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Originally Posted by tele salivas
what styles of music do you want to play? sometimes a specific jumping in point is a less daunting perspective than a whole mess of information thrown at you, assuming you know the basic 'cowboy chords' and can tune your instrument
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I'd agree with this. If you understand some basic chords then having a spedific starting point it good. A lot of people learn blues first which is a good method because you'll start being able to make decent music fast. Also the blues stuff you learn can be applied to any genre such as country, rock, even metal.
A really good beginers book I like is called Beginning Electric Blues Guitar by David Hamburger. It's relatively inexpensive ($25) and comes with a dvd which also provides background tracks so you can jam along with a band. You can order the book online pretty much anywhere and it's also stocked in most Sam Ash and Guitar Center music shops. If you do end up getting the book send me a private message and i'll highlight some pages for you to look at. You certainly can follow the book from page 1 to the end but jumping around can help break up some of the more boring things.