Buying Your First Acoustic Guitar On Ebay

Guitars can cost a hell of a lot of money. So when you are making the decision to buy your first guitar I am sure you will be browsing through magazines and catalogs staring at pictures of your dream Les Paul or whatever your are lusting over!

However I honestly believe that your first guitar should be a cheaper model and for me eBay is the perfect place to pick such a thing up. I would also recommend starting with an acoustic guitar as it needs no extras and works pretty much as it is.

The reason I think you should spend less on your first guitar is because I think that it pays to know what you are after when you go after the dream. If you just get a decent stock guitar that is made to work for most people then you can find out what you love and hate about it….. Then once you are schooled go after your dream.

Buying an acoustic guitar on eBay is very simple and if you keep some common sense about you, you will pick up a perfect first guitar.

• Make sure you talk to the seller and find out as much about the guitar as possible
• Set a budget and stick to it
• Study the guitar’s state and make sure there are no damages that will affect play
• Buy some new strings at the same time as buying the guitar
• Make sure the guitar is the right size
• Check out the sellers past feedback and make sure you trust them

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Flash Guitar Tuner

The first thing you should do before even trying to play your guitar is tune it.

Tuning seems scary and it may benefit to get a digital tuner but if you don’t have one then this great online flash guitar tuner can be used.

Guitar Tuner courtesy of the folks at Wimpy Player

You may be wondering what this is all about but tuning your guitar is very easy.

 

Listening, comparing and adjusting to each note played out by the Flash Guitar Tuner will help you train your ears and the series of notes will make you become totally familiar with over a long period of time.

 

Other alternatives to make sure your guitar is calibrated:

• Compare the low E string with an E played on a piano, or any other instrument available to you.
  Once the E is in tune follow the easy step-by-step instructions suggested by HowToTuneAGuitar.org
• Compare with a song that you know how to play. If the intro of the song starts with E (like most songs on Metallica’s Black Album) and try to adjust according to the recording!

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3 Inspirational Home Guitar Videos

One great way to get inspiration is to check out real home guitarists, just like you, on YouTube.

You can find some amazing videos if you just take a little look around.

Here are 3 amazingly inspirational videos to get you started.

Now go play something….

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