Learning the guitar?

Question:what should i have started off with
acoustic or electric?

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acoustic or electric?

Many people say to start with the electric because it is easier in your fingers. I think that you should learn the acoustic first to make you fingers strong and to grow callouses on the tips of your fingers, then once you get an electric guitar it is really easy to play all of the electric riffs you learned on the acoustic.

Just by personal opinion, I think that starting with acoustic guitar is better. It's more basic and.. yeah.

I find that when you learn acoustic first it's easier to learn electric afterwards.

I would start with the electric since
i am starting on electric also
it prob does not matter what u start with

I never recommend beginning students to learn to play an electric guitar until they have assumed some mastery of the acoustic. Why? Because an acoustic guitar demands additional patience, perseverance, and determination to move beyond the sore fingertips.

You must first build up the finger strength and train them to do things they're unaccustomed to doing. Playing an acoustic can be done anywhere; the electric guitar must have an accompanying amplifier. You don't need to hinder your progress with thoughts of amplifiers, patch cords, foot pedals, distortion switches and the like.

A simple acoustic guitar is best.

I would start on a old box guitar. I learned years ago when I was 8. Now I play by ear however.