Guitar

[War Nerve]

Hey guys just wondering if 20 years old is too late too start playing guitar and if not what kind of guitar would you recomend for learners.

Cheers!

 

[oxx]

Not too late,depending on how much natural talent you have for the instrument.

If u're just a hacker that wants to give it a go then id say dont bother but if u are serious and believe u have a talent then go get a teacher.

Practice will kill u if u have a day gig.
Should do up to 6 hours a day minimum.

Start learning acoustic and if u can handle it then go buy a strat.

 

[War Nerve]

Not too late,depending on how much natural talent you have for the instrument.

If u're just a hacker that wants to give it a go then id say dont bother but if u are serious and believe u have a talent then go get a teacher.

Practice will kill u if u have a day gig.
Should do up to 6 hours a day minimum.

Start learning acoustic and if u can handle it then go buy a strat.

Thanx for the advice dude!

 

[Derek Zoolander]

Not too late,depending on how much natural talent you have for the instrument.

If u're just a hacker that wants to give it a go then id say dont bother but if u are serious and believe u have a talent then go get a teacher.

Practice will kill u if u have a day gig.
Should do up to 6 hours a day minimum.

Start learning acoustic and if u can handle it then go buy a strat.

What a load of garbage. You don't need natural talent to learn how to do something.

If you want a hobby, there's no age limit. If you want to be Slash and the new guitarist for rocks next big thing, you might be cutting it a bit fine, but in the end who gives a ********, if you dig it, do it.

I say go buy a beginners book, find a teacher, get yourself an accoustic, and go have a ball.

 

[metallichris]

It really helps if the kind of music that you love/would like to play involves the instrument. For example I wouldn't recommend playing guitar if you are a Rap/Techno lover. It's pretty obvious so yeah, but I realised you're Ten Ton Hammer (Machine Head pwns ) so just ignore this comment.

For a first guitar, you shouldn't look to spend any more than $500. The way things work out, your purchased guitars/amps will increase in value and stature as time moves on. But since you love metal, I would recommend a cheap Epiphone Les Paul, as that type of guitar would suit your music tastes more so than a Strat. An Ibanez would be a nice way to go as well.

Lastly, just make sure you put the time and effort into it. I would recommend that you undertake lessons for the first couple of months or so, just to get the basics down and get headed on the right track. Once you get the basics down, you can decide if you would like to "self-teach" yourself, or continue the lessons.

All that is needed is practise.

 

[patsmith]

Hey guys just wondering if 20 years old is too late too start playing guitar and if not what kind of guitar would you recomend for learners.

Cheers!

There's no age limit to playing guitar, and it's something that you can do for your whole life. I've been playing since I was 7 (and I'm 18 now), and have recently got into teaching guitar. I've found that the majority of people who want to learn are in the 25-40 bracket, so no, 20 isn't too old (unless you want to be a professional musician, in which case you've probably missed the boat).

And as others have said, acoustic is definetely the easiest to get into, because relatively cheap (you can get a decent Yamaha steel-string second hand for $150 max), you can play on your own, and it is also the most accessible, in terms of just being able to sit around with your mates and belt out a few tunes. There's plenty of teaching resources on the internet, so you can just go at your own pace and if you're committed, you can become a good player.

 

[Thursfield7]

Hey guys just wondering if 20 years old is too late too start playing guitar and if not what kind of guitar would you recomend for learners.

Cheers!

never too late, probably start of with a cheap acoustic, then move on to an electric possibly a squire made by fender.

 

[War Nerve]

It really helps if the kind of music that you love/would like to play involves the instrument. For example I wouldn't recommend playing guitar if you are a Rap/Techno lover. It's pretty obvious so yeah, but I realised you're Ten Ton Hammer (Machine Head pwns ) so just ignore this comment.

For a first guitar, you shouldn't look to spend any more than $500. The way things work out, your purchased guitars/amps will increase in value and stature as time moves on. But since you love metal, I would recommend a cheap Epiphone Les Paul, as that type of guitar would suit your music tastes more so than a Strat. An Ibanez would be a nice way to go as well.

Lastly, just make sure you put the time and effort into it. I would recommend that you undertake lessons for the first couple of months or so, just to get the basics down and get headed on the right track. Once you get the basics down, you can decide if you would like to "self-teach" yourself, or continue the lessons.

All that is needed is practise.

I'm a big machine head fan as you know but my favourite band is Pantera!

 

[oxx]

What a load of garbage. You don't need natural talent to learn how to do something.

If you want a hobby, there's no age limit. If you want to be Slash and the new guitarist for rocks next big thing, you might be cutting it a bit fine, but in the end who gives a ********, if you dig it, do it.

I say go buy a beginners book, find a teacher, get yourself an accoustic, and go have a ball.

Like i said,if u have any talent you'll be fine but if u dont save yourself afew hundred dollars and anyones ears that have to listen to you play

For all anyone on here knows u could be a natural.

