Songs for Beginners

Hey Peoples I gotta be honest, i cant play a single song all the way through and im curious what you guys think is a good first song to learn.

Maybe some AC/DC. Its all easy, even the solos. Even if you dont get them right away they will come with practice. They are very basic.

metallica, nirvana, try older artist, some stones

Try this:
http://www.guitarnoise.com/guitarcolumns
somewhere there you'll find what they call songs for beginners,tabbed out,notation and stuff.You might like it.

Almost any punk song all power chords. And just in case you don't know how to name power chords. Just look for the root note.
Ex.
A5- Root not at 5th fret on the low e-string.

I recomend Nirvana for all beginners. But don't just stick with them too much. ;)

Also try Scorpions, Metallica's Rhythms specialy the clean stuff which are generally easier.

hahah thanks for the replys guys, all the songs that i know bits and pieces too are ac/dc,mettalica,nirvana, old clssic rock and some random punk stuff hehe but i guess that just lets me know to keep with it, thanks for the info

First time builder of a guitar - what was I thinking?

I was talked into buy 2 Fender lace sensor humbuckers.
Of course the instructions are for a Strat. I am more inclined to the gibson sound and set up.

I am putting 4 pots - v/t v/t - a 3 way switch below the pots and the jack in a side mount position.

The lace sensors have two sets of wire on each pickup,each containing an orange, white and green wire. Where do they go - do you twist two wires together? Also, I know that I have to put a ground wire under the bridge - what do I solder the ground wire too.

If anyone has a schematic that a 3 year old can read, I would appreciate it.......the guitar is almost finished and so is my sanity.

One more question - I was giving 250k pots - should I have used 500k pots - the body of the guitar is mahagony and neck is maple. Will the 250k pots give too muddy of a sound?

My life for a schematic that makes it simple.

Thanks
Vision

Hmmmm? How did this post get on this thread? Anyhow, the orange wires are the hot, the green wire is the ground, orange wires to your p/u selector switch, green to a ground point like the back of a pot, 500k pots are supposed to be the best sounding with the Lace P/U's, what kind of bridge are you planning on using? Don't know about a 3yr olds but you can find some wiring diagrams at,

http://www.guitarelectronics.com

http://www.seymourduncan.com

Btw, how are you mounting the pick-ups?........

I have no idea how I ended up on this thread but here I am......Thanks so much for the info on wiring and the fact that I would be better off with 500k for the lace pu's-
I am using a non tremolo roller bridge and I will be mounting the pu's the normal humbucking way - Routering the holes, making the indentions for the screw plate and putting a finishing plate around them - the neck pu will be about a quarter inch from start of the fret boad although I haven't really made my final measurements for the placement of the 2nd pu and bridge. I know I have to be careful with placements so that the sound will be picked up. The guitar is turning out to be a beautiful thing to behold - just want to make sure the wiring doesn't make it just an accent piece for people to look at :) Thanks for your help.

Vison

You can use my thread anytime, cause im actually interested in building too, dont know crap about it but building my own guitar is definetly something i wanna do in the future

Remembering a song also depends on how much you practice. If you take a bit longer than some to learn a song, don't sweat it, just keep at it for a bit longer, and play it through slow, then just keep getting faster.

Originally posted by Beal
hahah thanks for the replys guys, all the songs that i know bits and pieces too are ac/dc,mettalica,nirvana, old clssic rock and some random punk stuff hehe but i guess that just lets me know to keep with it, thanks for the info

Don't keep on doing the riffs you already know, try finishing full songs with a band. That would realy help, I'm sure that's how most of us made it.

HERE YOU HAVE SOME BASIC OLD ROCK :

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Arena/5476/tabs.html

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you can play BLINK182 it's a fine punk rock band.
- - hope i halp - -

i got a new song for you. Cochise by audioslave. easiest song alive. might take you a total of under a week to become a master at even if u picked up the guitar yesterday plus its catchy....not to impressive but if keith richards gets away with then u can too!

That Song by Puddle Of Mudd called "she hates me" is pretty east to learn go to www.ultimate-guitar.com for the tab