Acoustic Guitars Acoustic Guitars: A Short History During the middle ages, you set up guitars of different shapes, design, soundboxes, some smitten three, four, and five curb, range tortile sides. Some claims to standing have the Spanish or Hawaiians, contributing to our modern people’s favorite instrument. The Moors and European influences, on the shape of […]

Acoustic Guitars Acoustic Guitars: An Introduction There is a pure artistry in the design and sound of every guitar, not two of them will ever be or sound quite the same. They have a proud history, legacy and development throughout the ages, with many guises and faces throughout time. The acoustic, non-electrical, variety, classical, stringed […]

Acoustic Guitars Acoustic Guitars: Construction Influences Sound We continue our exploration of guitars and how they are made, what makes them more or less valuable, pricy with this musing on material and something called plate bracing. Construction methods and materials influence the sound quality. That much we have established so far. Center-cut woods, preferably hardwoods […]

Acoustic Guitars Acoustic Guitars: Features The classical guitar is distinguished by a number of characteristics: A stringed, acoustic instrument, with a soundbox, neck, tuning pegs, that is considered easy to master, learn and pick up, playing technique getting better with practice. When the string on the guitar is plucked or picked with a finger or […]

Acoustic Guitars: Fun Facts With a tale that spans over four centuries, there certain is a lot of trivia, facts, myths, speculation, patents, accessories, models, types and iterations of the modern guitar around. Yet, its place in the people’s hearts is still pretty much reserved and prime space, taken and not yet willing to let […]

Acoustic Guitars: How To Buy A Good Guitar When you are in the market for a new, used or special instrument, first, beginner, choice classic or upscale, top-grade classical, acoustic guitar, you need to know what kind of techniques, music and repertoire you will be wanting to play, pursue and master. What kind of style […]

Acoustic Guitars: Playing Tips For Beginners Every time you pick up the guitar to play, tune and practice at least the standard tuning method, for all six strings individually, and then as a whole, octaves and chords. Use the electronic tuner or opt for piano cues, reference point type cues from another guitar or tuning […]

Acoustic Guitars: Three Characteristics Almost as important as the design of the guitar is the acoustics themselves, which is enabled and enhanced by the types of materials, design and relatively important manufacturing secrets and construction features. For the most part, three main features are identified that contribute to these characteristics of the guitar. They are […]

Acoustic Guitars: Tuning Tips For Beginners Practice does make perfect and mastering the basics should be a top priority, whether you are receiving formal instruction or self-taught. Guitar-tuning is something you can really sink your teeth into. The better you understand and master it, the better your playing will be in the long run. Many […]

Acoustic Guitars: Tuning and Getting Ready To Play Having appreciation for the instrument, a will to learn and play, will often start with the mastery of actually being able to tune the instrument (assuming all the parts are assembled and it has a pair of strings already on it!) that is! There are many different […]