Posts Tagged ‘Acoustic Guitars’
Have you ever noticed one of your favorite artists or bands constantly changing electric guitars and bass guitars on stage? Have you ever thought that they were just showing off?
The answer is no they are not. Acoustic guitars sound different than solid body electric guitars, just as different style solid body electric guitars sound different from each other. Each electric guitar is designed to produce a specific sound, making different from the rest. That is why they change so guitar packages so frequently, because each song requires a specific sound.
Thanks to cheap electric guitars and cheap bass guitars you can experience the same difference in sound at a fraction of the cost. You can start with one style electric guitar and build your collection as you go along.
Tom Petty is one of my all time favorite artists. You can find him as the front man for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. He’s also the mastermind behind the Traveling Wilbury’s. The Traveling Wilbury’s were a super group made up By Tom and featured Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, and the late Roy Orbison and George Harrison.
One of the last concerts I saw from Tom Petty an the Heartbreakers and his display of guitar packages was most impressive. There were several styles of Fender electric guitars along with about four or five guitars made by Rickenbackers that featured two twelve string electric guitars. He used a hollow body electric guitar by Gretch and a Gibson Firebird. He also had several songs that showed off his collection of acoustic guitars. Featured was his signature Martin HD-40 acoustic guitar, along with a Guild twelve string acoustic, and his Gibson J-200. Petty terrific list of electric guitar packages and acoustic guitar packages.
Most people new to the guitar world opt to purchase electric guitars without even thinking about acoustic guitars. I guess in the world of rock it is more glamorous to them to own electrics rather than acoustic guitars.
If you play electric guitars, or bass guitars, or even acoustic guitars and you’re like me you dread the time when you have to change a string. Depending on the last time that you changed your guitar strings they all might need changing.
Expensive electric guitars as well as cheap electric guitars and cheap bass guitars all share the same weaknesses, they all need maintenance from time to time. What better time to give your guitar an overhaul than when you need to change the strings.
First thing is to check the neck with a straight edge to see if the truss rod needs adjusting. After you have done this and replaced the strings you might want to check your guitar for intonation. You check for this by tuning the open string then checking to see if the same note is present at the 12th fret, if they are not you need to loosen the string and raise or lower the bridge depending upon which way it is out then tune your string again. Checking all these things will keep your electric guitar in perfect working order, and who knows it might even improve your sound.
Let’s face it when you’re new to playing guitar, and it doesn’t matter if you like playing electric guitars or acoustic guitars, there are lots of easy songs that you could be playing. Keep one thing in mind, there is no substitute for learning the basics, it’s just that sometimes the basics can be a bit boring.
Guitar Packages are an attractive way to purchase that electric guitar you have been wanting to buy. These packages are available for electric guitars, bass guitars, and acoustic guitars.
Using cheap electric guitars that aren’t so cheap, they make it possible to own more than one style guitar. Many people I know who have electric guitar packages have added either acoustic guitar packages or bass guitar packages to their collection. There are some electric guitar players that have added a semi-acoustic or jazz guitar to increase their options when it comes to getting a different sound.
I don’t know about you but sometimes I just get tired of that twangy sound given up by electric guitars. Fortunately there are a few options for getting a different sound.
The guitar that mostly comes to mind is the acoustic guitars, that’s the one with the big sound hole in the middle of it. Many people don’t know these guitars can also be purchased electrified, meaning they are equipped so they can be played through a guitar amplifier or just by themselves.
Jazz guitars like the ones made by Glen Burton guitars are another way to get away from that conventional twangy rock sound. These electric guitars can be identified by their “F” holes. These guitars are also called semi-hollow electric guitars because some are completely hollow and some have a solid block of wood down the center of the guitar. If you take note as to some of the early bands that shaped rock and roll in the 1960′s, this was the type of guitar they used.
It doesn’t start out with as a feeling of obsession but the purchase of acoustic guitar packages, bass guitar packages, and electric guitar packages is just the start. Don’t get me wrong I’m not complaining about it, I’m just stating a fact, and the fact is guitar packages are OK in the beginning but after a while you realize it’s just not enough.
If you start out playing acoustic guitars you’ll want to get into solid body electric guitars, or maybe even bass guitars. The same can be said if you start out playing bass guitars or electric guitars. Before you know it you will own three or maybe four guitars. It’s not unusual for someone to own six guitars, I know because I’m one of them.
Hollow body electric guitars are in other words called semi-acoustic guitars. Don’t confuse this guitar with an electric acoustic guitar they are not the same.
Electric acoustic guitars are acoustic guitars with microphones to amplify the vibration, they can be identified by the large sound hole. A hollow body guitar is a guitar that has electronic pick-ups just like a solid body guitar along with a sound box like an acoustic guitar. With this type of guitar you can get a tone that you can’t get from a solid body electric guitar.
You might recognize these guitars by their familiar “F” holes in the body like the Memphis Jazz guitar made by Glen Burton Guitars. Although they can be played alone they are meant to be played electronically, through a guitar amplifier. When playing a hollow body guitar you must pay attention to the volume, they are prone towards feedback because of the “F” holes teamed with the electronic pick-ups.
Back in March I wrote a piece about this deadly disease, well it’s back. Guitaritis strikes without warning but with the help of electric guitar packages it does not sap all your cash like expensive guitars do.
It can also be classified as an addiction since it goes after established as well as new people who play electric guitars. Names like New York Pro Guitars, Stadium Guitars, and Glen Burton Guitars seem to call out to you with their high quality and low prices.
However you not afflicted until you have purchased your first electric guitar. After a while you feel something tugging at you. It seems to squeeze you until you can’t resist anymore, and when you do you find yourself with multiple electric guitars.
There is no known cure for this disease, some professionals have up to seventy-five electric guitars bass guitars and acoustic guitars. Luckily for us there is such medication as cheap electric guitars and cheap bass guitars to ease our pain and suffering.