Electric Guitar

Electric Guitar

Types of Guitars - Acoustic Electric Guitars, Electric Guitars, Classical Guitars, Hollow-body Guitars, Steel Guitars

Acoustic electric Guitars: this is a term used to describe acoustic guitars that have pickups installed in them so they can be plugged into amplifiers or PA systems. The majority of acoustic guitars you see on stage are acoustic electric guitars. Structurally, they are identical to traditional acoustic guitars.

Electric Guitars: these types of guitars made out of a solid piece of wood and rely exclusively on their electronic pickup systems and amplifiers for their volume. Their unique sound lends itself best to rock and roll, but they have also substantially shaped the sound of country music in the last 50 years. (Think "twang")

Classical Guitars: also called "nylon-string", classical guitars are used almost exclusively in the classical and folk idioms, but can also be found on more popular recordings. Carlos Santana makes a lot of use of the classical guitar in his

recordings. Slightly smaller than a traditional acoustic, they feature slightly wider necks and strings that are made of nylon rather than steel, to give them a very gentle, warm sound. The best Classical guitars are usually from Spain.

Hollow-body Guitars: These are simply traditional electric guitars that have chambers cut in the body to allow for more sonic resonance. They come in many different sizes and are favored primarily by players of blues and jazz music.

Steel Guitars: These are the farthest breed apart from traditional guitars so far. While any guitarist can pick up any guitar

from the above list and play, a steel guitar requires special training to play. The guitar is played flat on its back, and the strings are elevated approximately half an inch above the fretboard. This allows the strings to be played using a "tone bar" that takes the place of the fingers on a fretboard and gives the steel guitar its classic "crying sound". This is the archetypal guitar sound.

What will happen if I play an electric guitar on a bass amp?

I have been playing the bass for a while.
Now I want to be able to play all the big riffs of the electric guitar.
I can get a decent guitar fairly cheap I just dont want to be spending alot of money on a new amp.
I have a stagg bass amp and was wondering what would happen if I played my electric guitar on that amp.

You are going to want to turn the bass and mids down a bit and the treble up a bit, but otherwise you will get a pleasant surprise. Bass amps handle electric guitar just fine, provided they aren't already blown out from being overdriven. I prefer a bass amp or combo amp to a guitar amp anyway, since it is a lot more versatile and allows me to plug in a microphone when I need to. I can even jack in a keyboard or sequencer. Guitar amps are kind of fragile in comparison. They are usually made to get those highs and what most players want is to jack the mids anyway! Plug it in and rock on.