WHERE TO START WHEN CHOOSING A GUITAR?

TYPES OF GUITARS

If this is your first guitar, read the descriptions of the types of guitars, consider what interested you to start playing the guitar, how you want to sound, what style you will play, then choose the type of guitar. Consider whether you will buy accessories for the guitar (case, tuner, stand, footrest, etc.) If you have chosen an electric guitar, remember that it requires an amplifier and a cable for connection.

If you are advanced or this is not your first guitar and you want to buy an instrument that sounds better or differently, take a look at the types of guitars, the sounding features of different wood, the differences in sound sampling in electric guitars. Notice what instruments your favorite musicians or bands play, the sound of which you like.

Classical guitar.

It is an acoustic instrument with six nylon strings (3 thick ones are nylon coated metal coils). The guitar griffon is wide and flat. The guitar griffon is wide and flat. Since the griffon is most often without a reinforcing rod, and the stakes are plastic, metal strings are not suitable for this guitar. The tension of the metal strings is greater and when you put them on the classical guitar, most often the griffon bends out.

Therefore, only nylon strings are suitable for a classic guitar. It is easier to press such strings than metal ones (which are used for acoustic guitars), and the sound is softer, softer. When playing fingers, most often sitting, a footrest is used. Most often used in the performance of classical, flamenco music, playing solo or in an ensemble. Nowadays, it is also applicable in jazz, pop and other styles of music. Choose a classic guitar if you decide to learn to perform classical music or if you just like its subtle sound.

Acoustic guitar.

Guitar with metal strings. The griffon is narrower and slightly hooded, the stakes for the strings are metal. The resonant box is larger, wider than that of classical guitars. Metal strings of various stretches can be used for this guitar, since the griffon has a reinforcing rod that passes through the entire vulture, the tension of which can be adjusted. Nylon strings are not suitable for this guitar. Played with fingers or a swipe, sitting or standing, using a belt. Its sound is more tinny, transparent and louder. The guitar is very commonly used in modern music, easily distinguished by its sound. Sounds loud and clear, especially suitable for composing. Choose this guitar if you like its sound, want to learn how to play popular, rock, country music or dream of songs in a circle of friends.

Twelve-year-old acoustic guitar.

In this guitar, there is a second string next to each string, so the sound is like a double, extremely rich, wide and beautifully floating. Sounds great when playing chords. More suitable for slightly advanced ones due to the wider vulture and more complex (harder) clamping double strings.

Electric guitar.

It is a guitar in which magnetic probes convert the vibrations of metal strings into electrical signals and transmit them through a wire to a sound amplifier to hear sound through the speaker. The electric guitar itself sounds very quiet, since it does not have a resonant box, so it needs to be connected to a sound amplifier with a speaker. The sound depends largely on a large number of components, but most of all the timbre is created by the sound samplers and the sound amplifier through which the play is played, as well as the sound is influenced by the strings and wood from which the body of the guitar, the griffon and the fingerplain are made. Played with a swipe, fingers. Often used various effects, accessories that change the sound. A huge variety of styles are performed: rock, rock&roll, metal, jazz, pop and others. Choose this guitar, if you like its sound, you want to play through the amplifier, you dream of playing with the band. Bass guitar also belongs to this type of guitars.