WElcome Adriaan. there are alotta good affordable guitars out there read this thread ...http://www.guitarforum.co.za/guitar-gear/buying-your-first-gear-the-smart-way-the-singemonkey-approach/

Its never to late to start, but i doubt anybody here has dusty guitars their gonna give away.

So best you save up about 2k and look for a guitar that apeals to you. or theres always a rad bundle deal out there on gumtree or whatever. like this one

http://www.gumtree.co.za/a-musical-instruments/stellenbosch/prs-tremonti-se-electric-guitar-bag-amp-and-overdrive-pedal/1001202579420910023035709

have fun and good luck, shout if you need advice buying your first guitar.

Moose

:goodtimes:

Ok....

Found a few bucks under the flower pot on the stoep. I am looking at a Yamaha ERG 121 (nut must be replaced) or a elchepo ritmuller.

Any advice

Tell tale signs of what to look for etc etc

Hi Adriaan

There is a nice Yamaha Pacifica going in the classifieds here
http://www.guitarforum.co.za/classifieds/?sa=view;id=4886

As mentioned in Singemonkey's article...

And nothing is stopping you from getting cracking on a little theory while you're guitar hunting ?

http://www.musictheory.net/lessons

adr1aan wrote: Found a few bucks under the flower pot on the stoep. I am looking at a Yamaha ERG 121 (nut must be replaced) or a elchepo ritmuller.

Any advice

Tell tale signs of what to look for etc etc

Noooo, not the Ritmuller, or a sanchez ???

Read through the excellent Singemonkey guide (again) Beardedmoose pointed you towards and then go buy Keira's yamaha that Psean mentioned...New strings + setup = +/-R300 you won't have to spend to get a sweet player.

Alternatively, Cort can also be a good buy, they go relatively cheap 2nd hand. Can also trawl the SA music store facebook group, perhaps pop a wanted ad up - you'll be inundated with replies.

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Ok So I bought the Yamaha erg 121. Black. Need some attention but basically spotless. So in my noppies ek spring somer uit my vel!.

Annyway now to start learning.

Groete

fantastic now take it for a proper setup otherwise i guarentee it will be gathering dust within a month.

I have a good teacher in briang, he is teaching me key and notes (A D E) my fingers hurt. He took my axe for a spin, sounds very nice.

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My fingers hurt, it's been 7 days and 15 hours......ha ha ha ha. Have to play happy birthday at my FIL's birthday in February. The stress......

Update:

It's been 1 month and 4 days since I bought my guitar. It's been fun(strating) but I know 6 chords, one scale, some notes and happy birthday. I got a book that teaches you guitar method and it works very nicely, I am progressing well. BUT it's so slow!!!!!

Anyway my mentor @briang is supporting with explanation's and when I am aiming to high.

I can almost drive a nail into wood with my index finger ?

Practice practice practice.......YODA

Congrats! There's no substitute for practise.

But remember: "Practise doesn't make perfect. Practise makes permanent." - Meir Taitz (Satriani on the forum.)

Practise the right stuff, rightly ?

I sometimes wonder about that, what is the right stuff to practice?

adr1aan wrote: I sometimes wonder about that, what is the right stuff to practice?

Someone like Joe Satriani might say practising your scales in every key and every position BUT in a relaxed, musical way.

ie: No constant quarter-notes. Instead, mix it up. Take as long as you like on each note. Pick however feels natural. Let it flow.

A metronome is still important to help keep you "on the beat".

For this example, the goal is to get your ear used to the sounds of the scales and how they work in a musical context.

So that's one example.

For me, this all came together when I went to my guitar teacher (Meit Taitz - 084 666 6609) and he looked at what I could do and then said, "Okay here's what you're good at and here's what you need to improve on."

And that was incredibly helpful to me as a beginner.

As an "intermediate" player, now I'd first decide what I wanna play, and who are my influences, and then work my way back to fill in the gaps between where I am now and where I wanna be.

So if I wanted to play more like Joe Satriani, I'd work a heckuva lot more on fluid picking (where you can hardly hear the pick), legato, etc.

If I wanted to write rock songs, I'd focus on basic song theory and practise recording.

If I wanted to play for my friends around the braai, I'd learn different strumming techniques and some popular songs.

Once you know WHAT you want to do, the HOW starts to reveal itself. But if you don't have a clear idea of where you wanna be in a year, you might find it a lot more difficult to figure out how to practise to get you there.