Thursday, December 12, 2013

How do I decide which acoustic guitar is best for me?

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I went to a website that looks like it has great deals but there are so many to choose from and I know nothing about them to be able to choose the right one.
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Your best bet would be go to a local music store (guitar center for example) and play some. They have a room just with acoustics and usually have a couple hundred different ones. See which one FEELS the best. Some have wider necks, more fret spacing, more action. Different woods effect the sound differently. Your best guitars are going to be Martin, Takamine, Gibson, Epiphone (by Gibson), Taylor....they are expensive but have great action and the fret boards are very smooth. If you are just getting started i would suggest a used guitar, or something cheap. If you stay with it upgrade later, as long as you take care of it, it will retain its value so you can sell it to fund a new one. Hope this helps

difference between 6 string and 12 string acoustic guitar?




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Hello everyone
i want to purchase an acoustic guitar, but don't really know if i should purchase a 6 string or a 12 string.

help please?
thank you



Answer
Well, they're very similar to play. The twelve-string has its strings in pairs, and they're tuned standard to EAGDBE just like a six--the three higher-pitched pairs ("courses", in technical terms) are tuned in unison, and the three lower are tuned in octaves. The octaves in the lower strings make the chord more full, the unisons in the upper strings make them a little more balanced in volume compared to the lower strings.

And you can play some saucy leads with those double lower courses, as you can hear from those 1960s singles by The Byrds. I like that sound so much that I picked up a cheap six-string from a Goodwill store and re-strung it so that it's three courses and all are in octaces--CGA--but haven't ever taken the thing out in public LOL

If you're just starting out, get a six-string. The twelve is harder to tune and harder to play because you've got to place your left fingers very precisely to cover both strings on the fret-board. Learn the basics on the six, and then advance to a twelve.




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