what was the first song you learnt on the guitar? (2 Viewers)

[nikilily]

ahhh Yemen. Should of known. The land of milk and honey.

 

[Arctopus]

ahhh Yemen. Should of known. The land of milk and honey.

More like the land of milfs and honeys. amirite?

 

[nikilily]

yeah your right but Yemen ese (?) milk is really good, none of that pasteurised crap at woolies you know?

 

[Arctopus]

I don't mind pasteurised milk, actually. I'ma stop derailing this thread now and try to post something slightly on topic.

Eric Clapton's Tears In Heaven comes to mind.

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[kcqn93]

classical gas - mason williams

worked out that song for 3 months straight and didnt play any other songs... afterwards i never picked up a classical/acoustic guitar again....

but for beginner acoustic songs, try:

time after time - eva cassidy
save tonight - eagle eye cherry
time of your life - greenday
i'm yours - jason mraz

and if you want to learn the typical beginner guitarist anthem, go here

Stairway To Heaven tab by Led Zeppelin @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com

lololol

 

[kcqn93]

eric clapton's tears in heaven comes to mind.

+1

 

[nikilily]

nice song but the first time i played it on my first ashton untuned excuse of a guitar, it sounded horrible wonder why

 

[Arctopus]

nice song but the first time i played it on my first ashton untuned excuse of a guitar, it sounded horrible wonder why

Yeah, my first bass was an Ashton, it was horrible and I got a new bass as soon as I could. For instruments aimed at beginners, they give the worst playing experience. I mean, half the time people give up learning is because their instrument sounds needlessly shit.

Another song I thought of...

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[chelsea girl]

first song for me was Man-Size by PJ Harvey. I started teaching myself it as soon as I got my guitar.

3 chords, so easy, and sounds pretty good with me singing.

 

[kcqn93]

i've tried an ashton once.. i lol'd... might aswell have gotten a squier...

i played a crappy classical for a few months, save up money and bought a mim fender strat. no regrets lol

 

[postnatal]

i've tried an ashton once.. i lol'd... might aswell have gotten a squier...

i played a crappy classical for a few months, save up money and bought a mim fender strat. no regrets lol

some jap squiers are actually good so shut up

 

[Arctopus]

some jap squiers are actually good so shut up

Yeah, my main bass is a MII Squier and it rips the shit outta any MIM Fender I've played, both feel and tone wise. That being said, the cheap Squiers are cheap for a reason.

 

[postnatal]

yeah a standard MIM strat sounds rather bad but they make good guitars to make easy mods on

 

[Arctopus]

yeah a standard MIM strat sounds rather bad but they make good guitars to make easy mods on

Yeah, that's the thing about MIM's. If you're serious about instruments, you only see MIM's as mod vessels.

 

[katietheskatie]

.. or if you're left handed and mexican models are the only thing fender will give you .. unless you can be fucked importing something from overseas, pretty much everything sold here is mim, lame

pretty sure the first song i learned was mmmbop by hanson. i was 11 so that's a fairly good excuse (although i still like the song tbh, i know i know)

 

[Taketheatrain]

Here comes your man - Pixies

 

[dan2452]

Sitting Waiting Wishing - Jack Johnson

Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Alive - Pearl Jam

Best of you - Foo Fighters

Sweet Home Alabama - Lynard Skynard

All fairly easy to play, and fun. Try youtubing for video lessons as well, that really makes it easier to understand than tab (in some cases)

 

[skut8]

For chords and basic strumming it was Don McLean's 'American Pie'

Fingerpicking I started off with Green Day's 'Time of Your Life' (doesn't everyone?)

 

[kcqn93]

yeah a standard MIM strat sounds rather bad but they make good guitars to make easy mods on

mods yes. but my choice of mods were quite stupid..... i put EMGs on it for some reason... routed the wood and slapped on a floyd rose... kinda kills the whole strat image and tone...

and my bad if i offended the squiers... i was just saying that there were better than ashtons....

 

[b00m]

edit.. oops, guitar