Guitar cover a range of musical styles, from blues to jazz to rock to pop to metal and speed on and on. And since every kind of music is different and each guitar is different, then it would be a natural conclusion that any kind of music is a guitar that is best suited for this style seem to have. So the question is for those who are considering getting his first guitar and guitar what you got? If you are interested in jazz, you get thesame type of guitar, as someone who wants to play the speed-metal? Well it might be an interesting experiment, but would probably be the answer is no. So what guitar should get per person, depending on what kind of music you want to play? Hopefully this article will attempt to answer this question.
The music is diverse to say the least. Even within each style there are differences. For example, rock is hard rock, soft rock, metal, acid and a variety of other sub-categories. TheSounds and in particular the dynamics of each are very different. While the Eagles and the Allman Brothers as well as could be country or southern rock, depending on which side of the fence you are on, its sounds very different. So, without nitpicking, we will approach the maximum specifications.
If you are looking for music to play relatively soft as folk music, you probably do not want a Rickenbacker electric guitar. Very probablywant an acoustic guitar with a nice mellow and round tone. Why acoustic? Well, by the nature of the guitar itself it's a lot softer. Sure, you can turn down an electric guitar's volume but it's more than just that. Acoustic guitars are much easier to control dynamics on. The reason is because the sound is not artificially amplified. If you pluck the string softly you're going to get a soft tone. If you pluck it harder, you'll get a louder tone. Of course an acoustic guitar is never going to get up to the volume of an electric unless you mic it.
On the other side of the spectrum, if you're going to be playing in a heavy metal band, your acoustic guitar, with all the other instruments playing, such as keyboards, bass and drums, won't even be heard. Plus the tone quality of the guitar itself just won't fit into that kind of music. By their nature, electric guitars have a sharper and harder sound. Add distortion effects to them, which are hard to do with acoustics and you've got a sound that is quite unique. That's why there are so many different electric guitar sounds.
Obviously, this is a very general overview of style to guitar choice. You can get a lot more specific, such as what type of acoustic do you get if you're a country guitar player as opposed to somebody who plays jazz? John Denver based on lot of his patented sound on 12 string guitars while Harry Chapin stayed more with the traditional 6 strong acoustic.
Maybe for a future article we'll dive more deeply into the finer points of picking a guitar based on the style of music you play.
