| Playing a musical instrument can be one of the most | | | | country band, you should choose an electric guitar that |
| exciting things for anyone. It is not only satisfying but | | | | produces cleaner and brighter twang. Hence, you can |
| also lucrative as a career. Although each instrument | | | | pick a Stratocaster or Fender Telecaster to do justice |
| has its own charm and significance, guitar seems to be | | | | to your county band. On the other hand, go for the |
| one of the most popular choices of all time. For any | | | | Paul Reed Smith McCarty Hollowbody II if you are |
| guitar lover, it must be a treat to watch a person | | | | playing music in a jazz setting. |
| playing guitar and its tune and rhythm is simply | | | | Number of Pick-ups: |
| overwhelming. | | | | Usually, modern electric guitars can be found in two |
| However, it takes a long time for a guitarist to master | | | | different pick-ups such as single coils and humbuckers. |
| the art of playing guitar so well. If you ask any guitarist | | | | While single coils will sound brighter with a pronounced |
| about their preference on the sound of guitars, their | | | | attack, humbuckers will produce a warmer and darker |
| unequivocal answer would be electric guitar. Over the | | | | tone. Some electric guitars can also have mix pick-ups. |
| years, the popularity of electric guitars has gone up | | | | Guitars having more pick-ups will produce more tonal |
| and so has their sale. Even though you have been | | | | variations. |
| playing acoustic guitar for some time now, you will | | | | Electronics: |
| need proper guidance while buying an electric guitar. | | | | All standard electric guitars have a basic set of pick-up |
| Take a look at the following points before you hit an | | | | selector switch, volume and tone controls. Instruments |
| electric guitar store: | | | | such as the Eric Clapton Signature Stratocaster have |
| Budget: | | | | an added feature which allows the player to adjust the |
| The prices of electric guitars would start from $300 | | | | warmer and flatter sound of the humbucker. There |
| and upward. If you have a shoe-string budget, chances | | | | are also hybrid electric guitars such as synth guitar |
| are that you won`t find high-end guitars such as Guild | | | | which are fitted with additional hardware for |
| Benedetto Signature Model or Paul Reed Smith | | | | connecting them to a synth via a 13-pin RMC system. |
| Santana II. However, the good news is, due to the | | | | Electric guitar manufacturers are now putting more |
| computer aided woodworking equipments, even | | | | emphasis on guitars playability than their aesthetics. |
| low-end electric guitars sound almost as well as their | | | | Appearance: |
| high-end counterparts. | | | | The looks of electric guitars would vary greatly and it |
| Types of Electric Guitar: | | | | actually depends on you preference. Guitarists who |
| Electric Guitars can be found in different depending on | | | | are into death metal would hardly like a Fender |
| their body. Most electric guitars are made up of solid | | | | Telecaster with a shell pink finish. Hence, now-a-days, |
| wood such as Alder, Ash, Mahogany and Basswood. | | | | electric guitar manufacturing companies produce |
| Semi-hollow instruments such as Gibson`s ES-335 are | | | | guitars that are genre-specific. |
| popular because of their thinness and lightweight. On | | | | Frets: |
| the other hands, there are electric guitars such as | | | | Many buyers do not care much about the frets; |
| Gretsch Black Falcon which a true hollow-body and | | | | however, they are curial to the playability of electric |
| f-holes allowing the user to tune the guitar to resonate | | | | guitars. For instance, electric guitars with smooth and |
| sounds as well as the acoustic guitars do. | | | | playable neck will allow you to do hammer-on and |
| Types of Music: | | | | pull-offs, bend notes, and deliver clean articulations at |
| Whether you would want to buy a Gibson ES-5 or | | | | any positions of the neck. If the frets are tailored |
| Fender Telecaster depends purely on what music you | | | | perfectly, the electric guitars will offer a superlative |
| play most of the time. For instance, if you belong to a | | | | performance. |