[Sheriff Rhys Chatham]

Plus you can get acoustic cheap.

[SpectralJulianIsNotDead]

I learned to play on acoustic, but it wasn't long before I was playing nearly exclusively on electric.

[[Sandbag]]

i first got an acoustic. it was alright but it had a really wide neck, so it was quite difficult to make my noob fingers to pull a chord :P
i think electric suits me better... so it really depends on the person i guess...

[Sonic Youth 37]

I've never owned an acoustic and have only played them maybe 3 times. They feel foreign in my hands.

[valid]

I started on a cheap electric. Learned some metallica and stopped learning other peoples songs. It took me 15 years to finally buy an acoustic, and as of Saturday night my acoustic is dead. The head snapped off in my hands in a twang of spiritual introspection. Now, i need another one, cause i've grown very partial to playing acoustic. It's a different beast than electric, but they compliment eachother so well. But , as with any instrument. learn to play it and make yourself better at whatever it is you do.

[Inhuman]

I started on acoustic. It's advantageous if you start acoustic because the string action is usually higher, which exercises your fingers better and wll get you used to high-action guitars. Then when you play an electric it should be a breeze. As said above, you can hear the difference better too

[Rob Instigator]

i learned with the guitar from Rock Star!!!!!!

:P

[Derek]

mEGA LOLZ!!!

[Rob Instigator]

problem is I cannot find the same colored buttons on the Ibanez I bought

[uhler]

i play electric guitar so i can be in a band that sounds like discharge.

[auto-aim]

yeah acoustics only more difficult in that the actions higher, neck is usually thicker and strings heavier... I learnt on electric and when i got my acoustic kept getting strain injuries. I prefer to play electric though, it's much more FUN.

[king_buzzo]

i started on acoustic with one lesson, then i didn't have lessons for a year. then i took up lessons again and a few months after i bought an electric and quit lessons.

[ZEROpumpkins]

It's better to learn on electric, especially if you'll end up playing it later. It's better for access to the higher frets and the neck is much thinner than an acoustic.

[Inhuman]

Originally Posted by ZEROpumpkins

It's better to learn on electric, especially if you'll end up playing it later. It's better for access to the higher frets and the neck is much thinner than an acoustic.

However it's better finger exercise with a thicker neck and larger frets. If you start on an electric, get good, and then try an acoustic it would be unusually awkward to play

[punkaspoo]

Originally Posted by greedrex

I started on an acoustic.
it's more difficult , but then when you switch to electric, everything becomes easier, because if you can pull nice chords on the acoustic, then you'll be thrashing on the electric.

yup. start with acoustic

[ZEROpumpkins]

When I think of acoustic guitars I think of those big chunky ones with nylon strings. Those are terrible to learn on.

[Death & the Maiden]

Originally Posted by ZEROpumpkins

When I think of acoustic guitars I think of those big chunky ones with nylon strings. Those are terrible to learn on.

I think you're thinking of classical guitars. They're the only kind of guitar my school has (except for some electrics with about three strings), and they are difficult to play, but they aren't acoustic guitars.

[samuel]

I started on electric and had no problem transitioning over to acoustic, as I'm sure is the same for most people.

[atsonicpark]

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

i learned with the guitar from Rock Star!!!!!!

:P

What the hell is Rock Star? That movie with Mark Whalberg?

I think you mean Rock Band (or Guitar Hero or Guitar Freaks or any of those other games)?

...

Rob, quit being wrong all the time! I'm kind of kidding but... I've personally proved you wrong before and you never acknowledge it.

[ZEROpumpkins]

Originally Posted by Death & the Maiden

I think you're thinking of classical guitars. They're the only kind of guitar my school has (except for some electrics with about three strings), and they are difficult to play, but they aren't acoustic guitars.

They just get called acoustics at my school. My old school had about 30 of them and two crappy squire strats.