Top 5 Beginner Guitar MISTAKES (ELECTRIC Guitar)

[@andycrowley]

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[@DavidMoore-lz4bh]

Great video , 54 years of age and less than a year into learning and this all made sense.

[@patrickfitzgerald2861]

My advice for newbies? 1) Buy some inexpensive tools and teach yourself how to do the basic setup, string changes and maintenance on your electric guitar. It's not that difficult, and there are lots of "how to" videos on KZbin. 2) Do not spend more than 1,000 (1.000) dollars/pounds/euro on gear until you can play at something like an intermediate level. There is so much good quality/reasonably priced gear available these days that it's just not necessary to spend more. 3) Try and practice consistently for at least 30 minutes every day. And be aware that, for most people, there is such a thing as too much practice. Yes, you can take your guitar to bed with you, but too many of the people who become obsessive about it end up leading short, unhappy lives. Oh yes . . . and remember to have fun!

[@simonburchell2026]

Agree with all these points Andy. One additional one I was discussing with my guitar teacher last night was learning to think and navigating in intervals a lot earlier in your learning journey.

[@RG99401]

I'd forgotten how good Surfing with the Alien is - absolute tune 👌🏻

[@gushall9615]

been playing acoustic about 2 years now, started age 55. looking to get an electric set up in the new year, great video as usual, you've been a big help getting me to where I am.

[@bonnieknight7424]

My mistake as a beginner is learning to many riffs than going to a other song not leaning the hole song 💖😘

[@diadora9292]

That’s what I do..don’t have the patience to learn the whole song..just riff to riff lol.

[@timothym2241]

True, but have fun and stay motivated.

[@MrDeBisschop]

The most difficult part is finding those songs that are accessible as a whole. A lot of people end up struggeling with some other parts and move on (maybe not to lose motivation). That's why I love Andy's band program. It has a good selection of songs to learn as a whole.

[@MrDeBisschop]

Looking back: my biggest mistake was not focussing / thinking on the direction I wanted to go in the future. I always wanted to play metal, buy I've never worked on playing higher bpm songs or droptuning. I'm glad I learned a lot of chords / scales, but looking back, I would've tried something heavier sooner

[@bonnieknight7424]

I watched that Pedal show to with Noel and Johnny marr it made me so inspired to get amazing at guitar there my favorite guitarist thanks so much Andy this video is the best 💖😎

[@theonlycolet]

Thank you for helping bro 🙏

[@Mr57blackbeauty]

Timing Timing Timing start off by playing slowly, even painfully slowly, and build speed up when you can play it fluidly and record your progress even if it's just on your phone.

[@user-iamRobinV68]

Andy is the best! Sooooo smart! Thank you😊😊😊

[@sirtogii5216]

I'm on my third year of the guitar journey and the one thing I would change is the gauge of strings. Started off and still have 10's on 2 out of 3 guitars but 9's are way easier to play. Unfortunately I got used to the 10's when I started and it's difficult to make the thinner strings feel natural :-// Mind you it also helps when tuning things down so

[@MsVersus]

Great stuff. I had no idea about the string gauge and thinner is better. Thank you 🙏🏻

[@douglasalexander4348]

Jimmy Page played with 8s when others were using 11s.

[@aim8348]

Always play with a backing track, drum loop or metronome (yea, I know practice what you preach)

[@simonh870]

I went ahead and bought a Gibson Les paul. Sure it didn't really improve my playing, but it is now worth more than I paid for it. So it made financial sense if nothing else.

[@littlethislittlethat456]

You mentioned that you upgraded the Bridge pickup on your Epi to get the classic sound. Could you recommend the pickup to buy for the Epiphone Les Paul? I have an Epiphone Les Paul 1960 Tribute Plus but I'm not sure what pickups are on it. Thanks

[@andycrowley]

@littlethislittlethat456 there's countless pickup choices, and I believe the ones in a 1960 tribute les paul are fab. Mine has a Seymour Duncan SH1 PAF style pickup at the bridge and it was a massive improvement on the stock pickup that was there before

[@littlethislittlethat456]

@@andycrowley Thanks. My LP does sound good so I'll probably leave it as is.

[@DhruvjitSingh-q1s]

heyy Andy, I've a lot of your tutorials of arcic monkeys songs (Thank you so much

[@stevenmcilwrath5371]

Is it the crunch setting with gain at 4 you use for ac/dc on the katana? What wpuld you set the katana to for oasis?

[@douglasalexander4348]

Newbie’s buy a £150.00 Squire or similar guitar and spend £40.00 for someone to set it up. It will be better for you than a £300.00 guitar and a lot of fun. Then you’ll start reading about ‘Tone’ and you’ll spend a fortune never be happy again 😂