should have gotten an acoustic-electric heh

that's the guitar I use the most because I like it a lot more than my shitty fender imit, plus I can DO WHAT I WANT with it

guys I got my first guitar today

it's a cheap Yamaha that came bundled with an amp and all the necessary little things (you know, a starter's kit) it wasn't THAT cheap though it's a decent guitar (I got my guitar playing friend to test it before I bought it)

so any tips you can throw at my direction will be appreciated too

Squire's are pretty overpriced here, I picked one up at £200 when I was starting up guitaring and thought hotshityeah. But it's a cheap-ass £100 guitar so :/ I got swindled out £100 by my local music shop.
I still use it for playing chords and shit (because ibanez rg's seem to only be good at playing lead, where it is excellent, and versatile, but the fender sounds solid yet akward to do insane shit)

Squire's have a bad rep somehow... I dunno maybe people forget that they're a cheap beginners guitar, aimed towards the "first guitar" market, and they ain't some solid piece of art to be played professionally.

DP, is it one of those tiny little shoebox amps? if yes, getrid of it. I've had two of them and the only sound they could replicate was *fart* and the high notes gotflattened, really watered down and sucked.

learn to use apostrophes!

Yamahas are pretty solid beginners' guitars. Those starter kits are quite helpful too, though you'll probably want to get a bigger amp once you get more confident (and competent).

acoustic is better for your FINGER STRONG.

acoustic is better for your FINGER STRONG.

yeah when i first got my acoustic is was mainly to just help make my fingers stronger.

now i play it quite a bit, however imo electric is tons more fun than acoustic.

My amps like 2'2 ft and it sounds pretty cool IF ONLY I COULD PLAY ANYTHING ON IT

Yeah there are a bunch of Yesterday lessons on youtube and it seems like a simple enough song

I've learned G, F-minor, and B7 hopefully I'll learn the song by the end of the week if I get off my ass and practice.

I also found this cool site where I can look up any chord and it'll come up on some picture with dots on the frets and strings I need to find which is really helpful cus I get confused.

learn A C G Em and D to start out with. you can play thousands of songs with just those five chords. also start learning tablature.

learn G C and D and you can play sweet home alabama all day

Yeah, tablature's pretty handy early on.

Just learn fucking E string barre chords first :p

You can do a good enough version of most songs with those.

you don't even have to E string barre those chords when you can use the easier and less wrist-damaging version by using your thumb on the E string

that's how I play, Shepperd. it allows for much more maneuverability with your fingers compared to the classical style.

Only if you have huge hands

I dont think I have huge hands

i don't either.

but then again it is inri cheetos....

Hmm..I might give that a go. I do that subconciously on a few songs so will try it in general. Looks far less straining.

i don't either.

but then again it is inri cheetos....

I dont think I have huge hands

Then you're doing something wrong, the right way is supposed to be easier