Video Question: First Guitar

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Date: July 17th, 2008 | Length: 0.58 | Instructor: Mark Kailana Nelson

Paigew asks, "I'm buying my first electric guitar and I am stuck.I was thinking about getting a fender strat but I do not know if I am starting out to big.Do you think I should go less or stick with the strat?" Another benefit of being a member of JamPlay is the video response section. Our expert staff fields questions from our members and provides video responses each week.

Other Video Responses:

Backing Track Questions - August 28th, 2008 (1 minutes, 55 seconds)

Plugy asked Hii i wanted to know if the backing track that brad uses a lot the one in lesson seven that he jams to and introduces the lesson with is available to download there is one in the supliment for the lesson but not the same as brad plays i would like to get this so i can follow the lessons as close as possible to Brad." View Response

whammy bar - April 28th, 2008 (2 minutes, 40 seconds)

Hgnative says, "When i first started playing guitar i took of my whammy bar . i want to use it now and cant seem to get the hang of it well playing any help would be appreciated and whats a dive bomb?" View Response

Strumming 12 String Guitars - March 17th, 2008 (3 minutes, 70 seconds)

Hgnative says, "I've been playing guitar for about two months electric guitar and it seems to be coming pretty easy but i watched a lesson on jam play and seen a 12 string guitar and now i want to play it is this guitar to much for a beginner thanks." View Response

Recording - August 7th, 2008 (6 minutes, 90 seconds)

Mav67 asks, "Hey guys I was wondering if I could get some advise on dealing with RBS (Record Button Syndrome). I learn these tunes, get the guitar part down and practice it extensively, slowly working in the singing with it, not that I can sing worth a damn but who cares. But everytime I go to record it I turn into a retard on the guitar. Everytime I mess up one way or another, if it isn't the guitar itself, I forget lines of lyrics or miss a vocal cue or try and change to the wrong chord or miss fret a given chord or what is becoming my personal favourite, messing up the picking or strum pattern. What frustrates me more than anything is that any other time I can do this with the minimum of fuss, but as soon as that Record button is pressed, it is like my mind, my voice and my fingers are on separate planets. Any advice on this matter would be appreciated, thanks in advance." View Response

- June 18th, 2008 (3 minutes, 20 seconds)

Possy asks, "can you give me tips on how to play lead for 60's and 70's songs... i like rock, metal, also could you show me the lead for songs from guns and rose's(sweet child of mine) etc. thank you michael pospeschil ps: i have played rythem guitar for 30 years and now i would like to learn lead guitar." View Response