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Guitar Styles and Guitar
Types:
Listed below
are guitar styles and guitar types and we give
a little guitar history on each guitar style or guitar type.
Electric Guitars
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Stratocaster -
Fender came up with the Statocaster guitar about 50 yrs ago. There are many
companies that produce this style of guitar today. Typically the
Statocaster guitar has a bolt on neck, 6 on one side tuners, strat style
body with two cutaways, 3 single coil pickups, and a tremelo. But there
are many variations of the stratocaster today. Some have humbucker pickups,
while others have a humbucker and a single coils. The nice part about the
strat guitar is that they can be modified fairly easily with different
pickups and hardware. An interesting fact about the strat is that David
Gilmour of Pink Floyd owns the first strat ever made Serial Numbered 001.
- Telecaster - Again Fender
invented the 1st telecaster guitars, and they have been around since before
the stratocaster. They typically have two pickups, smaller headstock than
the strat, and a 3 way pickup selector. Most have a string through body,
but not all. The unique sound you usually get from a telecaster is when you
use the middle position on the pickup selector. This activates both
pickups and give that unique telecaster sound. Many famous guitarists have
played the tele including Bruce Springstein, Prince, and many more.
- Les Paul Style - Les Paul style
guitars were invented by Les Paul of course, hence the name. Les Paul has
been quite in innovator in the music field and has even invented some of the
first recording devices to record music. The Les Paul guitar consists of a
set neck (glued in), 3 on one side tuners, usually
two humbucking pickups, and a single cut away body w/ a 3 way pickup
selector switch. Some Les Paul's have carved top
bodies, binding around the body and or headstock, and coil taps. It just
depends on what type of guitar or the manufacturer. Famous Les Paul players
include Slash, Jimmy Page, and Joe Perry.
- Flying V - The Flying V guitar
became popular in the 1980's with guitarists like Rhandy Rhodes and others.
The name comes from the body shape which is a Large V Shaped body. These
guitars are typically for eye appeal, because they are not easy or
comfortable to play.
- SG - The SG (Solid Guitar) is
another product coming from the Gibson guitar family. They are best known
for their pointy body type. Usually they have two humbucking pickups and a
set neck. They are typically thinner than their Les Paul counterparts.
Made famous by Angus Young of AC/DC and others.
Electric Basses:
- Precision or P Bass - The
Precision Bass or P Bass as some call it have been around for years. They
typically have a thicker neck than a Jazz Bass, and have a P bass type
offset pickup. Usually they have a Volume and tone knob and have a 4 on one
side tuning system. Older styles have reverse tuners, meaning you turn them
the opposite direction of today's tuners. Many Famous players have used the
P Bass including John Paul Jones of Zeppelin.
- Jazz Bass - Jazz Basses usually
have a thinner body shape, and neck shape. They have a unique off balanced
body shape much different than that of the precision bass. They are a more
traditional kind of bass played by many Jazz musicians. They may have 2
pickups to give different types of sounds and an extra tone knob for
different tones. Sound depends on the
manufacturer.
Acoustic
- Acoustic Guitar - Acoustic guitars
have an open chamber and are much thicker than electric's. The sound comes
from the strings, enters the chamber which then amplifies the sound in a
sense to sound bigger. Their a many types of acoustic guitars. They have
no cutaway to the body, 3 on one side tuners, pickguard, and a stop
tailpiece acoustic bridge.
- 12 String Acoustic Guitar - A 12
String Acoustic guitar is similar to the acoustic guitar above, but it has 6
extra stings. For instance, your low E String will also have a lighter or
higher pitched string next to it playing a higher range of the same note.
The 12 String gives a fuller sound almost like a chorus effect box. They
are genuinely harder to play than a regular acoustic given that they have
more strings. Usually more experienced guitarists pickup this instrument
after they have learned on a standard 6 string guitar.
- Acoustic Bass - Acoustic Bass is
similar to the guitar, but has 4 heavier sounding bass strings attached to
it. Therefore it give the deeper bass tones associated with acoustic bass
playing.
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