 

[patsmith]

Like i said,if u have any talent you'll be fine but if u dont save yourself afew hundred dollars and anyones ears that have to listen to you play

For all anyone on here knows u could be a natural.

There is absolutely NO way you could tell if he's a natural without letting him play for at least a year. You don't just pick up a guitar for the first time and play it well. It doesn't work that way.

 

[The Dice Man]

I'll give you some brilliant advice I read in a medical study around 10 years ago regarding musicians.

It stated that all jobs/hobbies/activities have a point where a persons ability to perform the task peaks. In other words they cant ever get any better than at that point.

Surgeons peaked in their early 30s.
Fighter Pilots peaked around 21

But musicians never peak. As long as you keep playing, honing the skills, and as long as some kind of bone disease doesnt set in, the day you die is the day you will peak as a musician.


In other words, it's never ever too late to learn a musical instrument and its something Ive found to be the very best form of relaxation for me, my personal kinda meditation you could say.

 

[Ritchie8]

I've just started learning a bit over a week ago and I've learnt a far bit in that time. Unlike what oxx said you don' need any real natural talent to play. Before I started learning I would pick up a guitar and just strum willy nilly. I had absolutly no idea what to do but a bit of practise and i'm getting better.
Also you don't need to practise 6 hours a day. Even 15 minutes a day and you'll improve. And just have fun

 

[oxx]

. Unlike what oxx said you don' need any real natural talent to play.

you don' need any real natural talent to play PROPERLY

No worries.

Ridiculous statement.

Sounds like ure a hacker who is deluding yourself there champ.

Put it this way.

I have had many people ask me for a lesson or two.
I usually can tell if they're duds in the first 5 minutes.

 

[metallichris]

Put it this way.

I have had many people ask me for a lesson or two.
I usually can tell if they're duds in the first 5 minutes.

Basically everyone is a dud in the first five minutes. You're telling me Hendrix could fret and strum properly within five minutes of his first lesson? Outlandish statement.

 

[Jimmy_the_Gent]

Oxx is a tosser who obviously thinks War Nerve wants to be James Hetfield or something. You don't need to practise 6 hours a day and you don't need any special natural talent to succeed. Just play for as long as you want, if you end up enjoying you'll find you're playing more and more.

Guitar isn't about sitting down and saying "I'm going to play a minimum of 6 hours today", it's about have fun and expressing yourself (if you get to the stage where you can). If you enjoy it and respect it you'll get to where you want to go with it.

And, as far as natural talent goes, I think almost everyone who picks up an instrument has some stemming from the music they've listened to in the past and so on.

 

[froars]

If you want to be good at something, you have to practice and practice consistently. And the enjoyment comes from seeing yourself progress as you get better and better. If you do it haphazardly – a couple of hours this week, give it a miss the next – you find with the guitar you go backwards and lose interest. Case in point, me. Apart from being tone deaf, stupid and having no idea, I decided to teach myself. Total hack lol and probably should have had lessons and practised more. It just doesn’t come easily to some as it does others and I would take heed of Ox’s advice to practice consistently – maybe not 6 hours a day, which is pretty unattainable for those of us who work etc – but to pick it up every day and have a play.

 

[La Dispute]

Id suggest learning tablature and purchasing a chord poster

 

[Le-Paizo]

Hey guys just wondering if 20 years old is too late too start playing guitar and if not what kind of guitar would you recomend for learners.

Cheers!

I am learning Bass, and Im not 20 but any age you can play any guitar. If I was you I would play the Accoustic Guitar because you have more variety of music to play. Good luck with it anyway

 

[patsmith]

I am learing Bass

We'll stop using big words then.

Hohoho, hahaha...

 

[Le-Paizo]

We'll stop using big words then.

Hohoho, hahaha...

Just ignore me I just type to quick for my own good

 

[Power21]

you don' need any real natural talent to play PROPERLY

No worries.

Ridiculous statement.

Sounds like ure a hacker who is deluding yourself there champ.

Put it this way.

I have had many people ask me for a lesson or two.
I usually can tell if they're duds in the first 5 minutes.

Your an idiot, Matt Heafy has said he had no natural talent, he got to where he is by pure hard work, 4 hour days working on his weaknesses, now he earns crap loads of money and is in a hugely popular metal band.

 

[metallichris]

Your an idiot, Matt Heafy has said he had no natural talent, he got to where he is by pure hard work, 4 hour days working on his weaknesses, now he earns crap loads of money and is in a hugely popular metal band.

"...locked myself in a room, seven hours a day playing guitar since I was twelve..."

Or thereabouts.

 

[Power21]

"...locked myself in a room, seven hours a day playing guitar since I was twelve..."

Or thereabouts.

Exactly, and he is an awesome guitarist now, from hard work, its stupid to suggest you need natural talent to succeed and if you dont have it you will fail, its just plain wrong.

You can have all the natural talent in the world but unless you work hard you dont get anything.

Even guys that dominate things and sport like thorpe etc, they got there from pure hard work.

Oxx you are an idiot.