Buying That 1st Guitar & Taking Lessons By Scott Grove

[@charger19691]

I have bought some of Scott Grove's lessons and listened to hours and hours of his music teaching and his VERY GENEROUS advice. The advice in this video alone can save beginner guitarists hours of frustration! You will be very happy if you learn how to play guitar from Scott Grove! Had to give Dr. Groovy a plug here, I hope you are doing very well Scott!

[@diegooland1261]

Thanks for the shout out for Marty. I'm a fan, he really is a great guy and I love his lessons.

[@TheEARLD]

when I started playing there was about 6 friends and within the first 4 months we were 2, 24 years later it's just me.

[@Vorik01]

I totally agree with you Scott. Just want to add a few things/sum it up: - Get the kind of guitar you are most interested in (probably the type that is used to play the music you like most), but keep in mind that electrics are the easiest to play and setup. - A cheap guitar will likely be fine, in my experience they just have minor issues: e.g. my first one (Spear T-100, ~180€) just has the fret ends not perfectly filed down (but I actually like it that way) and the pickups aren't perfectly aligned with the strings (no problem though). I bought my dad a Squier Strat (105€): low quality tuners, frets aren't polished, but still a completely usable guitar. Even cheaper guitars should be fine after a setup. - Either get a guitar without a vibrato system or, if you get one with a vibrato, lock it down and shut off the springs by stuffing something like handkerchiefs between them (so it's easier to tune). - Get a guitar with good access to the truss rod so you can set it up yourself. - Don't get one with a bridge that doesn't allow you to intonate the guitar reasonably well (e.g. not one with an old-stye Telecaster bridge where you always adjust two strings at once). - You don't need to buy a physical tuner and amplifier. You just need some way to connect the guitar to your computer (e.g. a cable like this: www.thomann.de/gb/the_tbone_usb1g.htm ) and some software like e.g. the free version of Amplitube, which includes a tuner as well as a few amps and effects. Just be sure to install asio4all ( www.asio4all.com ) so you don't have lag. Alternatively or if you have an acoustic guitar you can use an app like gstrings on your phone to tune your guitar. - Consider starting with picks. A lot easier than using all your fingers IMHO. I recommend using stiff picks like a Dunlop Tortex 1mm. - Teaching: not sure, I just started two years ago and never had a personal teacher and just learned from youtube etc. Generally, i think that introverts are fine with learning on their own, using the internet, books etc. Extroverts will probably want a real teacher I suppose. Keep in mind that you just can't get a near perfect guitar (concept, build quality, environmentally friendly, fairly produced) that cheap. E.g. my dream guitars, old all-carbon fiber Steinbergers from the 80s cost 2000$+ in good condition. But just for learning, the guitar only has to be reasonably playable so it's fun to play it, so don't think too much about it.

[@TheNavalAviator]

My first guitar was steel string acoustic. My mother went to the shop and bought it for me. The strings fucking hurt but I kept going because it was such fun. :) It wasn't until I had been playing for a year that I started taking lessons at the trustworthy local guitar shop where I got a teacher who is a great cat, just right for me.

[@rocknrev]

Thank you for making this video. You have hit all the high points of buying a first guitar that someone needs to know. Very practical advice.

[@brianwexler6463]

best advice justin guitar & marty music, I learned more, faster & less painlessly w these 2 guys, easy, accurate & no BS

[@alexfields8785]

Ive missed your rambling my friend.Good to see youve got your energy back.

[@vocalist-qw9lj]

thanks dr groovy you are one of the best musicians on youtube to give advice on guitars what to buy and what not to buy!

[@geovaniefloresnaturalbodyb701]

my very first guitar was a cheap first act toys r us acoustic for my 10 birthday. my first electric when i was serious on playing guitar was shector omen 6. gr8 guitar for beggginers and intermediates. glad i could share

[@donmcghee8217]

thanks for the encouraging words sir!

[@markt381]

Great advice Scott and as always honest and sincere, your a top bloke with a very faithful following keep up the great work buddy and always remember class is class form is only temporary.

[@mciver47]

Well done, great advice. I like your lessons (bought them a year ago). Now, I have not heard from Marty in over 4 months. Justin is good also. Rock-on my brother.

[@allymsp3926]

That was the first song my daylight me too l.m.a.o. very good advice

[@danielmoore716]

Phenomenal video Mr. Grove. Thank you sir. So kind and genuine.

