Types of Guitars - Acoustic Electric Guitars, Electric Guitars, Classical Guitars, Hollow-body Guitars, Steel Guitars

Acoustic electric Guitars: this is a term used toguitars are used almost exclusively in the classical and
describe acoustic guitars that have pickups installed infolk idioms, but can also be found on more popular
them so they can be plugged into amplifiers or PArecordings. Carlos Santana makes a lot of use of the
systems. The majority of acoustic guitars you see onclassical guitar in hisrecordings. Slightly smaller than a
stage are acoustic electric guitars. Structurally, they aretraditional acoustic, they feature slightly wider necks
identical to traditional acoustic guitars.and strings that are made of nylon rather than steel, to
Electric Guitars: these types of guitars made out of agive them a very gentle, warm sound. The best
solid piece of wood and rely exclusively on theirClassical guitars are usually from Spain.
electronic pickup systems and amplifiers for theirHollow-body Guitars: These are simply traditional
volume. Their unique sound lends itself best to rockelectric guitars that have chambers cut in the body to
and roll, but they have also substantially shaped theallow for more sonic resonance. They come in many
sound of country music in the last 50 years. (Thinkdifferent sizes and are favored primarily by players of
"twang")blues and jazz music.
Classical Guitars: also called "nylon-string", classical