Chords for Buying Your First Acoustic Guitar

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_ _ _ _ _ [G] Hey, what's up you guys Marty Schwartz here with Marty music really appreciate you guys hanging out for another video
I'm excited to be partnering with reverb calm to talk about picking out your first acoustic guitar.
It's a question
I get a lot and I've been thinking about some different aspects to share with you about getting that first guitar
So the first factor to think about when picking out your very first guitar is obviously your budget and in my opinion
I think you're gonna want to spend about $200 to get a really nice guitar that you can learn on
You don't have to worry about the $1,200 guitar the $2,000 guitar
You can get that later after you've been jamming for a while
The other thing is as far as accessories, no fancy accessories are needed
I would suggest a clip-on tuner and a simple gig bag, you know
It's a soft bag that the guitar can be held in there and you'll be good to go
So once you got your budget figured out
You got to figure out what kind of guitar to get now
This guitar has steel strings on it
The other kind of strings that you would find are called nylon strings
Which are those clear plastic looking strings the nylon strings are more typical with classical guitar or Spanish guitar
Whereas the steel strings are more common with pop funk blues, you know
The contemporary styles that I feel like most of you will like so let's go for steel string now
There's also different shapes and sizes of guitars now for a little kid
You might not want what's considered a jumbo guitar, which would be even bigger than this now
This style guitar is called a grand auditorium
However, the most common shape of acoustic guitar that you're gonna find is the classic dreadnought shape
There's also jumbo guitars, which are obviously bigger boomier and louder
But they're also gonna probably be a little bit more uncomfortable to start with
But then you also have what are called parlor size guitars
Which are a little bit smaller and skinnier and then you also have what are called three-quarter size guitars
Which tend to be more like student models
But if you're a kid or you feel like your hands are really small or you're just not sure
You might want to go for a three-quarter size guitar.
However, once you get good on it
You're gonna kind of want a bigger louder sounding guitar.
So I'm gonna leave that up to you
You might have friends or family that have different guitars
You might want to try a few of them out and see what they feel like
So another aspect for learning guitar that's gonna be really important is the action and what the action means besides
You know something that's exciting
It's not as exciting as it sounds but it's it's actually the distance of the strings off
The fretboard if this is the fretboard and these are the strings [E] the higher
Higher up the harder it's gonna be and the more strength that's gonna take to get a clean tone out of it
So you're gonna want a guitar with low action
It'll be less frustrating to get those clean tones out and to get going playing songs
So another feature that's on different types of guitars more advanced guitars usually is this little cutaway right here
Now this as a beginner
This cutaway is not something that you're really gonna want to worry about
Because when you're learning you're gonna spend most of your time up in this area.
This is more for when you're
[F] _ _ _ Reaching up and doing soloing now what I've seen that I'm getting really excited about the technology that's going out
There is guitar companies are able to make really nice playing guitars with cheaper materials
So yeah, maybe it doesn't sound as good as a professional model, but it still has great tone and it's really playable
so on a more affordable model
You're gonna see different woods like cedar and mahogany
And if you're not sure which one sounds better to your own ear you may want to have a friend try out different guitars
And have you stand, you know, maybe [D] ten feet back and listen to the ones that sound good to you
So also you're gonna have different choices on the finishes and gloss that goes on the guitar now
I find with the more affordable entry-level guitars.
You're gonna get what's called a satin finish, which isn't as shiny
No, the layer is less thick you can kind of feel the wood through it
But you're gonna save a ton of money with a satin finish
So if you're ready right now head over to reverb.com
Every type of guitar wood style everything I mentioned is available there for you to check out
It's [E] also a great resource for selling gear.
You [A] can sell a guitar on there
You can buy a guitar on there.
You can buy [D] new stuff.
You can buy used stuff
I use it all the time.
They're super [E] trustworthy and
[A] _ You got to check them out.
All right, there was hope you had fun.
Also, thanks to reverb.com
[D] They're actually gonna be sponsoring a giveaway [A] for
$500 of [B] reverb bucks [D] to help one of you guys buy your first guitar
It's exclusive to [Em] Marty music [A] and my viewers
so [E] go check out the [A] info box for the link and good [G] luck [A] and
We'll see you later
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