[@groovydjs]

+daniel moore Many thanks Daniel!

[@rollingvee]

Great advice. Thank you for sharing.

[@MazterofPuppetz]

Awesome video Scott. Lot of good advice here. Keep rocking.

[@littlejon64]

Scott I am glad you are back taking comments man I love the chance to talk to you John

[@groovydjs]

+littlejon64 Thanks John my friend. I'll do it anytime I can deal with it all. lol If it were positive all the time, I'd be here to just talk about tuna sandwiches or something. lol Thanks again!

[@leighrichardson8795]

I remember my first guitar from my granpapa a Crafter HTC-100SEQ very beautiful guitar.

[@americandemon5480]

Scott Grove you ROCK!!!! I really like your videos and teaching and value your opinion. I have a fender squire but don't care much for the feel of it when playing it. I recently bought a Jackson JS 11 thats pretty sweet but my favorite guitar is my Les Paul Epiphone Special. I learned to play the Star Spangled Banner from one of your videos. KEEP ROCKIN ON SCOTT!!!

[@TMS5100]

youtube is the best thing that ever happened to aspiring guitar players. the amount of excellent instruction available completely for free is amazing. hope this doesn't come off as a spammy plug, but i'm also a fan of Shutup & Play - Guitar Tutorials.

[@groovydjs]

+ms3bani Hey, if you know of a good place for quality lessons, please post them. It's appreciated.

[@BluesPete1]

Just followed your lead pal & got a PRS SE EG today Prezzi off the other half she's a good'n

[@jkohlerb]

I LOVE U SCOTT!!

[@groovydjs]

+The Man RIGHT BACK AT YOU!

[@groovydjs]

+disco balls It would be groovy if they could put a little screen on the top of an acoustic/electric. You could play games on it or run lesson videos or software and play at the same time. So, there could be some groovy ideas in all of that somewhere.

[@SHROZA]

+Groovy Music Lessons hey man I really love ur advice and other stuff on music. but can I ask u a question? wat is the worst guitar u own and/or have come across?

[@SHROZA]

+Groovy Music Lessons in terms of all electric guitars u own or may have come across

[@orlock20]

+thegamerlord ofkings From the videos, one was a "traveler's" guitar that he reviewed and the other one is a three pickup Gibson (which he owns) that he talks smack about in many of his videos.

[@unknownrecords176]

Great Video Scott. I wish You Tube was around when I bought my first guitar, so I didn't make a bad purchase for my first instrument. Bad frets, twisted neck and tampered wiring lol. But live and learn. lol.

[@glenpierce777]

Great advice for the 'Noobs'. Keep up the good work Dr. Peace out from the UK.

[@mickkennedy1344]

Yes Scott, 'Onanonanon' guitars are great - but hard to find.

[@WickedFesterBand]

Nice video! The next time someone asks me for advice on buying a first guitar I'm gonna just send them right here. So .. If you are a parent searching the internet for information on buying your child's first guitar and you found this ...... LISTEN TO SCOTT! He speaks the truth and is offering sound advice.

[@laney50w]

Kids don't wanna learn shit like "Michael Rode a boat ashore"....My first (and only) guitar instructor asked me "What do you WANT to learn?". Been a student of his, on & off, for the last 20 yrs!

[@raycerny3666]

Scott thanks for the videos. since your videos I have acquired a westone spectrum three . A peavey v type. 2 mij ibamez. A nikko which is like an ibanez. and 2 peavey Mia guitars

[@fleurys13]

Groovy! Guitarded before i knew your videos, thank you so much for evearything

[@breadclipbilly]

Just bought a Marlboro Miles D-28 copy...I love it!!! what is the deal with these? I have read so many different stories about them...the guy I bought it from is a luthier and put a bone nut and tusq saddle...Im keeping this one!!!!

[@2n3chordjams70]

A very RIGHTEOUS contribution DOC!!!!!! Nicely done!!!!!! BTW, I quit as kid but started again my junior year of H.S. Man I wish we had YT back it he 70's!!!! lol DON

[@groovydjs]

+Don Smith Thanks man. I hear you about having TY back in the 70's. That would've been great. I always thought it was so funny how my albums sounded after I finished learning from them......a song would be playing, sounding "normal", then the quality would go to hell in the spots where I would keep dropping the needle there over and over and over a hundred times trying to figure out a part. lol Now.....trying to learn off of 8-track tapes....that SUCKED! lol

[@EasyHeat]

Glad to see a slight 180 on the Rondo guitars opinion. Will Gelvin helped convince me I was not as guitarded as I once thought buying one. hehe...Mine still needs some work mind you! I will be going Dillion next go round for sure....Stay groovy brother! Peace!!!

