Question about capos and alternate tuning - for guitar players

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]¼Microwave wrote: [/QUOTENAME]learn to play first, then buy the toys.

You can't simulate plugging a Ric straight into a Vox or a Strat into a Marshall amp.

$100 in lessons will go a lot further than $200 of footpedals. Plus as you get better, you'll realize the stuff you bought was junk and want to get the real thing. Trust me. Danelectro foot pedals. Morley Wah Pedals. Digitech processors. Peavey anything. Been there, done that.[/QUOTE]

I half agree with him, but the other half of me says that buying nice toys every once in a while will keep you interested in the instrument, and will keep the instrument new and fun. Other "toys" can have a positive technical impact on the guitarist, such as the wah pedal. Unlike most pedals, the wah is a skill that must be learned, much like every other technique on the guitar. The glass slide as well.

yes, you're right. I just see a lot of young players "covering up" their tone and not seeing the mistakes they're making because the Hyper Metal Fuzz Distortion caused a delay in the flange when my octave pedal was on "tremolo".

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]¼Microwave wrote: [/QUOTENAME]yes, you're right. I just see a lot of young players "covering up" their tone and not seeing the mistakes they're making because the Hyper Metal Fuzz Distortion caused a delay in the flange when my octave pedal was on "tremolo".[/QUOTE]

Very, very true...but if the guitar isn't fun, then what is it for?

Well, I won't be spending lots of money anyway. It was hard work to convince my parents to spend some money on a pretty cheap guitar... So I don't think they would actually want to buy more equipment if it's gonna cost as much as the guitar, or even more than the guitar. ;)