Teenage Drama Queen asked:


How long did it take you to become really good at playing the electric guitar, roughly how many months/years?

Reginald

lolz asked:


The place where I’m learning to play acoustic guitar offers two styles. Rock/pop/jazz and classical. Which should I take? I’ve never played guitar but I’ve been playing piano for five years now, if that makes a difference. Also, what’s an example of a classical song for the guitar and what’s an example of a rock, pop, or jazz song for the guitar?

Rick

Ricky Sharples asked:


So you have finally decided to learn to play guitar. Have you decided to learn online or are you going for face to face lessons? Your average guitar teacher will wind up costing you about eighty to one hundred dollars every month. That is just for one lesson per week. On the other hand a nifty set of videos cannot give you personal advice based on the observation of your playing by a seasoned professional guitar player.

A live guitar teacher might offer you the chance to take a free lesson to help you decide whether to commit yourself to a course of lessons. You could sit down with your teacher during your free lesson and tell him how you want to progress with the guitar. He can tell you if your goals are realistic or if you need to rethink your dreams of the future. This will let you get an idea of how committed your teacher is to turning students into guitar players. A good guitar teacher will be listen to your plans for your guitar playing and his teaching methods and advice will be tailored to your specific needs. He can watch you play and see where you are going wrong and what you need to do to fix it.

If you lead a busy life it might not be practical for you to get to a guitar teacher once a week and devote half an hour, an hour or more per day to practicing the guitar as well as performing your professional and family duties. If you are one of these busy people the prospect of saving money on guitar tuition fees and transport fares or fuel costs you might want to think seriously about learning guitar online. If you decide to go for an online course then how do you know which one to choose?

The internet has archives of guitar tabs, sites containing free lessons, thousands of free videos and countless opportunities for us to watch videos of the best guitarists in the world, past or present, dead or alive. There are many forums with guys who have been playing the guitar for many years waiting for a chance to pass on their expertise and love of guitar playing to beginners. If you save a few of these guitar forums to your bookmarks in your browser you can visit a few every day and copy and paste any advice or tabs that you find useful.

There are guitar lesson websites that have the lessons set out in the correct sequence for a beginner guitar player’s progress. The formulators of these guitar courses are experienced guitar players who have extensive experience teaching the guitar and playing in bands. These online lessons are great for people who need a basic understanding of the guitar, how to hold it and play chords for easy songs. Free online guitar lessons get these people playing the guitar fast.

Here is a great way to make use of free guitar tools and tabs you find on the internet. You could organize your basic tools into groups like tabs, chord charts, songs, scales, articles and tools such as online guitar tuners. You create some folders on your computer for each of these groups so that you can get to your learning material easily during your guitar practice time.

Online guitar lessons also go a long way towards saving your dignity as well as your money. You can work quietly in your own room at any difficulties or misunderstanding about guitar playing without exposing your shortcomings to another person. You can do this at your own pace, seeking more advice from forums to help you with your problems. If you have only a little time to spend on guitar practice online lessons will accommodate you, and if you find that you have some extra time you will always find something new and interesting to learn.



Derrick

Groshan Fabiola asked:


With so many quality guitar lesson-providing websites out there, increasingly larger numbers of existing and prospective guitar players are nowadays turning to the Internet when it comes to finding efficient guitar playing lessons, tutorials, tips and tricks that can significantly improve their playing. Although many types of guitar lessons have good potential of teaching both the basics and subtleties behind playing the guitar, guitar lesson videos are still regarded as the best methods of learning how to play the guitar. Designed by the best guitar players and instructors in the world, the right video guitar lessons can teach you everything you want to know in the least of time and with minimum effort. Video guitar lessons are nowadays provided by dedicated websites either under the form of downloadable or CD/DVD video files, they are properly categorized on criteria such as difficulty and music genre, and can be either accessed for free or obtained in exchange of a small fee.

Regardless of your level of skill and experience at playing the guitar, online guitar lesson videos are perfect for helping you polish your guitar playing technique and discovering new things about playing the guitar. Providing you with valuable guitar playing techniques, tips and tricks in video format, video guitar lessons are ideal for both novice and experienced guitar players looking to further improve their playing.

Presenting a variety of concepts in a descriptive and highly comprehensive manner, guitar lesson videos are easy to put into practice and can help you discover and reach new levels of guitar playing in less time and with less effort. Therefore, if you are interested in learning everything you can about the art of playing the guitar from professional guitar players, all you need to do is find a reliable, dedicated guitar tutorials-providing website, enter in possession of a few quality video guitar lessons and start practicing. With good motivation and regular practice, results will begin to show in no time.

If you are a complete beginner and want to learn the basics of playing the guitar the quick, easy and convenient way, then it is advisable to enter in possession of quality beginner guitar lessons in video format. Video guitar lessons for beginners are perfect for learning the basics such as the notes on the guitar fret board, basic finger positions on the fret board, the most commonly used scales, finger strength building, picking techniques, speed training, and so on. Helping novice guitar players build a solid guitar playing foundation, beginner video guitar lessons are crucial for ensuring that all exercises are performed correctly and naturally. Considering that the first guitar lessons that you receive have a great impact on your future guitar playing (once formed, bad guitar playing habits are usually very difficult to eliminate) it is crucial that you use the best quality beginner video guitar lessons right from the beginning and build a clean, proper technique.

