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In this article, I try to answer that question.

If you'd like to skip the article, the answer is "yes!"

No, in all seriousness, it depends. Usually, the people who argue against starting with an acoustic are arguing with a man made of straw. The reasons to start with an acoustic are that you want to end with an acoustic and because you want to be able to take your guitar with you, so that you can practice it more easily and not have to lug a ton of shit around.

Fuck tradition. Nobody wants to hear classical guitar at the party. Acoustics are really good for lugging around with you and being played without a lot of hassle. There are no cords, pedals, or amps required. You also don't have to buy those things to augment an acoustic guitar. (Something I think I neglected to mention in the article.)

If you'd like to click through and read the article, here's a link:

https://playguitar.gq/2018/09/08/should-i-start-with-an-acoustic-or-an-electric/

There's more to it (of course). But, that's the main message, along with the first guitar you buy being a very personal decision and not one that anyone can really make for you.

In this article, I try to answer that question. If you'd like to skip the article, the answer is "yes!" No, in all seriousness, it depends. Usually, the people who argue against starting with an acoustic are arguing with a man made of straw. The reasons to start with an acoustic are that you want to end with an acoustic and because you want to be able to take your guitar with you, so that you can practice it more easily and not have to lug a ton of shit around. Fuck tradition. Nobody wants to hear classical guitar at the party. Acoustics are really good for lugging around with you and being played without a lot of hassle. There are no cords, pedals, or amps required. You also don't have to buy those things to augment an acoustic guitar. (Something I think I neglected to mention in the article.) If you'd like to click through and read the article, here's a link: https://playguitar.gq/2018/09/08/should-i-start-with-an-acoustic-or-an-electric/ There's more to it (of course). But, that's the main message, along with the first guitar you buy being a very personal decision and not one that anyone can really make for you.

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[–] TheBuddha [OP] 0 points (+0|-0)

Yeah, I don't include outliers and weirdos! ;-)

Good heavens, could you imagine how long my articles would be if I included all those?!?

LOL I'd be there for weeks on a single article! Sweet!

[–] cyclops1771 1 points (+1|-0)

Hey, you can't place the blame for that on me!

I take zero credit for anything, ever. If I did, can you imagine all the shit I would be made responsible for?

<shudders>

[–] TheBuddha [OP] 0 points (+0|-0)

LOL My articles would end up being SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO long!

And, ain't none of us guitar players actually normal. Shit, just using the people I know in real life and including them as outliers would mean each article was 20,000 words long.

On Voat, after my article about strings, someone chimed in that I'd not included some history of wrapped wire strings and decided my statements were ambiguous enough to justify them trying to find fault in the article - when I was really only addressing nylon strings and didn't think I needed to make it clear that my article was not addressing every possible variation on the string theme.

They were pretty pleased with themselves. When I pointed out the article made no mention of them and there's no reason to believe that I was writing about them, they found something that wasn't written precise enough for them and decided they could interpret that (while ignoring context and pretty much just assigning their own meanings) any way they wanted.

Indeed, they were pretty pleased with themselves. Pointing out that it was not actually a subject covered in the article and that I'm not actually an encyclopedia seemed to not matter to them and they told me that they were perfectionists.

At that point, I decided I'd not ask 'em for a link to their site where they'd written a better article that's more complete. I figured I'd just let 'em be pleased with themselves.

Nope... I definitely don't have time to account for all the weirdos! ;-)