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"Guitar Guide Book - Recommendations?"

I'm buying an electric guitar next week some time and I'm not going to pay for lessons (Spending all my cash on the guitar) so I need a reasonably priced guide book to help me learn. I really don't know a great deal about music so It would have to be a beginners book - I know a few of you here play the guitar so I wondered if you had any recommendations, or perhaps books you don't use any more and would lend/sell me.

Cheers as always guys.

"Rock on"

I've got a few music books that are quite useful for learning stuff but it all depends on what kind of music you like.

I also have this book called Play Guitar which is helpful and has a lot to practice and is set out quite well.

Would be better though for someone to show you things though as sometimes books can confuse you, also good if you need to check things are sounding ok etc.

What guitar you going to get?

Heheh.

Azul wrote:
> Azul wrote:
> Bob_The_Moose wrote:
> I've only heard Trilogy Suite out of those and I can confirm it is
> perfect for a beginner.
>
>
> [S] [S] [S] [S] [S] [S] If you want to destroy all confidence
> you
> have in yourself.[/S][/S][/S][/S][/S][/S]
>
> Ahahahhaahha.
> :-D
>
> Arf, you could closed the thing.
> :-D

ARGH!

Azul wrote:
> Bob_The_Moose wrote:
> I've only heard Trilogy Suite out of those and I can confirm it is
> perfect for a beginner.
>
>
> [S] [S] [S] [S] [S] [S] If you want to destroy all confidence
> you
> have in yourself.
>
> Ahahahhaahha.
> :-D

Arf, you could closed the thing.
:-D

Bob_The_Moose wrote:
> I've only heard Trilogy Suite out of those and I can confirm it is
> perfect for a beginner.
>
>
> [S] [S] [S] [S] [S] [S] [S] If you want to destroy all confidence you
> have in yourself.

Ahahahhaahha.
:-D

I've only heard Trilogy Suite out of those and I can confirm it is perfect for a beginner.


[S] [S] [S] [S] [S] [S] [S] If you want to destroy all confidence you have in yourself.

Start off with easy techniques too, like sweep picking. Some good starter tunes are 'Trilogy Suite' and 'Anguish and Fear' by Yngwie Malmsteen and 'Eugene's Trickbag' by Steve Vai.



Note: the above may be lies

I play the guitar, I don't have the faintest idea on how to read sheet music, just read guitar tabs, it's easier.

I think the best way to learn is to get the groundwork in first, e.g learn the easy chords (C,A,G,E,D) and then work your way up from there.

Books are rubbish by the way.

Not really. If you want to play other people's material it's easier to learn from tabulature, and if you want to write your own it isn't going to be of particular use.

But helps, I assume