Best Beginner guitar lessons

So you’ve decided to learn the guitar have ya? Fantastic!

I’ll show you exactly how to get started quickly, and give you my opinion on what I think are the absolute best beginner guitars I’ve found.

I’ll give you some recommendations for both acoustic and electric guitar. These are the ones you should seriously be considering if you’re just starting out, and I’ll explain why later.

Keep in mind, these recommendations are based on not only my own research, but on the consistent recommendations from the guitar playing community. They’ve been tested by lots of other people and have gotten great reviews.

That said, the guitar is definitely one of the best instruments to learn. You’re gonna love it! Let’s get started…

In this article, you’ll learn about:

• The best beginner guitar(s) I’ve found (electric and acoustic)
• Why learning on the right guitar is one of the most important decisions you can make
• Things to avoid when buying a beginner guitar (must read)
• What to look for in a guitar
• The best way to start after you get a guitar (and avoid all the common mistakes)

I’ll give you the scoop on ALL of the above in this article. You’ll probably want to read through this whole thing before making a decision. You’ll be glad you did.

What are the best beginner guitars available?

I’ll save you some time. If you want to cut straight to the chase, here are my picks for the best beginner guitars — one for each of the common styles. One rule to keep in mind is, “get the same STYLE of guitar your guitar hero has”. It simplifies things a lot.

Instead of thinking about the different woods (mahogany, maple, rosewood, etc), all the different pickups, necks, scale lengths, bridges, body types… all you have to worry about is getting the STYLE right. 95% of the time, that will get you the SOUND you want as well.

I’ve given you a recommendation for each of the most common styles.

Acoustic:

Any Yamaha with a solid top (make sure it says solid) such as the ($200)

Or if you can afford it, The ($400 but well worth it)

The guitars above are IDEAL for learning because they’re great sounding, easy on the fingers, have great tone (especially the Seagull), and if that wasn’t enough… they are dirt cheap (for what you get). There’s no way you can go wrong with either of them if your plan is to learn acoustic. Absolutely none.

Note: When it comes to acoustics, I recommend you do NOT go super cheap (unless you know what you’re doing). I’m not joking about this. The results can be painful both physically and emotionally when you’re not able to learn anything. I made this mistake starting out and I regret it 100% (I’ll tell you about this later on). Save yourself the trouble. Get a decent, playable guitar to learn on and you’ll be one step ahead of most beginners who try to go cheap, then end up quitting because it’s too hard to learn (cheap guitars are hard to learn on!).

Electric:

Remember, choose based on the style you will play most. Take your pick from the choices below. They’re all unbelievable values. Really playable, good tone, and very affordable.

Style #1 – Stratocaster style guitar

Like the kind used by Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, etc (the list is LONG). Very common in rock, blues, country, and pop. Strats usually have single-coil pickups which produce a sharp, cutting-tone that’s bright and twangy.

The ($260).

The advantage of this specific package is that you’ve got everything you need to get started right away: guitar (duh), amp, strings, tuner, guitar cable, picks, gig bag, strap, and instructional DVD. Those of you who just wanna get a guitar and start, this is your choice. Squier also makes similar package, but I recommend this over the Squier because the parts (electronics) are higher quality, although the Yamaha costs a little bit extra.

Now, if you don’t mind spending a little more and buy the guitar, amp, bag, tuner, etc… all separately (and I recommend this), you can get a much higher quality guitar.

A superb guitar for the money, the ($300)

Listen, I realize I’m recommending a lot of Yamahas here, but I swear they are just that good when it comes to QUALITY and PRICE. I don’t know why that is, but it’s something a lot of guitar players have discovered. They’re just really good and very affordable. You’ll find a lot of guitars that are better, but they will cost you. I’m recommending every single guitar here for a reason. Keep that in mind.