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Good Beginners Book? + Questions.
Topic Started: Aug 10 2008, 06:52 AM (98 Views)
Lavace	Aug 10 2008, 06:52 AM Post #1
Newbie Posts: 2 Group: Members Member #8,726 Joined: August 10, 2008	Well, I have been playing the Piano properly for a year and managed to get to Grade 4 Practical and Grade 2 theory, this was in the midst of college. So I guess I'm somewhat serious about music. I'm looking to pick guitar up now as well, as I can't take my piano to University, and want to carry on with music. And the Electric Guitar has just captured my eye, really awesome instrument. I'm a COMPLETE beginner, so does anyone have any suggestions for books that teach me the basics of guitar and can get me well on my way to learning some nice beginners pieces? Mind, I'm in the UK as well, but amazon.co.uk usually has all the books U.S does. Now for the questions. 1] With a beginners guitar, I guess 22 frets would suffice more then enough? I've noticed that 24 frets cost a bomb. 2] A lot of guitars have 2 tone controls, if you only have 1 tone control, what's the difference? Do you find yourself using both more or just the one? 3] Does the amount of pickups matter? One friend has 3 pickups under the strings, another of mine has 4. What does this do? Cheers, my guitar is comming next week :D. Well excited. Lavace Edited by Lavace, Aug 10 2008, 07:01 AM.



monwobobbo	Aug 10 2008, 12:27 PM Post #2
Top Contributor Posts: 421 Group: Members Member #8,625 Joined: June 23, 2008	i would suggest a video over a book as it would show you exactly what to do. really learning from another guitar player is the best route and i'n sure you'll find plenty at school. 1- most electric guitars have from 21-24 frets. the # isn't really all that important for a beginner. less frets means less higher notes u can play. 24 frets would be 2 ocatves. 2- 1 tone control would be used for all pickups, 2 would be for 2 individual pick ups. on some guitar like a Strat (which has 3 pu) the tone contro would be for the middle and neck pick ups with none for the bridge. most players leave their tone controls on full and rarely if ever touch them. there might be times when you want to change your tone but for a beginner don't even worry about that at all. obviously more tone controls gives you more flexibilty but for most players isn't a biggie. 3- number of pickups gives you more sound options. if its close to the brige then it tends to have a more trebly sound. near the neck a more bass sound. the middle is between sound. how many you have is up to you and what styles of music you want to play. a majority of players use the bridge pickup the most. electrics tend to come with 1-3 pickups. you'll have to determine which is best for you but for now 1 is all you need (not to saying to get a guitar with just one though) i'm guessing that your friend with the 4 pick up guitar actually has a guitar with 2 humbuckers. if the pick up are in pairs next to each other then that is the case. pick ups come in 2 basic varieties Single coil or Humbucker. singel coil tend to have a brighter more trebely tone and cut thru the mix better when used with keyboards. they also tend t buzz some when the guitars not being played. humbuckers have a fatter sound with more bass. they were designed to eleiminate mote of the hum associated with single coil pu. this is a very basic description. either will work fine for a beginner.
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mynameisDavid	Aug 10 2008, 06:49 PM Post #3
Member Posts: 846 Group: Moderator Member #294 Joined: March 2, 2007	Or you can go for 2 pickups 2 volume knobs with a killswitch Hehe I know this will confuse you, But what you do is you turn on volume knob to 0 and the other to 10 touch a fret and move back and forth on the switch LooK up Tom Morello to see a good version of this done
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