This would be my first guitar and i don’t have any kind of musical training. Should i buy an acoustic guitar with nylon strings or one with the metal strings? I don’t have a specific kind a music i want to play, i just want something that can play the the popular tunes out there

for most of the popular tunes you’ll want a steel string guitar.

while the steel string may be slightly tougher on your fingers, if you start with proper technique…namely placing you thumb on the center of the back of the neck…your fingers won’t have to supply so much pressure, your thumb does it for you. remember that while the neck may somewhat resemble a baseball bat, you don’t hold it like one. your palm never really touches the neck. (i learned with bad technique. it’s harder to overcome than learning right in the first place.)

plus, generally, the fingerboard is narrower on steel string guitars so your fingers won’t have as far to reach. and the neck is often slimmer.

and, i believe, in the long run you’ll be much happier.

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I want to teach myself the acoustic guitar over the summer, and want to buy a relatively inexpensive one…either secondhand off ebay or, if it’s cheap enough, from a music store.
Any good starter guitars that you’d recommend? And reasons would be good as well, please

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