[@groovydjs]

+Jason Heaton Yeah, I've always liked the cheap stuff there and have had a few SX guitars and basses that I really liked. My problems were always with the Agile branded ones.

[@adamrockstar9361]

marty swartz, is awesome

[@groovydjs]

+Adam Rockstar Yeah, a lot of beginners enjoy what he teaches.

[@lsjuan5278]

my first guitar the strings were like a inch away from the frets, it was terrible. Luckily the music store i took lessons at were able to fix it for me for $20.

[@d0wnstars]

I really like Marty Schwartz to bad i don't like playing covers that much. It is a great way to learn and maybe i should practice some more covers just to learn new things. I always turn them in my own style and than i get to hear it should not be played like that but i like it like that. When i play my own songs people never say it should not be played like that. I just like writing lyrics so much and it is really satisfying to make a song out of it even if it is a really simple song.

[@TheEARLD]

done one lesson at school and never went back, the teacher kept telling me off because he did not like the way I was sitting. to this day the way he told me to sit is uncomfortable, and gives you really bad pain in your legs and back.

[@marcusandrew9172]

Great video, keep rocking

[@kevlec1947]

Hey Scott, great video. Take care mate.

[@metalman462]

man I love that white iceman of yours, absolutely beautiful

[@groovydjs]

Thank you so very much. That turned out to be PERFECT for me. It was cool to have that one come alive and just be amazing.

[@dowrow6898]

bad action you say, I have mandolin with 3mm of action and I am still playing ._. and I like to play it

[@cordovanbee]

See The Doctor really does Care! Great as always! Thanks ps your looking like you feel better than a few years ago.

[@groovydjs]

+cordovanbee Many thanks! Yeah, I do feel better when I'm actually awake. I just have such a hard time waking up with EVERY prescription stating on the label that it's going to put my booty to sleep. lol I've had 3 pots of coffee so far tonight......so, I'm bouncing off the walls. lol Thanks again!

[@nielmurfz838]

Hi scott . Thanks for this video.ive shared to a friend looking for his son

[@spikescroll]

Great Video Scott, I have a 5 years son, do you think is time for me to give him a small guitar or is to jung?, I'm left-handed so I can't loan him my guitars. I've if he is lefty I will recommend him play the normal way.

[@infamous6193]

Really good advice and recommendations here! You're a pretty damn kool kat, Dr. Groovy! :)

[@groovydjs]

+Infamous619 Thanks much! Just hoping to give a couple extra folks out there a fighting chance to enjoy playing instead of losing interest in something they might end up being great at. Plus, it would be nice to hear some guitar again on the radio. lol Too many drum machines, synths and auto tuned vocals. It would be groovy to hear a good guitar signature hook again.

[@infamous6193]

+Groovy Music Lessons Well said, Scott. Totally agree. Unfortunately, good music isnt the same now a days, imo... Shame.

[@estebanfruestes6235]

nice video Scott! I was wondering what was your puck on Godin electric guitars? i dont recall seeing you talk about them.

[@groovydjs]

+Esteban Fruestes They make some SUPERB guitars. I had a silver sparkle Triumph that I really liked. They used to "ghost build" lots of guitars for companies all around the world as well. They are like G&L and MusicMan......they should get a LOT more sales and respect than they do.

[@estebanfruestes6235]

cool didn't know they ghost build...can you drop name or you rather not?

[@quit293]

Scott, I have 1990 Japanese strat is it worth putting new pickups? The electronics in this strat are messed up. Last time I went to guitar tech it was a bad experience.

[@ryzyooritzz]

Just do it yourself. Its really easy.

[@justanotherdummy3448]

I agree with all ya had to say rite down to Mary had a little lamb my dad taught me that 1 first too lol.OOO I 4got I had my granddaughter make me a name of my own instead of ALLY cat 3 lol.

