Archive for April 18th, 2010
If you are looking to purchase a guitar and you are a first time buyer you need to understand the different types of guitars. Knowing the difference between guitars can save you a lot of time and effort.
Electric guitars usually made of wood though some are made of acrylic are made from one piece of wood thus being called solid body guitars and come in different shapes and styles, stratocaster, telecaster etc. Acoustic guitars have a sound hole which makes them playable without an amplifier.
Two other types of guitars that may seem the same but are really quite different are acoustic-electric guitars and semi-acoustic guitars. Acoustic electric guitars are an acoustic guitar fitted with a special pick-up in the bridge and an on board equalizer. A semi acoustic guitar is an electric guitar with a sound hole, these guitars are also called hollow-body electric guitars.