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There are online tuners. They don’t actually tune your guitar for you but show you the sound each string makes. The easiest thing top do is buy a chromatic tuner.

To learn chords, I just have a chord book that I use. It has most every chord in it. They also have chord finders, where you insert the chord you want to know and it tells you what variations there are.

To learn songs, I use tabs. Just search for tabs for the song you want to learn. Some tabs are bad, but most of them are pretty accurate.

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Get an E or an A tuning fork and then you can tune the guitar by ear by using the fifth fret and fourth fret for the pertinent string tuning. The E tuning fork will assist in tuning both E strings. With those in tune you can then tune the remaining strings in the fifth fret except for the B string, which is tuned in the fourth fret from the G string.

I trust this hasn’t confused you.

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Actually it’s pretty easy, and you don’t need a tuner. It helps a lot, but it isn’t what one always uses when tuning the guitar. You do it by ear. Or, starting out, if you know the E, the largest string, you can tune each other string from after.

After you find out what E is, you hold down the 5th fret on that string and play it. Then you play the next string up, A. Keep tuning A until the sound is the same when you were holding the 5th fret on the 1st string. You do that for each one except on the G string, the 4th, where you hold the 4th fret and tune the 2nd to last string, B, to that.

Http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzKCgwvv-vw

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A tuner is a great accessory. For acoustic guitars the best tuners clip on to the headstock. You can never go wrong with a IntelliTouch like this one:

http://accessories.musiciansfriend.com/product/Intellitouch-PT10-Mini-ClipOn-Tuner?sku=502816

It’s reasonably priced and very accurate. Plus, since it tunes by vibrations it can be used even when there’s a lot of noise in the room.

Good luck.

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My problem with the item is that it is made in China. So you are going to get what you paid for; a cheap guitar. Sorry, but for that price and type of guitar, I’d have gone down to like Wal-Mart or something. Or to my local music shop, most of which sell used guitars at reasonable prices that might be a better deal.

On the other hand, you did not spend much money, so you can drag it around anyplace and not worry about it. But don’t expect it to hold tuning well or have a good sound, either, really.

IF / WHEN you learn to play well and learn to understand guitars, take a look at US made ones – like Martin guitars, made in Pennsylvani, by hand. Are they more expensive? Sure – but they SOUND GREAT, play well and get even more mellow and joyous with age.

As to buying guitars on ebay, I know a lot of folks that have done it and been thrilled – even when buying GOOD, expensive guitars. And I’ve known a few that regretted their purchase as well. So it is sometimes a tough choice. Bottom line – if you really want a GOOD guitar with GREAT sound – you need to hold it in your hand and PLAY it before you shell out the money – and you just can’t do that on the internet.

Good luck, though.

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I believe that in your home menu there is an option to adjust the sounds. In game, hit the home button on the wii remote, and then check if there is an options menu. I’m not positive though… Sorry.

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Yah, but the notes wont be the same

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Its connecting to the reciever. Check to see if the reciever is blinking the same speed as the guitar. 2 modes fast blink and slow blink

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The controller is usually used for the person with the microphone, but you need a guitar hero controller if you want to play guitar for Guitar Hero games passed Legends of Rock (3)- you’re just going to have to buy one. Sorry You can get a wireless one for about $40 on amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Playstation-2-Guitar-Hero-Wireless/dp/B000I5X65S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1301724049&sr=8-1

Or you could get the Guitar Hero 3 guitar bundle used for around $30 on amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000TGDHVY/sr=8-27/qid=1301724408/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1301724408&sr=8-27&seller=

But don’t get the Guitar Hero 5 ps3 controller that is said to be compatible with ps2. I have a ps2 and ps3, it works on the ps3 but not the ps2.

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The Beatles: Rock Band does not feature the orange pad on drums, so you use Green, Red, Yellow and Blue only. Simple as that.

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What you want to do is possible, It will be a “labor of love” Depending on how it goes it could take from a month or so to over a year, depending on how much time you put into it and if you could get all the parts you need

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The first four strings on a guitar are tuned the same as those on a bass, the notes are just a few octaves up. You could potentially play bass parts but they wouldnt be as low, unless you got an octivizer pedal.

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Go to LMI.com (Luthiers merchantile)

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If u are into hair bands, Stryper

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Go to the Allparts site[ http://www.allparts.com/ ] where you can pay by any method. Phone them up to discuss what you need.

