Tuesday, December 29, 2009

The different types of guitars

There is no such thing as The Best Guitar Available. What may suite one person may not suite another.
It all depends on you. What type of guitar are you looking for and what features you need it?
Choosing the guitar is just like choosing your life partner, it is a very personal thing. you need to find a guitar that you feel comfortable and you like..

Now we will see the 4 main types of guitars.......

HARD BODIES ELECTRIC GUITAR

Going into a guitar shop or shopping online, you will find many different shapes, sizes and colors of electric guitars. However they all have 3 main features in common.
Steel Strings
Pickups
Volume / Tone controls

One point to keep in mind is that electric guitars are made of 2 types of wood

Pure Solid Wood
Both woods affect the price, weight and the sound of the overall guitar.

SPANISH CLASSIC ACOUSTIC GUITAR


They have 3 nylon strings and 3 steel strings, which are very gentle on your fingers.
They are also cheaper to purchase and require less maintenance.
The neck is a lot broader on Spanish Style Acoustics that a standard acoustic guitar and they don't usually come with pickups either.


SEMI-ACOUSTIC STEEL GUITAR
Semi-Acoustic guitar or semi-hollow guitars the third type of guitar feature a block of wood known as a sustain block or sound block into which the pickups are mounted for increase sustain and elimination of feedback. This type of guitar usually costs a lot more in price and therefore s not recommended for a first guitar.



STEEL STRING ACOUSTIC GUITAR
The last type of guitar is the Steel String Acoustic guitar.
This type of guitar varies in shapes and sizes, but it's very similar to nylon string acoustic.
The key different between the Steel String Acoustic and Spanish Classic Acoustic is that this type of guitar uses steel strings.

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