Monthly Archives: April 2011

What are the Types of Guitar Strings?

There are 2 general types of electric guitar strings being sold today. Most guitar players use the round wound strongs and the flat wound strings. Flat Wound Strings These differences in string construction make an even bigger difference in sound … Continue reading

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What is a Steel String Guitar?

A steel-string acoustic guitar is a modern form of guitar descended from the classical guitar, but strung with steel strings for a brighter, louder sound. It is often referred to simply as an acoustic guitar, although strictly speaking the nylon-strung … Continue reading

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What are the Types of Acoustic Guitars?

Dreadnought Style Acoustic Guitar called a western guitar, the Dreadnought is a big instrument with a full sound and a lot of bass. Ideally, dreadnoughts are loud guitars designed to accompany singers or fit into a wide range of musical … Continue reading

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What are the types of Electric Guitars?

An electric guitar is one that is incorporated with pickups which catch and amplify sound through the amplifier and speaker. These guitars are to be played very much the same way as acoustic guitars. However, due to the high volume … Continue reading

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What is an Acoustic Electric Guitar?

Is an acoustic guitar fitted with pickups, a microphone or transducers. In acoustic-electric guitars, the transducers and microphones are always used because conventional pickups are not capable of picking up vibrations of non-magnetic materials. The design is distinct from a … Continue reading

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What is a Solid Body Electric Guitar?

The solid-body electric guitar has evolved as a solo lead instrument, frequently played above the 12th fret. Consequently, to allow the guitarist easier access to the upper part of the fingerboard, a single or double cutaway is usually incorporated into … Continue reading

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What is an Electric Bass Guitar?

Electric bass guitars function on the same principle as electric guitars where the body is normally solid, and electronic pickups are used to capture the string vibrations and transmit them to an amplifier which then increases the volume of the … Continue reading

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What is Hollow Body Electric Guitar?

These guitar models allow for a different sound than those achieved by simply an electric or acoustic guitar; they lend themselves quite well to many different genres of music. are best known as semi-acoustic guitars. They are also known as … Continue reading

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What is an Acoustic Bass Guitar?

The acoustic bass guitar (also called ABG or acoustic bass) is a bass instrument with a hollow wooden body similar to, though usually somewhat larger than a steel-string acoustic guitar. Like the traditional electric bass guitar and the double bass, … Continue reading

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What is a Classical Guitar?

Also called the”Spanish guitar” or “nylon string guitar” is a 6-stringed plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones. The classical guitar is well known for its comprehensive right hand technique, which allows the soloist to perform complex … Continue reading

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