Guitar

[lukebray]

I was wondering if you wanted to play the electric guitar you would have to learn the acoustic guitar first?

[Mortartube]

No. The electric guitar is generally slightly easier to learn to play as it has thinner strings which make barre chords etc slightly easier to perform. I woul;d suggest though that learning the acoustic guitar is likely to make you a better player as the clean sound of an acoustic really shows whether your chrds etc are being played properly, whereas a distorted electric sound will cover a multitude of sins.

[saxy_jag]

Yep - pretty much anyone can learn electric from scratch, but most of the best guitarists will have honed their skills on acoustics at some point.

[robbo82]

I'd agree with both of the above, I learnt on an acoustic before moving on to electric and think I am probably the better for it.

[andy-hughes]

It's a similar principle to learing to draw properly before you move on to painting - not essential, but a good technique to have.

[IbanezGuitar]

I agree entirely with all the replies......I have been playing many years now but started on an accoustic as it was all I could afford at the time and I have never regretted it as it gave me a very good grounding in both chord and lead work.........make a mistake on an accoustic and it stands out like a sore thumb whereas on electric it can be covered up quite easily.

But really I think its what you feel you prefer yourself so go ahead and buy which suits your taste and good luck with your playing

[Mortartube]

If you do buy an acoustic, I have heard only good things about Yamaha acoustics across the entire price range.