For Christmas I Bought A Guitar. I Need To Know What I Should Buy For It.?

Question:It's an acoustic. For all I know, It's a 50$ guitar. But hey, that's cool. Money doesn't grow on trees. But anyways, It's an Archer.
All I have is the acoustic guitar itself, some picks, a stand, and thats it.
I need to know what else I should buy and what they're called.
Thanks. (:

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: It's an acoustic. For all I know, It's a 50$ guitar. But hey, that's cool. Money doesn't grow on trees. But anyways, It's an Archer.
All I have is the acoustic guitar itself, some picks, a stand, and thats it.
I need to know what else I should buy and what they're called.
Thanks. (:

A guitar case is an absolute necessity if you plan to keep it in good shape. Otherwise, in a short time it will be riddled with dents and scratches. A hard case is preferable but if you can't afford one a soft case will do just fine.

You might also want to get a digital tuner. It might already be out of tune so a tuner is essential for keeping it sounding good. You can get one at any local music store but at online places line musiciansfriend.com they cost around $15 or so.

Another thing that is essential is a string winder. It is inevitable that you will have to change the strings and trying to wind the knobs by hand is quite a headache. The winder does it quickly and efficiently. Cost? around $10 or so.

I presume it came with a strap, if it didn't, you might want to get a good quality leather one. I have had the same strap now for over 30 years, it is leather and it has held up very well.

You will also need a "Capo." This is a device that moves the bar up the neck so that you can change keys without changing chords. A must have as a guitarist. Oh, don't get the cheap ones, get the ones that have a spring clamp they cost a little more but are much worth it. Cost? $15-20 or so.

A small pliers for clipping off the excess string ends when you change the strings is also an essential tool.

Follow this link:

http://www.zzounds.com/cat--Guitar-Acces...

Many of the things above can be found there.

Congrads on your new instrument and have fun playing.

Well, you need to tell if it's a Classical Guitar or a Steel String Guitar. Classical guitars normally have 3 plasticy looking strings, steel strings are all steel. If it's classical, you need to get classical guitar strings, the same for steel (it's better to ask someone at a music store about the different type of strings, and also ask them to show you how to re-string it). You'll also might need a guitar tuner, I don't know too much about them as I use my piano to tune my guitar. That's the really basic stuff you'll need, but I suggest finding out what type of guitar you have first.

I would recommend the following:

a tuner
a capo (holds down all the strings, when songs you know start to have them you'll want one)
extra strings (eventually anyways)
extra picks (if you're anything like me you will start to lose and find about 10 daily)

and maybe

a chord book (they can be found for free online though, and I've never myself owned one)
some dvd or lesson book

EDIT: The guy above me posted while I was typing, sorry for the repeats.

You'll want a tuner and probably a strap if your guitar has a peg for it on the bottom, and a capo could help if you want to change up your sound every now and then... other than that you're set with an acoustic.

1. Buy a beginner's guitar book, such as Hal Leonard's Beginning Guitar Method #1. It has chords, basic music theory, and tuning instructions.
2. A guitar case to keep it safe from dings and temperature changes. My first guitar didn't have a case so I kept it wrapped in a blanket. More than 41 years later I finally bought a case for it.
3. A good tuner.
4. A guitar strap if you want to play while standing up.
5. Lose the capo. It serves to inhibit guitar expertise on chords and fretboard knowledge. Many professionals call them "cheaters" for very good reason.
6. A cleaning bag for holding OOOO steel wool, fretboard oil, needle-nose pliers, string snips, string winder, A or E tuning fork, and quality guitar polish. (The steel wool is used to clean the frets and boards of rosewood fretboards.)

you'll need a to go to guitartabs.com and look for a song you know OR go to the music store and buy a book of TABLATURE. Learn how to read it, (it's real easy) and practice your fingers off. An electronic tuner would be good as well.