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I think its designed for the "never played" to "intermediate" player. I have played, but its been over 10 years since I did and I have never been especially good. So, in the past 90 minutes or so, I took it right from the "beginner mode." There are a bunch of "Lessons" (I dunno how many, maybe 15+) and they go like this: (1) video of someone actually playing the guitar with an announcer explaining what you need to know; (2) video of the person playing something simple for the lesson; (3) then the screen showing how to play with the on-screen formatting it shows you it being done; then you do it; then you do a little riff using the skill. The lessons are concise and pretty good in my opinio There are different ways of using This program/game. I don't know them all since I just messed around with it for a bit; but there are (1) lessons; (2) playing/learning songs; (3) "Guitarcade" which basically turns practicing a technique without any riff or rhythm,... the boring practice stuff normally, and makes it more fun by having successful stuff enable some low-end 1980s style arcade game character to achieve the task (sort of like instead of hitting A, A, A, B, B, A, A to do a Sub-Zero freeze move, instead you are hitting notes, or doing slides or something. What I really like about it, is that when you play a song it doesn't give you the full song to play at first, instead it interprets your success at a "simple run" and then decides to either keep you there or to increase the number of notes. So, for example, for every 10 notes played, I only had to play 1. If I did well, it would increase to 2 of 10 notes... all the way up to all the notes. I selected "Beginner (never played before)" but I think you can jump to a more challenging starter level if you want. Anyways, I hope that helps. I only played for 90 minutes or so.
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That sounds good. Sounds like it will adapt to the skill of the player which is nice. I might have to look into it. I've always wanted to learn guitar.
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Well, if you want, take down my avatar name (WileEWolf) and send me a message in a few weeks to see if I still like it after playing it more. NOTE: I think there is an Epiphone (guitar brand) entry guitar they are promoting along with this Locksmith for I think $200. I didnt pick it up or play PLAY WITH it but just looking at it , it doesn't seem like something particularly good. So, if you want minimal investment in the attempt to learn guitar, Im sure that will work fine;m but eventually you are going to want a better guitar. Look for something with a solid wood body, fixed bridge (NOT vibrato, since that will go out of tune easy), knobs not in your way and pickups that suit what you want to play (i.e. EMG for Metal). Personally, my next guitar will be an Ibanez. My current guitar is an entry level Yamaha (solid wood body) but I modified the tremolo bridged to be fixed and bought new EMG pickups (I have had the guitar for 15+ years so I spruced it up this week). Anyways, point is you can spend 200 on the dirt cheap epiphone so as to avoid spending money on something you toss in the closet; or you can go straight to a guitar in the 350-700 range and that will last you through a good 5 years of solid daily practice before you will consider an upgrade or something that suits you better (you probably don't know what you will play most yet). I am fairly newbish on guitar I suppose, but I am sort of on the cusp of being not-a-newb, so I know the little beginner stuff (i.e. what to look for in a good first guitar) and would be happy to answer questions for you. Of course feel free to ask experienced players that would know better than I do.
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yeah, it's a cheapo gibson(epiphone is owned by gibson)... and gibson or fender(a pine special edition guitar for over $1000? lol) isn't very quality any more, just expensive and well endorsed/known...it's not an amazing tier guitar but Ibanez RG series is pretty good for the money. ESP(Japanese) is another good brand. Ibanez and ESP are used a lot in hard rock and metal. dean is OK... not great tier, DBZ is the same, but way too much money for the looks Japan makes great musical instruments. most of the cheaper specials are made in Indonesia, Malaysia, or Korea by on factory each... most US made guitars are pretty worthless in advantage over foreign for any reason but muricaderping... and they'll cost more for less. you want a bolt-on neck. makes repairs simple, quick, and easy if you're on the road. the BS about wood affecting the sound doesn't matter unless your guitar is purely acoustic. the sound comes from the electric system when an electric guitar is plugged in.
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Yeah I dunno about wood affecting the plugged-in tone either... but It does make a durability difference (solid vs laminated wood vs hollow)
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true... but gibson also has an obnoxious neck-joint bulge on their guitars to make it harder to reach your last frets. basically your wood doesn't affect your tone but most places advertize like it does. your potentiometers(aka pots), wiring, pickups and strings as well as setup have far more to do with quality sound..