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**Once again, it's time for the FNGT!** If you don't know how this works, [click this link](https://fngt.gq/index.php?page=intro). That link will take you to another site to give you some additional information and tell you about some of our off-site features. That's also the site where we will host the weekly guitar threads, should Poal go down. **NOTE:** That site is by invitation only. If you want an invite, and you're a regular participant, then just ask Crazy, or myself. If you do know what's going on, you probably don't need to click that link - but you may want to, to make sure you know of the other features, such as the archive or a separate forum that's invite only. Remember, we are guests here on Poal. Let's act like it. If you're interested in supporting Poal, then [you can donate](https://poal.co/donate).

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[–] • 0 pt

I don't want to be a guitar teacher either. People ask me if I could teach them to play guitar and I tell them the only way to learn guitar is to play it. If you want to learn to play guitar spend a couple of hours a day playing a guitar

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There is no substitute for practice and continued learning.

I'm having fun pretending to be a new guitarist. I actually thought about recording something particularly bad and sharing it - but I think I should still have trouble with a G chord, not actually playing whole songs.

Also, I've cheated and played a ton of songs on the guitar now. It's wearing in nicely. The frets are a little higher than I like - they're what'd be classed as 'medium jumbo' or similar. Very generic, good overall, not my preference. If I was home, I'd likely measure the neck radius, sand them down, and then recap and polish them. Or, well, I'd send it to a luthier to do it for me.

Oh, would a newbie buy a luthier's kit?

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I doubt a newbie would buy a luthier kit cause I would think they would be afraid of fucking it up and making the guitar unplayable and nobody wants that!

Most of those that ask me to teach them to play guitar tell me they dont have the time to spend an hour or two a day playing guitar and I tell them well you're not going to be a guitar player then

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I tell people to start with 15 minutes a day. If they can do that, they can at least learn some cowboy chords to play at a campfire or the likes.

So many songs can be played with just four (or fewer) chords. If you can nail a dozen or so chords and chord shapes, you can do quite a bit. And, more importantly, if you can dedicate 15 minutes and do it every single day, you'll find yourself playing longer than those 15 minutes. If you can't give it 15 minutes, you're not going to learn a damned thing and you might just as well put it back in the case and in the back of your closet.

I also suggest they leave their guitar out of the case. It should be visible and easy to access. That way, when you have a minute, you can just grab the guitar and practice - even if it's just stretching for 5 minutes and silently fretting chords while you watch TV.