you'll pick up your own traits eventually.
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Matt H
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quote:
Originally posted by jake
When i used to play acoustic my mum bought me a electric guitar for christmas and was well disappointed with the sound of it, you need one of those pedals with different effects to make it sound really good.
Yeah he's got one of them
Well, he's got 2 actually
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Matt H
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian
Buy an acoustic and see how you get on. If you have time to practice then you'll get good quickly.
He's got a spare one I can borrow anyway, if I start to get good I'll buy one
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Matt H
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*Update*
This idea got totally fucked off  
Completely cast it aside & forgot about it 
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Robin
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I might get an acoustic again.
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Hammer
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I'm going to buy one in the new year, i've been using my wee brothers electric recently
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Joe
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Just think matthew if you started them months ago you could be quite good by now.
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Robin
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Like Marty McFly?
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Joe
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No like the boy band Mcfly
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Matt H
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The lead singer from McFly scares me
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Matt H
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quote:
Originally posted by joe6886
Just think matthew if you started them months ago you could be quite good by now.
I know
How much is an acoustic guitar? Roughly?
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Robin
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£75 would get you a half decent one.
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Joe
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When I was in primary school I got guitar lessons, learnt Row Row Row your boat. Can still play it to this day  Chord G I think and strum away.
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Robin
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Clicky
£99 for an Epiphone one is well worth it.
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Matt H
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Robin I take it you know about this type of thing?
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