[@RetroTekGuyAU]

My very first guitar wasn't exactly what you'd call.....Traditional? My dad said normally you start on a cheap shitty $60 classical guitar just simply to build up strength in your fingers and learn your basic chords and finger placement and most importantly calluses.....He said we'll skip that shit. So we went down to my local pawnshop, and I found sitting in the corner a "Vintage"? Takamine built in 1991 6 string acoustic, That I still have today. And let's just say it was a painful learning curve. But in terms of lessons, Any lesson Iv'e had, has come straight from KZbin. I'm not paying someone to teach me how THEY think I should play.

[@groovydjs]

+Fps-Gaming-Productions Too cool. Reminds me of my dad teaching me to swim. Threw my butt out a boat on the Ohio River and the current took me away quicker than he thought it would. I swallowed a lot of water, but I could dog paddle like crazy by the time he caught up with me. lol

[@RetroTekGuyAU]

Groovy Music Lessons That sounds like something my dad would do. Like the birds and bees talk, I got, Walk up to a woman and say.....sit on my face, and see how ya go.

[@timjenkins502]

what do you think about peavey USA made tracer?

[@groovydjs]

+timjenkins502 Superb axes.

[@timjenkins502]

+Groovy Music Lessons great just came across one at the local music store for 140

[@brett22221]

hey scott just wana start off and say i love ur videos ur a realy unique teacher i watch not only to learn guitar but ur also very entertaining and honest i like that :) can i ask your opinion on something because ive never played a realy expensive gibson and i find alot of people on the net will just say gibson is better just to follow the crowd i have an epiphone les paul plus top pro and i put slash signiture pickups in it ive been playing for just over 12 months now its my first guitar and i absolutly love it my question is would my guitar sound the same as a gibson slash guitar that has the same pickups in it ?

[@groovydjs]

+brett etbr I love that you have your head on straight. You are dead on correct about EVERYTHING and REMEMBER THAT. If you LOVE your guitar....play that guitar forever until you come across another one you LOVE. Keep both of them then. Remember.....if it plays and feels great.....EVERYTHING ELSE CAN BE CHANGED. You've got the hard part out of the way. You LOVE it. If your tonal needs change, twiddle the knobs on your amp etc. as a last resort, try some other pickups, but the GUITAR is just something to hold all those pieces together. It must be comfortable and inspire you to play. You've got that. So, play well and never look at another headstock or brand name and just do the IMPORTANT thing....Express yourself musically and hopefully, one day I will get to hear it. Maybe I'll see you on an awards show!

[@trinacria1956]

Very good public service since Christmas coming. Agree new player should stay away from whammy bars, I struggled with my first a EKO Model 290, yikes!

[@havelpavel1870]

Hey Scott, I'm looking for a decent replacement neck for a strat style guitar, is there any brands I should avoid that you're aware of?

[@groovydjs]

Grab yourself an "SX" neck from RondoMusic.com No need to spend much on one and those are fine and dandy with no issues. Expensive necks are expensive necks with no real advantages.

[@havelpavel1870]

Groovy Music Lessons Thanks, Scott. I appreciate the info, hope your health is doing better these days.

[@echeva2]

cool

[@PredatorianStyl]

Hey Scott, one of my guitars needs to be refretted. Do you think I can do it on my own although not being a luthier? Thanks a lot!

[@groovydjs]

+Marcel Klein You can with the help of some SMART folks on here. Be sure to get extra fret wire. Plus, if it's a Maple board, they will be a lot harder to get out of there without destroying the clear coat. So, take it slow and easy.

[@PredatorianStyl]

+Groovy Music Lessons I consider using the Fender Standard Frets which are already cut and curved for the correct fingerboard radius. Is that a good idea? WillsEasyGuitar got a video on refretting. Maybe this will help? Think you see him as one of the SMART folks on this topics :)

[@groovydjs]

+Marcel Klein Yeah, with the pre cut frets and Will's video, it will be hard to mess it up. Reminds me that I have a Strat to do as well...so, we will probably be doing them at the same time.

[@PredatorianStyl]

+Groovy Music Lessons Alright, tanks a lot! Happy Refretting Day ;-)

[@josiahcox6112]

hey Scott, I've been watching you as a subscriber for a while now. my parents told me that we arnt even having a Christmas this year. And I'm getting better at guitar, and was wondering if I could maybe, just maybe get a guitar for Christmas with your signature on it from you. could you message me back some how?

[@Flapjackbatter]

I thought it was something wrong. Why have Scott Grove stoped uploading videos again, I thought. And again, youtube has unsubscribed me from your channel again. I know it's a known bug in youtube. But this is the third time it happened. Oh well.