When I was a bass player, I saw quite a few guitars - both acoustic and electronic. But even more I met people who, having learned that I can play and, moreover, play, immediately started asking: “Teach me to play” and asking: “Is it difficult, right?” “And how to choose a guitar to play like you, like him, like Kurt Cobain?” and so on and so forth. To be honest? Just a couple of weeks after the first concert, you just want to shoot yourself.
Because it is simply unrealistic to explain to a person who believes that from just talking to a guitarist, just touching the instrument, he will surpass the whole Dragon Forse together, how to choose the right guitar. And do not consider me biased! In my practice, there have been cases when, after explaining to a person how to choose an acoustic guitar, after a couple of days I received an angry SMS with complaints, they say it’s my fault that a person can’t play. What can I say? It was in order to avoid such cases, I decided to write a short essay on how to choose a guitar that will help even the most savvy and green youngster to make the right choice, following all the instructions!
Instrument anatomy
First of all, you need to find out how the guitar looks and what it consists of! Yes, yes, you don’t go to the store for feijoa, not knowing how this “beast” looks like? Of course not. You will first go to Google and ask the "Great" with which side dish to serve this "unknown little animal" to the table. So, an acoustic guitar consists of the largest part (soundboard) with a round neck (pickup), a long stick (neck) with metal stripes (frets), the top (head) and the base of this stick (heel). Plus additional elements such as pegs, strings, string holder and pick. It's not that complicated if you just look at the guitar and figure out where and what is.Tips: how to choose a guitar and what to pay attention to?
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- Location of pickup. Also an important factor: the pickup is presented in the form of a usual cut-out or, like an electric device, should be about three to five centimeters from the last “game” fret and at the same distance from the strings.
Following all the above tips on how to choose a guitar, you can choose for yourself an instrument that will not only be of high quality, but the very process of playing it will bring you considerable pleasure! It should also be added that the best sound is made by metal and silver plated strings. Nylon sound close to them, are more expensive, but do not cut your fingers. There are also plastic strings, but we will not consider this type of sadomasochism in this article. When choosing a pick for the game, choose as thin as possible, since thick picks are used to play bass guitars.