How To Set Up An Electric Guitar Starter Pack

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⏰ Timestamps ⏰
» 0:00 What We Are Learning in This Video!
» 2:10 Tuning a Guitar?
» 5:56 The Controls on My Guitar?
» 6:47 Adjusting My Amp?
» 9:18 Reverb?
» 11:05 What If I Break a String?
» 20:55 What Is Intonation?
» 22:02 What About Guitar Pedals?
» 24:45 Should I Use a Pick/Plectrum?
» 25:40 Using a Guitar Pedal
» 26:15 What Next? Just Practice!
» 26:45 Thanks For Watching!

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[FloridaManRacer]

This video needed to exist years ago... This is the basic stuff that is obvious to anyone after their 2nd or 3rd time playing, but that raw beginner needs this info as much as anything else. Thanks for making it.

[littleguitarontheprairie]

That string stretching tip of Pete is pure gold, have to remember that.

[AeolianReflex]

I've been playing for 40+ years but still had to watch. This is great info for beginners. Good job guys!

[nickofzo]

Somewhat comfy to watch videos dedicated to beginners. Even if you play for 100 years.

[danbrewer]

From top to bottom, Anderton's is the best channel for all things guitar!

[stuartdennis]

This might sound a bit odd, but this channel has been a real comfort this year. It’s persuaded me to get back into guitar, but more than that I’ve just enjoyed the content and the overall friendly tone. Wicked channel, a regular on my home screen and regularly inspirational 🙌🏻👍🏻

[IrLosin]

Love you guys for doing this. I remember when I got my first guitar in the early 90's. Because we didn't have internet back then it took me years to find out some basic stuff. Fun fact, in Dutch we use: Een Aap Die Graag Banaan Eet for the strings, Which translates to A monkey that likes to eat banana. Of course it doesn't work in English, but I digress.

[toneydavis]

Great idea guys. What a great service to provide young new players or new players in general. I think we all had a bit of a struggle when we got our first guitar. Well done lads.

[jimmyjimmy]

Did not get a starter pack as I have been playing for years now, however here I am watching an Anderson’s video just because.. 👍🇦🇺

[homey]

Excellent "get going" video for new guitar players. May I add one thing on string changing? Over time strings get dirty and they become less and less bright sounding. After a while (maybe a couple of weeks for some, but for me I only bother around every maybe four to eight weeks, it really depends how much you play your guitar, and how much you care about the better tone you get with nice, new, bright sounding strings) you will need to change the entire set of strings even though they have not broken. It's perfectly OK to take off all the strings in one go if you're changing all your strings, you will not hurt the guitar. This also gives you the chance to clean the fretboard and around the pickups if there's dirt and/or dust lodged there. It's recommended to replace "like for like" in terms of string sizes, so if you have a set of .09 to .42s on the guitar already, replace them with another set of .09 to .42s. This will prevent any intonation issues. Replacing strings might seem a bit nerve wracking at first, but you'll soon master it so get stuck in, and happy playing!

[ThomasSpiropoulos]

I’m now in my early 20s, and you guys have been keeping me company since my teen years…I really hope you receive all the love and gratitude for all those amazing years you’ve been around!It’s not just the great content, it’s also the fact that you feel like home and you give us those feelgood vibes!Happy holidays and happy new year to you and your loved ones!🎄🎅

[IndyRockStar]

I wouldv'e killed to get a starter kit like this when I started playing in the 90s. My parents bought me my first guitar, (it was a Harmony), from Sears and an old Peavy amp from a yard sale.

[hafstrat]

Great video. We’ve come along way since I got my first electric and amp back in 73. I recall my brother saying “ it sounds like an ordinary guitar”. With a £25 Zenta amp it did. Then I hooked it up to my dads reel to reel tape recorder which I used as a preamp and Instant Brian May!

[shannonflorian]

I always trim my strings around 2 inches past the tuner. It works for acoustic and electric guitars

[raymondnemetz]

Great job gentlemen! As a youngster I nearly ruined the neck on my first bass while tuning it for the first time. No one explained octave tuning to me! I wish the shop took 5 minutes to explain the instrument to me. No YouTube back then 🤣

[JamesMears]

You should put this video or one like it as a link in the email receipt of every starter / budget guitar purchase!

[kevinmorris]

Best... just got a guitar video... Sure wished I had your channel in the early 80s. Great.

[youbecha]

I started this gear hoarding in 2019 thanks in large part to Andertons videos like this, I did not have any guitars...now I have a stack of pedals and two guitars...looking for #3 and #4...

[briietsai]

interesting take on settling in new strings. ill try that next time Pete. thx

[fraenkiboii]

25:59 and all future pedal addicts are hooked :)