Moved your thread.
thanks for the move sorry for the trouble.
I've been playing guitar for about 3 years now. I prefer acoustic guitars over the electric ones but both are different and nice. If you are not sure what to do, you should get an acoustic guitar (for about $100 you can get a cheap "real" one). Stick with it for a while and if you want to buy a better instrument (acoustic, electric, classical, whatever), you'll be able to pick a guitar you really like and you won't regret spending so much on it. You can then use your first guitar to play outside or stuff like that.
Yeah.. someone recomended Yamaha Pacifica saying its about 150$ which seems ok.
I think I would prefer an acoustic to start with for quite a few reasons.. I am not an audiophile or I don't consider myself one.. but, I suppose I can still be picky.. Going electric would take too much time/energy for me.
If I get really into it down the road.. maybe.. till I am really in want of an electric specifically I'm sticking to acoustic.. which I am a metal head.. but, kinda like the sound of just an acoustic guitar.
You can become quite good if you teach yourself and it's much cheaper than lessons. In my opinion, it varies greatly from person to person. Also the more your practice the better you will get, it's that simple. With internet you can learn pretty much everything you want.
Yeah, the idea of practicing something that isn't as much critical thinking as writing a program is very nice. I was hoping to avoid lessons seeing as my bet is that I would pay for lessons, end up going, then still practicing 30 minutes to an hour or more every day.. I mean you can pay for all the lessons in the world but, at the end of the day, its all in your drive to practice and get better..
As for good guitars, I seriously don't know. I own a cheap acoustic (about $100), a not-so-cheap acoustic (a little more than $400) and a cheap electric (Epiphone Les Paul Special II, I don't remember the price but it's not good at all, it was about $200 if I recall correctly).
Eh.. def wanna stay under 200$ or 150$ I want something that sounds good, and something that as soon as I get semi decent I am not going to say "well.. time for a new guitar!"
On the flipside, I don't need anything super high end..
There isn't that much of a difference between the two acoustics (well, besides the look). But for the electric, you should get an instrument of quality (I'd suggest at least 300-400 for an average guitar).
Plus a lot of people start playing and give up, so you should start with something simple. Also with an acoustic guitar you'll get the "classic guitar sound", but with an electric you'll need a quality amp and you probably won't get all the sounds you want from it.
Yeah, I figured electric would be a lot more expensive.. Like I said, if I ever have need for one or I feel comfortable enough with the acoustic that I really wanna hop on an electric, I can cross that bridge later.
Acoustic is fine with me. Hell, could be fun to try and learn some of my fav songs on acoustic.
Songs your use to hearing on electric always have a new flavor on acoustic.