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