You Just Bought a Discount Guitars - Now What?

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Essential Next Steps

Even though you didn't buy a $2,000 Gibson or Fender, I bet to you love your discount guitars as if cost a Millon Dollars. I know that's how I feel. I don't have a Gibson or a Fender yet, but I can promise that I treat them like they were rare antiques.

Now you may be wondering what you should do next with your guitar. Well, I am going to explain some essential next steps.

Holding Your Discount Guitars - Sitting Positions 

There are two sitting positions for holding your guitar; classical and casual.


  1. Pick up the guitar and make sure that the guitar body is supported by your leg.

  2. Position yourself at the edge of your chair..

  3. Ensure that your back is relaxed but straight..

  4. Lean the guitar back towards you slightly..



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Holding Your Discount Guitars - Standing Positions 

There is basically only one standing position for holding your guitar.

  1. Pick up the guitar and place the strap over your shoulder. Adjust the strap so that the guitar is positioned mid-body.

  2. Use your left hand to support the neck of the guitar.

  3. Rest your right hand over the bridge of the guitar.



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Ready to Start Playing? Check back for the next lesson but if you are impatient you can go ahead and make sure that your guitar is tuned to open E tuning (the most common tuning). If you don't know how to tune your guitar, and you can't wait for my next lesson I suggest you check out Jamorama.com for the ultimate guitar learning kit which includes step-by-step written lessons, video lessons, audio lessons and sophisticated software games.



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