Learn G,C, and D. You will be able to play 90% of songs out there.
I used to have a B.C. Rich āGunfighterā in an awesome Bright Yellow with Black Chrome hardware - it was a fantastic instrument with great tone.
Then I loaned it to my Brother, who traded it for something elseā¦.
This thread has gotten me a little bit of the itch again - so I just ordered one of these, should be here tomorrow:
(Ya pays yer money anā ya Takes Yer Chances!)
If you donāt want to break the bank, look at the Epiphone (Gibson) and the Fender Squires. Both are used by professional musicians when they go on the road, they donāt want their best guitars rough handled, broken, lost or stolenā¦ If they are set up properly they play and sound great. I own all Fender Squire electric guitars and a bass. The main difference is the pickups, bridge and tuners. You could upgrade those to same as on Fender American models for a few hundred dollars. A Squire costs around $200 vs $1400 up front for Fender American. I could care less about collectability. I am buying them to play, not brag about.
Like Gretsch, canāt go wrong with the only guitar Chet Atkins ever picked on. Sharp, sleek looking guitar. Go on YouTube, lots of free online lessons and like Guitar Guy said G, C, D. I would like to buy a vowel: A 
I loved my Epiphones
Well, it seems Amazon has given up on that guitar - they offered to refund me three days ago, but I held out until last night when I got home.
Re-ordered in a different colour, supposed to be here by next Tuesday.
We Shall See.
I would like to request a tune. How good are you at Mary Had a Little Lamb?
Izzat the one what has Fleas as White as Snow?
Thereās this guy, Marty Music, and a ton more free tutorials on YouTube to make you better with easy lessons. You can pause and rewind til you get each guitar chord, note, strum pattern, phrase, etc. Also check out chord charts, etc.
In tune - once you play a while and stretch out those new strings, itāll stay in tune.
Iād like to find a Guitar that has a string arrangement similar to a piano.
Closest Iāve found so far is a Harp. They go
C D E F G A B C
like a piano.
Nice. You can figure out most bass lines by ear. There are a lot of free lessons and tips on YouTube.
The notes are in that order on each string. Itās just that they start on the open first fret of the string tuned to that note. EADGBE. E string is the fattest string, Open-E, 1st fret - F, 2nd fret -F#, 3rd fret-G and so on til the 12th fret - back to E.
I want to Thank you Sir, for linking me to Marty - heās become a Favorite of mine. Heās embraced the idea about Guitar (and Music in general!) of - practicing nothing but scales and chords soon becomes boring and tedious. Actually PLAYING something is what everyone wants to do - and he shows you how to easily do that.
Yep. I had put the guitar down for the past year and a half. Iām getting the urge to pick it back up again. Learning new songs keeps me from getting bored and it gives me a sense of accomplishment.
Yep. Even Marty has bass lessons too. Think I picked up more in the first vid of his than the 3 others I watched combined. Love how he explains things.