Hi, I'm new here - I just got my first guitar last Sunday!  I know a few chords but that's about it.  Any suggestions on what books to get to learn from?  There are so many I don't know what's good and what's not.  Or should I just look into lessons?  Any recommendations would be helpful!
Thanks!

Hi and welcome, I don't have any knowledge of what books might be helpful except that the ones we had 25 years ago were garbage. However this website has a chord finder, scale finder and a dozen experienced guitarists who are always willing to help. If lessons are affordable  and you can get an instructor who reads music then by all means take the lessons

Ladyjulie,

I learned from "Mel Bay" books many many moons ago. I hear they are still around. I started with the advanced chord book, and the grade 1 theory book, and worked from there. No instructor (but that would have been a definate plus), and no such thing as Internet either.
Like Bobo says, there are many here willing to help. All ya need do is ask.

Welcome to the site, and enjoy..

Check out the chat room, ya may catch a few of us in there from time to time..

Jim

My suggestions are to talk to a friend who plays guitar or an instructor, so you can go over your musical goals and come up with the best game plan. Also, continue to exchange comments and learn from these forums. There are also many cool guitar instruction web pages out there you can learn from. My web site is a plain one, still being finished, but the videos simulate what it would be like for you to be sitting in a lesson face to face with an instructor for a lesson. Learn something from every one you can. They all have something a little different you can learn from. We are all excited when we hear of a person who wants to learn how to play the guitar.

http://www.GuitarMore.com/

Sorry for hitting the send button twice

My bad, of course Scott is correct there is an absolute wealth of free instructional stuff on the net.  Hit me up and I'll link you to a dozen or so including Scott's.

www.teachguitar.com/content/ant1.htm
hey guys i really like this sight it is geared toward teaching and is really a good beginner site
my suggestion is take note particularrly of the pentatonic modes if you learn these five scales you can pull of a blues solo to almost any I IV V chord porgression hope that helps.
ps mel bay is still good thier stuff is kind of hard but worth learning.
also one of my tricks is to pick a tab book that has some songs you like and try to learn them. this gives you instant gratification and that is worth something i am sure!

Thanks for the info!  I've learned a few more chords and a couple scales!    I am enjoying the guitar even more than I thought I would! 

Welcome Lady J .. Im new here also... This is a really great place to ask and learn.... Anyhow check this website out ... www.guitarnoise.com ....the lessons are  broken out into beginner- intermed- advance etc.. ect... take a look around the web site... maybe search your favorite song...  I used it and still use it...

Hi and welcome Julie! Congrats on picking up the most musical, sexy, powerful, complex instrument there is to mankind.  Julie from one beginner to another, thank God for Youtube!  Any song I had in mind I not only found it on Yourtube but for variations on it.  But let me share this website that has been extremely helpful to me, Justinguitars.com  the guys is very good in explainin and makes learnin from a computer fun.

Keep us posted on your progress and feel free to join us in the chatroom , we have fun there and learn too

hello and welcome julie to chordbook. this is a great site to learn, and i'm sure that you'll enjoy yourself here.

well lessons r good but exspensive sometimes (sadly) What i did is just teach myself look up songs that i like on UltimateGuitar.com or 911tabs.com .... (if u read tabs) and ive now been playing bass for about a year and a half and so far it has brought me good this far.. but if u have the money lessons might be better  ur choice.......... and welcome to chordbook

Since your just starting out i highly recommend you take a look at this online lesson http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/sh … ?t=1091796     

it might not make sense now but it will save you a lot of trouble in the long run, I wish I learned this stuff when i started out

Hello Julie ... here's a great site I've used and countless others ... I have yet to find a better site to learn from:  www.justinguitar.com

Everything you need to learn for a beginner is located there ... it's a donation site Justin Sanderco created but well worth it