Once you have reached the next level with your guitar playing, then you can switch to a set of intermediate and advanced video guitar lessons and develop new skills while also working to further improve the ones you have already learned. High quality, efficient video guitar lessons for intermediate and advanced-level guitar players are designed to help you learn how to play the guitar like a pro, and cover a variety of topics, as well as a wide range of tips, tricks and secrets that most guitar players prefer not to expose. If you want to be able to play the guitar like a pro and impress all your friends with your skills, then you should enter in possession of a few quality video guitar lessons for advanced, start practicing, arm yourself with a little patience and results will definitely show!

For more information about guitar lesson video or even about beginner guitar lesson your can check on this website http://www.guitar5day.com for more guitar related subjects.



Jon

Gaskell Guitars asked:


n interview with Kevin Gaskell, designer and founder of GASKELL GUITARS from Australia. This is from January 2008.

Name of your company?

Gaskell Guitars

Your name?

Kevin Gaskell (I am the designer)

Your Location (city, etc)

Alexandria, Sydney. Australia

Please give us a short summary of your company?

Gaskell Guitars is the only guitar manufacturer in the world that makes ONLY left handed guitars. Based in Australia, Gaskell Guitars is attempting to provide popular guitars not otherwise available as left handed models to the LEFT HANDED GUITAR PLAYERS of this world. I started this 10 years ago. I got it fully together at the end of 2006.

What inspired you to launch your own website?

To get the message out: Left hand guitarists need not feel left out in the dark, or penalized, or ignored for simply being a left handed guitar player.

When did you launch your first website, and what was it?

We have been in business since the beginning of 2007 but did not launch our website until mid 2007. There is still some work to be done but the most important thing is getting high quality guitars into the hands of left hand guitar players who have often given up ever finding the guitars we make!

How did you decide on a name for your website?

Brand name

What makes it different from other, similar offerings?

We are the only company in the world that provides left handed guitars exclusively despite it apparently being a small market. No one else is doing this because no one else really cares about left handed guitar players unless they have a lot of CASH to flash around and have something made in a Custom Shop.

What is your eventual goal?

Corner the market. Internationally. Our brand name recognition is growing. People like our products and they ARE good. I am a left handed guitar player myself so I talk the talk and walk the walk.

How does your investment of time and money balance against your success?

Still to make a profit! Heavily driven by passion, as any purpose that someone is dedicated to.

If you had an unlimited development budget for development, how would things change?

We’d be able to make more guitars faster and satisfy even more left handed guitarists - e.g bass players. Demand is greater than supply at the moment. It costs money to take another step and then another step.

If your business site got really big, really quickly, would you be able to keep up with the demand?

Already struggling with keeping up with product demand! Left Handed guitarists are a passionate lot. And they should be! They’ve been kicked in the teeth for many years. All lefty players know this.

What unexpected costs and headaches have you had to deal with?

The first model is always the most expensive. All our guitars had to be redesigned from scratch and are largely hand made. Tooling (CNC Machines) in factories is designed for making right handed guitars. It’s been “interesting” to set this up shall we say. It would never have been this tough to make right handed guitars and try and break into a saturated market there. It is much much cheaper to make right handed guitars.

What has been your biggest challenge?

Making the guitars affordable while still making a profit. We don’t make a lot on our guitars. We could’ve charged ridiculous prices since no one else makes our models but then that’s called “greed” and that’s not where we are at. Left Handed guitarists have been betrayed bad enough as it is. The other thing we struggle with is shipping costs. This is beyond our control. Costs to USA and Europe from Australia are pretty ridiculous in the post-9/11 world.

What method has been most successful for promoting your website?

Classified Ads

How has running your website differed from your expectations?

I’m not a website builder or hoster. Every little change or improvement costs money! Good news comes at a price!

How long have you run the site already, and how long will you continue to keep it up if you don’t enjoy big gains in traffic, income or popularity?

Since about mid 2007. We intend to keep it going for as long as left hand guitarists want our guitars - hopefully forever!

Why are you doing this?

I was born in New Zealand. I have been playing guitar for 25 years. I always wanted to own a Gibson Explorer. In 25 years I never saw one and Gibson only ever made them at one time, in the 1980s when I didn’t have the money to buy one. Many other guitars didn’t come in left hand at that time. 25 years later NOT MUCH HAD CHANGED. I decided that if we are going to be essentially “overlooked” by the big guitar manufacturers then I will fill this void. I made my first guitar in 1992 and it’s developed from there. Customers who have bought Gaskell guitars are routinely delighted and grateful for these instruments, not just because the price is good, but because they are EXCELLENT, high quality guitars which has always been and always will be our intention. We don’t do “cheap” except in price.

What is your website address?

Gaskell Guitars



Maria