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Guitar Styles and Guitar Types:
Listed below are guitar styles and
guitar types and we give a little guitar history
on each guitar style or guitar type.
Electric Guitars
Stratocaster - Fender came up with
the Statocaster guitar about 50 yrs ago. There are many companies that produce this
style of guitar today. Typically the Statocaster guitar has a bolt on neck, 6
on one side tuners, strat style body with two cutaways, 3 single coil pickups, and a
tremelo. But there are many variations of the stratocaster today. Some have
humbucker pickups, while others have a humbucker and a single coils. The nice part
about the strat guitar is that they can be modified fairly easily with different pickups
and hardware. An interesting fact about the strat is that David Gilmour of Pink
Floyd owns the first strat ever made Serial Numbered 001.
- Telecaster - Again Fender invented the 1st
telecaster guitars, and they have been around since before the stratocaster. They
typically have two pickups, smaller headstock than the strat, and a 3 way pickup selector.
Most have a string through body, but not all. The unique sound you usually
get from a telecaster is when you use the middle position on the pickup selector.
This activates both pickups and give that unique telecaster sound. Many famous
guitarists have played the tele including Bruce Springstein, Prince, and many more.
- Les Paul Style - Les Paul style guitars were
invented by Les Paul of course, hence the name. Les Paul has been quite in innovator
in the music field and has even invented some of the first recording devices to record
music. The Les Paul guitar consists of a set neck
(glued in), 3 on one side tuners,
usually two humbucking pickups, and a single cut away body w/ a 3 way pickup selector
switch. Some Les Paul's have carved top bodies, binding around the body and or
headstock, and coil taps. It just depends on what type of guitar or the
manufacturer. Famous Les Paul players include Slash, Jimmy Page, and Joe Perry.
- Flying V - The Flying V guitar became popular in the
1980's with guitarists like Rhandy Rhodes and others. The name comes from the body
shape which is a Large V Shaped body. These guitars are typically for eye appeal,
because they are not easy or comfortable to play.
- SG - The SG (Solid Guitar) is another product coming
from the Gibson guitar family. They are best known for their pointy body type.
Usually they have two humbucking pickups and a set neck. They are typically
thinner than their Les Paul counterparts. Made famous by Angus Young of AC/DC
and others.
Electric Basses:
- Precision or P Bass - The Precision Bass or P Bass as some call
it have been around for years. They typically have a thicker neck than a Jazz Bass,
and have a P bass type offset pickup. Usually they have a Volume and tone knob and
have a 4 on one side tuning system. Older styles have reverse tuners, meaning you
turn them the opposite direction of today's tuners. Many Famous players have used
the P Bass including John Paul Jones of Zeppelin.
- Jazz Bass - Jazz Basses usually have a thinner
body shape, and neck shape. They have a unique off balanced body shape
much different than that of the precision bass. They are a more
traditional kind of bass played by many Jazz musicians. They may have 2
pickups to give different types of sounds and an extra tone knob for different
tones. Sound depends on the manufacturer.
Acoustic
- Acoustic Guitar - Acoustic guitars have an open chamber and are much
thicker than electric's. The sound comes from the strings, enters the chamber which
then amplifies the sound in a sense to sound bigger. Their a many types of acoustic
guitars. They have no cutaway to the body, 3 on one side tuners, pickguard,
and a stop tailpiece acoustic bridge.
- 12 String Acoustic Guitar - A 12 String Acoustic guitar is similar to
the acoustic guitar above, but it has 6 extra stings. For instance, your low E
String will also have a lighter or higher pitched string next to it playing a higher range
of the same note. The 12 String gives a fuller sound almost like a chorus effect
box. They are genuinely harder to play than a regular acoustic given that they have
more strings. Usually more experienced guitarists pickup this instrument after they
have learned on a standard 6 string guitar.
- Acoustic Bass - Acoustic Bass is similar to the guitar, but has 4
heavier sounding bass strings attached to it. Therefore it give the deeper bass
tones associated with acoustic bass playing.
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