First Guitar?

Question:I want to start to learn how to play the guitar. I have no expierience on how to play. What is the best guitar starter kit i can get with a very good instruction dvd? I want to learn how to play electric guitar. I was looking a some guitar packages at guitar center and the Epiphone SG looked good.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I want to start to learn how to play the guitar. I have no expierience on how to play. What is the best guitar starter kit i can get with a very good instruction dvd? I want to learn how to play electric guitar. I was looking a some guitar packages at guitar center and the Epiphone SG looked good.

Are there any other guitar shops in your area that aren't a chain shop like GC?local smaller shops will be more freindly and helpful. I wouldn't go for a starter pack instead i'd buy both the guitar, amp, cables etc seperateley. As those packs often come with a rubbish amp (i'd take a look at either a roland microcube or vox DA5 as a first amp). Try and talk down the prices off the guitar/amp you buy as you should be able to get atleast 20% off if you try. Epiphone's are very good guitars for the money but i'd try to take someone with you who has guitar playing experience to look for possible problems with the guitars and judge which is better. I would'nt bother with a dvd instead use a free site like: http://guitar.about.com/library/blguitar...

Epiphone is a very good guitar to start on. Just have the guitar set up before you take it home.

that sg is is a great guitar

An Epiphone SG is a great first guitar. The most important thing about a first guitar is that you can't learn or enjoy playing on a toy or a cheap instrument. They don't stay or even get in tune and they have bad action that hurts your hands.
Get the Epi.
Second thing - start with light strings. Jimmy Page and Billy Gibbons play on the lightest you can buy and Jimi Hendrix played lights strings too. This will make it easier as your fingers and hands get used to doing new things.
Third thing - there is so much great instructional material out there these days. You can go to the guitar store and look at their selection of beginner dvd's. There's also some great online instruction - I'm not affiliated in any way with this site but am a subscriber and as a musician recommend it - guitartricks.com. The jam tracks are worth it by themselves.
Congratulations and welcome to the great world of guitar!

Go to your store and look at all of them and see which one you like, then get a amp cause just a guitar with no amp unless it acoustic is bad for your ears, so get a little cheap 15 watt amp you don't need a great big amp yet until your on the road or something. Or heck start off with a acoustic and when you get good go to electric, doesn't matter but I started off with a classical guitar moved up to a regular acoustic and then the electric, and get a good chord you'll need it buy the most expensive one you can get.