Acoustic vs Electric: Which Is Best For Beginners Learning?

So you're new to guitar playing, and you're unsure of which guitar would be best or easiest to learn on. Should you buy an electric guitar, or an acoustic guitar? What size guitar should you buy? What's the best budget purchase? Should you buy an amp? So many questions, and so many myths to bust! Listen up for my top tips when buying your first guitar! 🙂

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Hey! My name is Darryl Syms, and uh, well, I play guitar! I mean, I do a bunch of other cool things too - hopefully you can get to know me a little bit more through some of my videos.

On this channel, I predominantly post instructional videos to help inspire and encourage like-minded guitar players. My goal is to help you expand your musical vocabulary, to broaden your understanding of music, and to entertain. There are already thousands of guitar related videos out there, but I try to set my videos apart from the usual by exploring a modern approach, and by simply being myself! 💁♂️

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[Mondo_ne]

Thanks for not dragging out your video

[kingX]

Very true. I started on electric and when I went to acoustic, I realized how weak my hands were.

[wade]

Makes a video gets to point immediately, what sorcery is this?

[RockStarOscarStern]

Physically Electric Guitars are the easiest to start with

[sludgeman]

My first guitar was an acoustic and everything I played sounded like shit; It was ruining my interest in the hobby altogether.
Last week at my friend's birthday party he let me try his electric and everyone including myself couldn't believe how good it sounded.
Night and day.
Electric has got to be the way to go for beginners.

[atrain]

A YouTube video that gets right to the point, doesn't drag it out and answers the question in the title? Impossible.

[brucenatelee]

I never got used to the body of the acoustic guitar, being big and hard (obvious "she said" joke) to get my arms around. Also heard that the electric guitar has easier strings to hold down as well. As somebody who is really into hard rock/metal music, I want to get an electric, but being with my acoustic for 8 years, I have little interest in playing it much aside from "when I feel like it" and is afraid of wasting money on an electric only to not bother with it the same way.

[EthanOnAForklift]

Thank you for helping me make a selection.

[jasonkeller]

I had an electric guitar several times in the beginning and I didn’t learn much. Had problems with the amp connection etc. but with the acoustic I learned chords fast and could just pick it up and play. Much easier.

[nmhalumni]

Wow.... simple but great advice. I just came from watching another channel that said the electric guitar can be difficult for beginners due to all the cables, pedals, etc.... I was like Anyways, this video has helped me choose the electric guitar. I'll be picking it up again since I quit playing 20 years ago lol...

[commandercanary]

I've always loved johnny cash's music aswell as old folk music so i got an acoustic. And if I ever go to electric it will feel like a walk in the park because of my experience with accoustic

[entertainmentWeekly]

I’ve always been a fan of acoustic but I’ve been playing both for bout 20 years on and off now and I’m 28 atm I have a fender A/E but I’m getting a electric next month and I love the fact I can take my acoustic everywhere and it makes it also easier to learn things you didn’t allready know from strangers cause you can just hand them your guitar and they can show you stuff they know and hand it right back to you lol

[jazzmc]

i got an acoustic guitar at an auction, but i’ve always loved the sound of an electric but i didn’t know wether or not to sell it, it’s barely ever been used it’s super nice and i’ve always had a hard time trying to learn it. i will look more into it and work out my money, thank you for the great advice!

[bebas]

First time I'm acoustic then went to Electric... Damn so smooth

[aldiramdani]

i really want to learn electric but only have acoustic one so currently still learning on acoustic, watching this video make me want to even more to buy electric lol :")

[jacobwadstrom]

Thank you for the advice! Great and concise video

[srxhax]

The Electric really suits for me and For the Acoustice im not really used to it cuz the body is big

[ksciencebuddy]

i RUINED my learning time at age 15 by getting a shit large electroacoustic guitar on reccomendation of shop (they only want to sell ) . its action rose month later and it became unbearable unmotivational to play . now 7 years later i'm coming back to learning guitar, got myself a CHEAP electric guitar with HSS pickup and cheap amp . YOU REALLY SEE THE MOTIVATION MAINTAINED AND HYPE SUSTAINED with an electric guitar, especially in young people . cause when u see an electric guitar, you just wanna move its string and feel like a rockstar, THAT STUFF WORKS

[gladz]

One time I learned how to slap on an acoustic guitar but I started dreaming of electric guitars. Usually I would prefer both.

[randommusic]

thumbs up to this YouTuber give me a best advice and tips in a quick tips