Beginner's Guide to Electric Guitar Gear (THE ESSENTIALS)

This video is NOT sponsored. The below product links are affiliate links which means if you buy something I’ll receive a small commission (at no extra cost to you!).

Gear mentioned in this video:

DIY maintenance kit:
and a set of pliers and lint-free microfiber cloth.

In this video, I'll show you everything you need to play an electric guitar, with plenty of tips and tricks that I've picked up over my 20ish years of practice.

Chapters:
Intro 00:00
1. Electruic guitar 00:30
My top guitar buying tip 03:17
2. Amplifier 03:57
3. Guitar lead 05:40
4. Guitar picks 06:27
5. Guitar tuner 07:14
6. Guitar strings 07:50
7. Guitar stand 08:46
9. Guitar case 09:23
10. Guitar strap 09:48
11. Maintenance kit 10:39
Next steps and advice 11:03

[barshat]

A guy with less then 2K subs giving best lessons. You gained a sub

[fredashay]

I started with...
- a guitar
- a guitar headphone amp
- a set of headphones

I added soon after...
- a guitar strap
- some picks
- a clip on tuner
- a guitar stand

Some time later, I added...
- a reverb pedal
- a delay pedal
- a pedal amp
- a bunch of pedal patch cables
- a coiled guitar cable

Even more time later, I added
- a hard case
- a few more pedals
- a pedal board
- a new set of strings
- a small guitar amp

[CHRLI]

This is probably the best beginner guitar video. Finally someone who doesnt trash talk cheaper guitars.

[Felix-dy]

Thanks so much for this video, it helped me so much! Im a beginner guitarist who just started and no other video has gotten this nice and in depth explanation and has shown all the gear, so thank you so much.

[Daniel-qryt]

no joke thats the best video I sea for the essentials to start.

[shizofreninja]

The best tip is the right budget dividing. If you have 500$ DO NOT buy 400$ guitar and 100$ amp, even some 5000$ gibson would sound like bullshit when connected to cheap amp. You`d better buy some Harley Benton for 100 $ and big ass boss katana 50 or some else good amp and you will be pleased 100%

[philiprakesh]

There's so much Noise out there. Your "straight to the point" videos without a lit of fluff, gained a sub :)

[UpsideDownHandWrittenLetter]

I felt ignorant and dumb before watching this. I'm now more confident and excited to get my first electric guitar. Sick vid 🔥🔥🔥

[ConorRocksYT]

Let me know if you have any questions, and good luck with learning guitar! 😄🎸

Gear mentioned in this video (not sponsored, affiliate links!)

DIY maintenance kit:
and a set of pliers and lint-free microfiber cloth.

[carlthecloaked]

feeling nervous about getting my first guitar and this really helped!

[PolatUguzz]

I don't even know how to hold a guitar. If I went to a guitar shop and tried the guitars, I wouldn't be able to tell which one is better as a beginner. I hate it when people say "go and try the guitars"

[stefanolujic]

I’m currently playing an acoustic guitar but wanna pick up an electric and thank youtube for showing me your video, it literally covers everything you need to know. As others in this comment section said, you are amazing man and deserve way more traffic on your channel. I’m contributing with a sub and a like. Thank you 🙏🏻

[konjackonjac]

Perfect video. Grabbing my first ever guitar using this guide. Thank you so much mate!

[nellayema]

Excellent tips. I have that same amp. I found 7 picks that had slipped between the face of the control and the edge of the cabinet when I opened it up to clean it. There's a small gap that allows a pick to fall inside, so don't lay picks on the face of the control panel, lol.

[tugboat]

Nice video. I wish I kept my guitar music classes up. I remember brought my first guitar when I was 21 years old and my guitar lesson was on a Thursday night. Thursday night was pub 8ball darts night jukebox etc. kept it up for 18months, I hated the theory side of it. I enjoyed the practical part. I started with a $500 amp guitar, guitar case, music stand books, etc. then about 9 months later, a local music shop had a PV head PV quad box with an Ibanez FX unit on the top and five-piece pedal then about 9 months later, a local music shop had a Peavey head Peavey quad box with an Ibanez FX unit on the top and five-piece pedal. I remember the day I picked it up in my Ford escort hanging out the trunk and on the backseat. Then it's stt in my dads shed for years, about 8 years ago. I sold the whole lot for $200.

[luna-xzti]

Thank you so much for this video! Learning to play the electric guitar as an adult is a bit intimidating. Channels like yours really help <3

[HforHaki]

This guy helped me a lot. I really recommend to watch this guy's videos if you are a beginner.

[Ron-tlht]

I Learned A LOT from just this video, Thanks Much from Texas!!

[_tkki._]

The moment this video started, i just automatically pressed the sub button. My guts knew you were a good one.

[CoachLif]

Helpful video! Just picked up an electric guitar. Beginner over here so, this video helped a lot on what I need for starters.