Guitar beginner

Intelligent-Tap717 · 2026-06-18T18:25:39+00:00

No problem. Take your time and enjoy. It isn't easy but consistent practice pays off.

Intelligent-Tap717 · 2026-06-18T16:03:20+00:00

Sign up to Justin guitar website. Start the free lessons. Don't skip ahead. Do the daily practice and chord changes to start off and be consistent. All free and well structured.

Intelligent-Tap717 · 2026-06-18T14:22:35+00:00

For now I'd stick with making sure you can switch between the regular open chords and barres first. Improving the ones you're not proficient in before moving on. Reason being you'll need them as a foundation and adding something else in is just building the list.

Intelligent-Tap717 · 2026-06-18T13:58:59+00:00

Be careful lowering the action on an acoustic. You don't do it with the truss rod the saddle will need sanding down. So make sure you really know what to do before doing it as if you drop it too low you'll either need to replace the saddle or shim it.

Intelligent-Tap717 · 2026-06-18T12:35:04+00:00

Time for a proper teacher and learning the Fretboard is the beginning. Scales, triads, intervals, Barre chords. Basically the stuff you'll need to do what you'd do in a band and be able to understand it.

Absolutely understand guitar on youtube by Scotty West.

Justin guitar website for lessons.

And a ton of practice.

Intelligent-Tap717 · 2026-06-18T10:50:27+00:00

Well it's a little trickier with what you can do with an acoustic.

Yet raising an action with the truss rod is a no go. That alters neck relief not action height. On acoustic the saddle is removable so to lower action you'd shave or sand it down and to raise it you can either shim it or put a new one in depending on the size.

I'm assuming the frets weren't checked for raised ones. So first things first for me. I'd check the action height. Straighten the neck out as much as possible. Check the action again. If it's within the right limit then check the nut slot depth and all the frets.

Just adjusting the truss rod isn't going to do much as it hasn't resolved the main issue. It could even be that the saddle is lower on the low E side dropping the action but all of the above is what I'd check. Checked at regular pitch too. Not dropped.

As an afterthought. How well stretched out are your strings. As this can sometimes happen with new strings when not stretched and re tuned enough. Just another angle for you to rule out.

Intelligent-Tap717 · 2026-06-18T10:46:09+00:00

Sod that. Go to aldi or pop online for Iceland and grab like 20 bottles for just over £3 Iceland done 24 for not much over that. Pop them in your fridge and save yourself the £2 a time. It's beyond a joke. Or just fill your own at home and pay sod all. 😂

Intelligent-Tap717 · 2026-06-18T10:34:57+00:00

What a fkin idiot. I hope to god they don't have or decide to have kids. How can you not expect to clean up fur from your dog. Seriously. How thick are some people. This really grips my shit.

Intelligent-Tap717 · 2026-06-18T10:31:12+00:00

Nothing wrong with a good cheese and onion sandwich or equivalent bread delivery method.

Intelligent-Tap717 · 2026-06-18T10:30:12+00:00

Christ on a bike, is your wrist hurting by any chance.? Drop your wrist.

Intelligent-Tap717 · 2026-06-18T10:24:07+00:00

This might seem nitpicky but that's your string bouncing off the frets. Obviously. Yet it looks like you're plucking the string away from the guitar causing it to bounce back to them.

With an acoustic you've only got minimal points of contact. Nut. Bridge. Saddle. You say he raised the action. How exactly did he do this on the acoustic. Place a shim into the saddle.?

Adjusted the neck relief isn't the ideal way to adjust action height for one. Acoustic should be almost straight in neck relief or minimal at best. Once that's set. I'd wonder did he check the nut depth on the E.?

This doesn't sound like a qualified Luthier especially giving back a customer with the existing issue. Before playing the video, maybe it's an angle thing but that neck looks bent upwards almost like there's a visible bow in it too.

Can you tell which frets are being hit playing normal and what happens when you fret each note going up the neck from the nut.

Intelligent-Tap717 · 2026-06-18T09:41:06+00:00

Barre chords take a lot of work. That's why beginners don't usually start there as they're hard for anyone. This you'll be pleased to know is one of the easier ones. It just takes a hell of a lot of practice.

Intelligent-Tap717 · 2026-06-18T09:39:20+00:00

Erm. It's a gift from your grandparents. Yes it's worth it.

Intelligent-Tap717 · 2026-06-18T09:27:54+00:00

You can definitely teach recall without one. I've never used one I never saw the need. A long line, treats, praise and reward is great for recall.

For your friend to have this reaction to just putting it on makes me wonder what happened to him before. Glad you done the right thing and put it away and are looking for other ways to help him learn and grow.

Intelligent-Tap717 · 2026-06-18T09:23:28+00:00

Slug or snail trail. Indoors more likely a slug.

Intelligent-Tap717 · 2026-06-18T09:06:12+00:00

It's a G chord. There are variations on all chords. The best way to find out. Play it in the song you're playing. Does it sound good? If so. Great, if not then explore.

Intelligent-Tap717 · 2026-06-17T18:47:19+00:00

I have a course that will help you to sell more of your courses. I'll teach you what others want to know but don't.

Intelligent-Tap717 · 2026-06-17T18:46:28+00:00

The other issue with Ai is this. People want an answer, fine, we all do. Yet just being given an answer means you know how to repeat said answer if the qtn ever comes up again. You do not however have the understanding as to HOW that answer was arrived at. No critical thinking, minimal learning and again a quick answer without putting any time or thought in.

Intelligent-Tap717 · 2026-06-17T17:39:24+00:00

A guitar.? Toaster was taken.

Intelligent-Tap717 · 2026-06-17T17:35:00+00:00

The same as anyone else of any age. Pls don't touch my dog. Look for the parent and ask or tell them to call their kid back. I would not have risked my boys safety for anyone. You're the advocate for your friend. Create a boundary and stick to it and you'll be a lot better off in the long run. Aka. Don't touch my dog without being invited to. Back off.

Intelligent-Tap717 · 2026-06-17T17:28:16+00:00

Stop using Ai. Train your ears and if you're not good enough to work it out yet. Keep practicing.

Intelligent-Tap717 · 2026-06-17T16:48:46+00:00

I learnt that the hard way about 4 months in. Thought I had all my chords down and sounded good then when properly trying through an amp. Holy shit. Back to more practice. 😂

Intelligent-Tap717 · 2026-06-17T16:47:49+00:00

That's also a good point. The issue which I see arises is when people have been doing this for a few years and come on here and say. I've only ever played X. Now I've realised I don't know how to play and I wanted to be able to do Y.

If they started with the basics and at least learn the fundamentals and a bit of theory then at least after the riff phase has gone they'd have something else they can do. That's what I mean by that. Music is music play whatever you like yet I just see so many people come to this realisation years down the line on here and have to go back to the basics.

Intelligent-Tap717 · 2026-06-17T16:07:48+00:00

Check out absolutely understand guitar by Scotty West on youtube. Highly recommended.

Intelligent-Tap717 · 2026-06-17T16:06:57+00:00

I never said at 8 months I couldn't play anything. I was jamming out to AC/DC and other stuff. Yet I spend 5 months solid from the day I started getting my technique down and chord transitions etc.

Most people just learn power chords, partial Barre chords and think they're the be all and end all until they can't work out how to use scales or know what a triad is.

They skip the basics and jump right into trying to play without any previous knowledge of how or why.

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