| The list for popular types of guitars can be endless. | | | | design where the top (and often the back) of the |
| Guitars come in a variety of shapes, sizes, colors and | | | | instrument are engraved in a curved rather than a flat |
| types. There are acoustic guitars, electric acoustic | | | | shape. |
| guitars, semi hollow guitars, electric guitars, twelve | | | | Flat top (steel string) guitars |
| string guitars, four string bass guitars, five string bass | | | | Here the body dimension is typically considerably larger |
| guitars; the catalog goes on and on. | | | | than a classical guitar and it has a narrower, resistant |
| Acoustic guitars | | | | neck and stronger structural design |
| Acoustic guitar is independent of any external device | | | | Resonator, resophonic or Dobro guitars |
| to be heard. The acoustic guitar is more sober than | | | | The hum of the resonator guitar is created by a metal |
| other instruments commonly found in bands and | | | | resonator fitted in the middle of the top. |
| orchestras. To play within such groups the sound is | | | | Tenor guitars |
| often externally amplified. Acoustic guitars, which are | | | | Some classical guitarists call the Niibori prime guitar a |
| available today, feature a variety of pickups. This | | | | Tenor Guitar on the grounds that it sits in pitch |
| enables the player to increase and adjust the raw | | | | between the alto and the bass. |
| guitar sound. | | | | Harp guitars |
| Prominent subcategories feature within the acoustic | | | | This consists of a usual guitar, with additional harp |
| guitar group | | | | strings strung on top of the six normal strings. The |
| Classical and flamenco guitars; steel string guitars, that | | | | instrument is generally acoustic and the harp strings |
| comprise the folk or flat top guitar; arch top guitar and | | | | are adjusted to lower notes than the guitar strings, for |
| the twelve string guitars. There are unamplified guitars | | | | an added bass range. |
| also in the acoustic guitar group. | | | | Acoustic bass guitars |
| Such types are designed to play in various registers | | | | This type has steel strings or guts strings in it and |
| such as the acoustic bass guitar. The tuning of the | | | | often has the same tuning as an electric bass guitar. |
| acoustic bass guitar is similar to that of the electric | | | | 12 string guitars |
| bass guitar. | | | | Instead of having only six strings, the 12 string guitar |
| Classical guitars | | | | has six courses made up of two strings each, like a |
| These are normally strung with nylon strings, to be | | | | mandolin or f lute. |
| played in a seated pose and are used to play a | | | | Electric guitars |
| variety of musical styles together with classical music. | | | | Electric guitars are the types, which have solid, semi |
| The classical guitar is designed in such a way that it | | | | hollow, or hollow bodies, and generate minute sound |
| allows the execution of solo polyphonic arrangements | | | | without amplification. The electromagnetic vibrations of |
| of music | | | | the strings are converted into electrical signals, which |
| Portuguese guitar | | | | are supplied to an amplifier via a cable or radio |
| The Portuguese guitar is a 12 string guitar used in | | | | transmitter. Sound outputted is regularly modified by |
| Portugal for the customary Fado songs. | | | | other electronic instruments or the natural distortion of |
| Archtop guitars | | | | valves (vacuum tubes) in the amplifier. |
| Steel string instruments feature a violin inspired f hole | | | | |