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As you begin to learn to play the guitar, you will be faced with choosing either an acoustic guitar or an electric guitar, depending on the situation you are playing in. There are subtle differences between them but the playing basics are the same. This article will detail the differences between Acoustic and electric guitars.
Acoustic guitars
These types of guitars do not require an amplifier or any electricity to be audible. The body is typically much thicker and is hollow. On the body under the strings is a "sound hole". When you play the guitar the sound is reverberated in the body of the guitar and is easily heard.
Acoustic guitars come in several sizes that include classical, jumbo, baby jumbo and concert. The size of the body will have an impact on the resonation of the sounds produced by the strings. Some will use strings made of nylon, some will use steel strings.
Acoustics also come in a couple of body shapes. The most common one is the dreadnought which has no "cut away" where the neck joins the body. A "cut away" is a sort of notch on one side of the neck where it joins the body. This allows more access to the higher frets. For an example, look at any picture of a Les Paul electric instrument. There are versions with single and double cut away designs.
Electric guitars
Electric guitars do not have a sound hole beneath the strings. Instead, there are pickups that detect the sounds from the strings and then send the signal through a patch cord to the amplifier when you play the guitar. The body is normally solid although there are hollow body designs available. There will always be a female plug-in on these guitars for the patch cord.
If you were to play one of these guitars without an amplifier, you would not be able to hear it. So you will NEED an amplifier to play electric guitar. The strings are always metal. The shapes of the body can be very basic or eclectic, like the Gibson Flying "V" or the newer BC Rich Beast. Any color is possible as well.
Depending on what you are playing, you will want to select the correct guitar. If you are playing slow ballads or folk music, an acoustic will be a good choice. For playing in a larger place or a rock genre piece of music, an electric guitar will be the better choice.
One thing about electric guitars is their ability to have their sound altered to achieve a rougher tone. This is done with "effects" like distortion, phase shift, chorus or one of many others sold in music stores.
Are you ready to play the guitar? As you can see, there are some differences between acoustic and electric guitars, but they are played the same way. If you can play one, you can definitely play the other.
To your success as you begin to play the guitar!
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