Guitars

Electro-Acoustic guitars are designed to have pick ups in the bridge and to be plugged into an amplifier. To this end they may have an onboard pre-amp to go with the pick-up, and some even have built in effects too.....

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The 6 string Acoustic was first developed in 1779 and since then has been used by Singer/Songwriters, and fingerstyle players. It comes in many styles from Classical through to Dreadnought shaped. An acoustic guitar does not need an amplifier...

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12 string guitars play the same as 6 string guitars. Beside each 'regular' string is another that is one octave higher. The combined effect of all the strings is a lovely 'full' sound used by many singer/songwriters to 'fill out' the sound.....

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For the 10% that need the neck the other way round....

Bar far the most common, 4 string bass guitars are typically tuned in EADG, matching the 4 lowest strings on a guitar accept they're an octave lower. They look similar in appearance to an electric guitar but have a longer scale length and the strings are much thicker in order to producer to lower tones.

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5 string Basses have an extra string, which can either be a Low B ora high C. This extra tonality makes them very useful in smaller combos or groups.

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Solid body Electric guitars are made from a solid block of wood, and require Pick-ups to make a noise. As such they are very resonant instruments and there are very many styles to choose from....

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