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An electric acoustic guitar is just a acoustic guitar with a built in pick up so you can plug it into a amp or pa. An regular acoustic cannot plug in to a amp and be amplified except using a microphone to mic to the guitar.

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No matter what guitar you buy, you’re probably going to wish you’d bought a different one. It’s the nature of things.

That said, I have zero experience with Johnson guitars (never heard of them). But I’ve played some good Samicks and Corts. Then there’s the low-end Epiphones and Squires (owned by Gibson and Fender, respectively). Of course, if you’d like to try something totally different, you may look at an Applause by Ovation — they have a round, Lycra back, which greatly changes the feel of them. Although a bit of warning: people generally either love or loathe round-back guitars; there’s very little middle-ground.

The key is to play as many as you can lay your hands on and find out which guitar feels the most comfortable in your hands; if it’s not comfortable to play, then you’re never going to play it. Then eventually you can move up and get a Gibson, Taylor, or Martin (the real King of the Acoustic Guitar).

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It depends – are you going to use it mainly plugged in or acoustic? If you already have a good acoustic then it’s plugged in sound is the most important, right? Takamine makes some laminate top guitars with their premium pick-up system (Nt4, I think) – they sound weak acoustically but sound perfect plugged in. If you want the best of both worlds, try the Alvarez Artist Series – you get a choice of body styles and woods and a great pick-up system (Sys 600). You can plug a mic into the system. Going up the $$$ scale, Taylor’s expression system sounds great, as does the Fishman Aura system that Martin uses on some guitars. I would avoid the standard systems on Epiphones and Ibanez etc – they sound too electric. Make sure you try them out with the type of amplifier or PA you are going to use – it makes a big difference, some pick-up systems have an “exciter” to make guitar amps sound more acoustic.
In a band situation, mic systems always seem to feed back – I would use one only if you play solo – or maybe a duo with low volume monitors. Good Luck

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There are two types of acoustic… Steel stringed and classical or Spanish style nylon stringed… But there are also steel stringed electric/acoustic guitars. Acoustics rely on the body cavity to amplify the sound and resonate through the tone wood.

Electric guitars are either semi-hollow or solid bodied and rely on the magnetic pickups to translate the string vibration into an electric signal for an amplifier to “amplify” and send through a speaker or 2 or 4 or… The guitar/amp instrument of course gives you a lot of playability options with tone and distortion, reverb, etc…

Being able to play either type of guitar usually translates to playing any other, but… A lot people have bad habits that are masked by the nature of the electric guitar, and won’t be when they play acoustic. So to go from acoustic to electric I would argue is easier.

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The only difference between an electric guitar strap and an acoustic guitar strap is that you must first plug in the electric guitar strap.

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The boss tu-80 is really good, my friend who plays both guitar and base has one and it works for both stringed instruments. I think the boss tu-80 consts about 30 bucks and its a good tool to have.

A cheaper alternative is also the “Korg CA30 Chromatic Tuner”

http://www.zzounds.com/item–KORCA30

however it can be a little confusing how to use at first and you have to learn your sharps and flats and how they relate to the tunings you want.

For the meantime, and easy solution you can use is pitch references. Look up

http://www.howtotuneaguitar.org/

they have a lot of useful tunings. You can choose whatever tuning you like then you just match the your strings with what they have.

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Korg pitch black
boss tu2

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It should without any problem if it is a chromatic tuner. I have used a guitar tuner in the past without any problems. The first string on the top looking down the thickest one is E then A Then D Then G. Some Tuners have a setting for a bass guitar. What is the model and make of the tuner i can help you better with this information and give you a definitive answer. I use a Boss Chromatic pedal tuner tu-2 for Guitar and Bass it is the best tuner i have ever used if you are serious about playing these are great especially if you use alternate tunings and low tuning Like C Standard. They are 99.00 online and worth every penny!

Hope This Helps!

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P.S. Give me more info and i will try to help you as best as i can.

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Put that jack in the in hole, the out hole is used in case you want to hook it up to a special effects pedal/amp while tuning and not wanting to take the tuner on and off etc.
You want to tune starting with the smalist string upwards like so:
E,B,G,D,A,E

if it stats getting to high… Youll know and then go backwards untill you get the right note because there are differnt levels of each letter note

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Hi Ashley

A guitar tuner will detect a drop B. Most tuners give you a choice of high, medium ,low range but generally, it will detect it for sure.