<p>brand new electric guitar just broke. (it wasn't cheap, it was just my fault, i'm an idiot) what do I do now???</p>
<p>You're kidding, right?</p>
<p>Have you played an acoustic guitar before? Do you have strings and a winder? </p>
<p>If not, you need to get to your local guitar/intrument shop and buy all the items you need to keep up your guitar and get a lesson in how to replace strings (preferably as they wear and not just when they break).</p>
<p>Your local shop doesn't really need to give you this sort of lesson for the $7.65 you're going to spend on a set of strings, but they will. This type of service is why you should buy your instruments from a local shop and not "Musician's Friend." Still, people go to these stores, get advice and help and then turn to the Internet for the actual purchase. And then, one day, when these stores go out of business and people's strings break and they have a $1,200 hammer sitting in their room collecting dust with a missing string, they'll just stare at it for a week or two until they think, "I know what to do...I'll ask people on a college guidance chat forum how I can enjoy my instrument!" Maybe this isn't you; but there are plenty of people who hew to this approach. And if you've been working with a local music shop, you should be plugged in enough to know you don't have to ask us what to do about a broken string.</p>
<p>I'm not kidding! It's my first guitar (I've really never wanted an acoustic even though I know it's good for starters) and I've never had a real lesson from a professional...I'm working on finding a teacher. I was just messing around trying to tune it and it snapped! I was hoping a friend of mine could do it, but before I asked him I just wanted to make sure that it wasn't something that needed a professional or something that I could easily do myself. I guess I'll meander on down to the music shop if my friend doesn't have any strings...but thanks for the advice.</p>