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An overview of acoustic guitars

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The sound quality of the acoustic guitar depends on the shape, structure and materials of the guitar body. You pluck a string, and a sound comes out.

The acoustic guitar’s neck is made of mahogany usually and the fingerboard from rosewood or maple.

The Classical guitar
usually has nylon strings, and are so named because originally this type of guitar was used to play classical music. Nowadays the nylon string classical guitar is the best choice for beginners for the obvious reason that it an un amplified guitar will annoy far less people who have to share living space with the budding guitarist. Also with a nylon string guitar practice is kinder to your fingers. After playing for some time, your fingers will develop calluses which will allow you to play steel strings without discomfort but if you try to START with steel strings, bloodshed is inevitable.

Another, little discussed advantage of beginning your guitar playing with a classical guitar is with an electric guitar once you have learnt a few riffs or scales there is a tendency to practice your little repertoire endlessly using different effects, and guitar settings. This is a great time waster and turns your friends and neighbors against rock classics like “Smoke On the Water” who have only ever tried to make people happy!

The Flamenco guitar is a lightweight nylon string guitar which is made specifically to cater to the tastes and techniques of people who play the Spanish folk music known as Flamenco. The Flamenco guitar may have a thinner, more “biting” sound, and it will have a “tapping” plate on the top of the body.

Twelve string Guitars have a unique sound made by pairs of strings instead of single strings. The pairs of strings are tuned an octave apart, and produce a sound which was considered very pleasant in the 1960’s but it got old after a while.

Steel top guitars have a warn tone and are much larger than classical guitars. They have a steel section in the body and will hurt more if you drop them on your foot.

Slide or resonator guitars have a steel section in the middle of the guitar sound board which resonates the sound from the strings. This type of guitar is very popular amongst blues players, and is well suited to the use of metal or glass slides

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