Anybody here play guitar? I just got one from my friend. It's a Hondo Acustic 6 string. I was wondering if anybody has some tips for begginers or stuff like that.  Thank's!!!

Get a good chord book and learn them. Then learn your scales and from there you will be able to figure out songs. Lessons help too.  

PRACTICE

Ive been playing for about 3 years and I would suggest getting lessons. They help a lot. As far as playing tips make sure you use your pinky. Sounds wierd but thats what everyone tells me to do.

A chord book is a good start.  One way to practice more is to find songs you like and look up the chords or tabs (you will find out what these are) and play along with it.  tabrobot.com , ultimateguitar.com and roughstock.com are my favorites.  BTW I have been playing for 30 years and have a Martin Accoustic that is probably older than you.  Now my son, 14, has been playing for only 2 years and is better than me.  It's all about practice.

Lots of PRACTICE and some lessons even if they're from a friend who already knows how to play. I've been a DRUMMER since I was 15 so I can usually drown out any mistakes a guitar player makes with a nice long fill or roll on the snare:o) Glad to see that you're getting into music!! It's a VERY satisfying, relaxing and rewarding hobby. Now you have at least TWO of those:o)

Practice does make perfect.  I've been strumming around on an Ovation for about three years now and am probably only as good as someone would be if they practiced daily for about a month or two.  I go in spurts and notice when I practice consistently for a couple of weeks, I improve dramatically.  Stay focused, learn the chords, scales, and persevere.  Another good site to find 1,000's of songs is Chordie.com.

i cant play a lick but i have a 1970's model gibson les paul ive been told is worth a lot of plastic worms. to be honest ive not had it out of the case for 15 years.

I've played since 1977.  Continual practice is your best friend.  If you let it consume you, you will play well.  My first few years I was in high school and college and I probably played and practiced 4 - 8 hours a day.  After you have some basics down with learning a few chords and scales, try to learn songs by ear.  This takes time and can be frustrating at first.  Spend the time on it and it will make your skills increase tremendously.  

Chord books are great, but memorizing chords is like anything.  You forget the ones you don't use.  Learning scales is great too, but, again, you forget what you don't use.  So how do you remember all of this stuff?  Easy, you don't remember it.  You learn how to build chords and scales yourself and then you'll never have to memorize again.  

I suggest you buy Fretboard Logic I, II, and III.  Go to http://www.musiciansfriend.com and search for Fretboard Logic.  These books will teach you the formula for each type of chord and each type of scale so that you can build them yourself.  They will also teach you the CAGED sequence of how chords follow one another up the fretboard.  Learning this stuff will allow you to master the fretboard so you can play any key, in any location on it.  I wish that I had these books when I started because they would have saved me a lot of time learning things on my own.

There is some other stuff I could give you that is more advanced but start with everything above.  If you find you love the instrument and stick with it, PM me and I'll give you more.  

Thank's for all the help ya'll!!!! :)

I suggest that you learn chords and the THEORY behind playing guitar.  This will help you learn quicker.

I started playing with tabs, which slowed me down. My friends would tell me to play a "D", and I'd look back at them and say "huh"?

But this is coming from a bassist...

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good site with lots of info

I suggest that you learn chords and the THEORY behind playing guitar.  This will help you learn quicker.

I started playing with tabs, which slowed me down. My friends would tell me to play a "D", and I'd look back at them and say "huh"?

But this is coming from a bassist...

Just to clarify, learning chords isn't theory.  Learning how the notes relate to each other within a chord and how the chords in a key relate to each other is theory.  This is why learning the chord type formulas is more important than learning the chords.  If you know the theory you can build the chords.  But starting out you will want to memorize some simple chords and scales and practice them enough where you will have the physical dexterity to play some simple songs and see progress.  If you start out and get into deep theory right off the bat, you won't have the physical dexterity to play it yet and, for some people, it could be discouraging.  

Hookemdown, your bass knowledge will apply to guitar since the standard bass is strung with the same four tones (E, A, D, G)  of the four lower strings on the guitar.  They are just an octave lower.  

Good point senile.

I just want people to remember that there's more to playing than tabs.