As the title states I now have an acoustic guitar, but I have a problem of not knowing any way of learning since I don't know if any online tutorials are good. If you have any recommendations please let me know!
#I inherited my Grandpa's Guitar (acoustic)
night egret
sour crater
just play basic chords songs
if you can take it to a guitar shop for a proper setup it'd be great because acoustics tend to be a bit rough on the fingers. ask them to make the action low so the strings are as low as possible to the fretboard (less strain on your hand)
night egret
alright, thanks bud
sour crater
also
learn how to change the strings
you want to keep them somewhat fresh
if you play on a daily basis you gotta change them at least every two months
drowsy stream
if you play on a daily basis you gotta change them at least every two months
Okay I feel like 2 months is a little bit exaggeration, I've had strings that has worked fine for up to a year... I do agree if you're gonna use it for recording and want the sound to be fresh but you don't have to change them every 2 months if you're a beginner and just playing casually, even if it's on a daily basis
sour crater
Okay I feel like 2 months is a little bit exaggeration, I've had strings that ha...
Trust me on this. Steel strings "get forged" when you actuate them. They lose elasticity and start giving you intonation problems accross the neck.
drowsy stream
Trust me on this. Steel strings "get forged" when you actuate them. They lose el...
So it hurts the neck as well, or only the strings?
sour crater
So it hurts the neck as well, or only the strings?
The strings, they go out of tune on the higher frets when this happens. As I said intonation problems.
If you have a good setup on your guitar and you can't get the guitar to be in tune the higher you play on the fretboard it means your strings got forged enough
drowsy stream
Yes but there's no point in changing them strictly every 2 months if it's a thing you can hear yourself, you could just wait until it Does get forged enough and Then change them, cause if there's nothing wrong with them you dont have to change them
glass palm
I usually change in 3-4 months, its too each their own really. Personally I can't have a dirty fretboard so I just have to remove the strings to clean it lol.
sour crater
My strings are dead after 2 months if that's the only guitar I play. Dead in sound and elasticity. After 2 months grab a tuner and play at the 12 fret and see if it actually holds intonation. I can assure it doesn't. I have lots of clients coming into the studio with a few months old strings and they NEVER intonate past at the 12th.
drowsy stream
My strings are dead after 2 months if that's the only guitar I play. Dead in sou...
Do you think a beginner like the one who posted this will be up and about shredding in the 12 frets any time soon?
sour crater
even if you play basic chords or power chords with a few strings ringing it's noticeable and yes, strings lose elasticity from vibrating.
drowsy stream
A set of new strings every-other months will add up to a lot of money in the long term as well
sour crater
cheaper but fresh strings > expensive and dead
I buy cheaper strings that cost one third of what a d'addario or ernie ball set cost. and they're just as good if not better because I can change them often
drowsy stream
even if you play basic chords or power chords with a few strings ringing it's no...
For a perfectionist yes, but something tells me that someone that just picked up the guitar as a hobby isn't too bothered about the B string being 0.2 Hz out of tune
If you get my point
sour crater
yeah for sure, but still... power chords with open strings added is really basic (I think I started doing that at about 2 months in)
and it really bugged me how it never sounded right no matter what I did
drowsy stream
Well I can tell you out of experience that I've played power chords on 9 months old strings if not older and I haven't been bothered by an outstanding and utterly disgusting dissonance caused by 2 strings being out tune like how you're describing it
It was for a school musical. I asked my other band members about it and they didn't hear anything wrong with the apparent ''abomination'' that was my 9 month old strings, or as you're describing it
sour crater
I have 25 years of guitar under my belt. I might know a thing or two.
in fact I have 3 months old strings on my guitar rn and the 1st string doesn't intonate properly past the 7th fret
and my acoustic also happens to do the same thing when I don't usually even play it
1st and 2nd strings are the ones that go bad really quickly because of the thinner wire. At least have a few spare singles for those
can't even play a bar chord without the 1st being awfully out of tune
drowsy stream
Yes I'm not underestimating your expertise on this, nor the points that you are making. What I'm saying is that something that might bother a 25 year old guitar veteran with trained ears to hear those kinds of things probably won't bother a complete beginner
sour crater
Yeah maybe.
Also if I want my strings to last a few more weeks I have this thing I recommend buying called Fast Fret.
it's not expensive and it keeps your strings alive and clean for longer
drowsy stream
Also if I want my strings to last a few more weeks I have this thing I recommend...
Oh, what kind of thing is?
sour crater
drowsy stream
Like a special oil that you apply to them?
drowsy stream
Damn, thanks for the tip, might check it out the next time Im at a music store
sour crater
I'm full of tricks
drowsy stream
Also do you have any lemon oil recommendations for an acoustic fretboard?
drowsy stream
Wait what the?
sour crater
yup, that's lemon oil for ya lol
drowsy stream
Isn't lemon oil just basically mineral oil?
sour crater
you can also steal some pure argan oil from a cosmetics pouch lol
sour crater
Isn't lemon oil just basically mineral oil?
nope, it's not lol
in my experience Argan oil > Walnut > Lemon
you can buy some walnuts and squeeze them with a rag to get the oil out
it's gonna be way cheaper and you can eat them afterwards