i started with an acoustic as well, the neck of acoustic are narrower in width compare to a classical, easier to press chord^^, classical should b easier to for pluckings and playing melody. Acoustic can train ur finger, strings are harder to press, especially when the strings r new..>.<

wow chiq musician?

*shucks*

classical and acoustic guitars play two different roles.
generally, classical guitars play the melody line like in spanish/latin songs.
the acoustic (or folk) guitars play mainly the rythm and provide the body to the song.

that is of course the general rule.
u should see some unique talent on the acoustic guitar out there.

recommended watch : antonio forcione (a really remarkable guitarist)

This post has been edited by nimrod2: Sep 3 2008, 05:30 PM

somesay setneck give better sustain for guitar..
is it true???

wats CHIQ ????!! ive asking for 2nd time..=.=

plucking- melody
strumming - rythm

didnt it look connected to u?

chiq.
chick.
chicky.
girl.

Yes it does. Apparently its due to closer contact of the neck wood to the body of the guitar, which reduces sound loss or something. But its debatable I guess. Many factors affect it. On average most set neck guitars tend to have longer sustain than bolt ons though. (LPs for example...) But then again, different wood, pickups, string height, neck bending, etc. all also affect the sustain of the guitar somehow or other... best is to test it out and compare

Hi everyone
does anyone know about jackson guitars?
Mind telling me the difference of Soloist and Dinky series? Coz they two look similar in design despite its neck pickup..
Or which one is more expensive?
Anyone? thanks in advance..

well.. this guitar is called a Gretsch.
its quite famous..
bands like Hillsong, Hillsong United, Red Hot Chili Peppers, they use them..
the one in this pic is called a White Falcon.
Gretsch has lots of models.

http://www.gretschguitars.com/gear/

click here to see more models.

This post has been edited by eugene gerard: Oct 12 2008, 11:24 PM

oh a dictionary on guitars here

i'll add something extreme.



Model: MMM1 Mike Mushok Signature *haihs discontinued already, he changed to PRS*
Brand: Ibanez
Type: Electric guitar, baritone 28" scale
Nickname: no need nicknames, the sound speaks for itself
Style: for any heavily downtuned music, fits for some jazz too



Mike Mushok is the guitarist in Staind..
He usually uses weird tunings and custom string gauges in their music
Some sounded pretty mainstream, and some just way heavy..
He got many custom guitars and prototypes..
I think he used a 7-string for the song "It's Been Awhile", RG1077XL if im not mistaken..



bought this 4 yrs ago as my 1st guitar..
hard to play at first, ppl usually start off with acoustic/classical..
with a slight downtuning, u can play it like a 7-string..



for specs, its a neck-thru guitar.. massive sustain..
string thru body construction, 3 piece mahogany-bubinga-mahogany neck with mahogany body
gibraltar custom bridge *not a custom anymore, also on other latest ibanez models*
super 58 custom wounded pickups.. dunno its okay for metal or not, but so far it sounded great
rosewood fretboard, 22 jumbo frets
chrome hardware, mahogany oil finish

all the while i was playing heavy stuff
and now i need a standard guitar to play more music

wow that for a first guitar

This post has been edited by SweetTooth: Dec 8 2008, 01:50 AM

its hard for me to play coz i learn by myself only..
but now got guitar pro easier to train edy..
know a few power chords only..
aiyo now holiday need to train everyday..

This is not necessarily true. There are many, many different factors that affect the final tone of an acoustic instrument. Bass response, for example, is affected by the degree of coupling between the soundboard and the back, not simply the body depth. This is quoted from luthier Tim McKnight at the Acoustic Guitar Forum (a great place to hang out if you want to learn more about guitars):





I have a 2006 David Webber OM with a body depth of less than 4" and it has good volume for such a small instrument. In short, how a builder voices his instrument (or in the case of a factory guitar, the variables designed into the "blueprint") will have more effect on tone than simply body shape alone.

hey can anyone here give some brief description/review of other guitar shapes besides the usual les paul, strats, teles, etc...
say the gibson flying V, explorers and fire birds? like what they sound like and all. if anyone has first hand experience and would like to share, that would be nice just curious.

I'm a fender & gibson guitar fan. I only use a 22 fret guitar. My preferred guitars are Fender Stratocaster, Fender Telecaster, Gibson SG, Gibson Explorer, Les Paul & Ibanez Artist.

The major difference between Fender & Gibson is its pickup design. Where Fender Guitars mainly using 2 or 3 single coil pickups and Gibson Guitars mainly using 2 humbucker pickups. Fender guitars has a trademark sustain sound and it suits musician of all kind. For a heavier sound especially playing rock music, Gibson guitars is preferred. It has a fat bottom sound compared to Fender.

Another guitar to checkout is Ibanez Artist Prestige. It has the design almost identical to Gibson, which has 2 humbucker pickups and a sustain block bridge. But the best thing about this guitar is that it has a Tri-Sound pickup switching system & a solo switch. Some models also comes with a volume knob that can be pull/push for more sound variety.

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Added on April 13, 2009, 7:11 pmFENDER GUITAR MODELS

Fender Stratocaster:
* American Deluxe Stratocaster
* American Deluxe Ash Stratocaster
* American Standard Stratocaster
* American Vintage 57 Stratocaster
* American Vintage 62 Stratocaster
* American Vintage 70s Stratocaster
* Classic 50s Strat
* Classic 60s Strat
* Classic 70s Strat
* Acoustasonic Start
* Deluxe Fat Strat
* Deluxe Players Strat
* Deluxe Power Stratocaster
* Lone Star Stratocaster
* Roadhouse Stratocaster
* Highway One Stratocaster
* Road Worn 50s Stratocaster
* Road Worn 60s Stratocaster
* Aerodyne Classic Stratocaster
* Stratocaster XII 12-Strings
* Standard Roland Ready Stratocaster (upgrade)
* Standard Stratocaster
* VG Stratocaster
* Vintage Hot Rod 57 Stratocaster
* Vintage Hot Rod 62 Stratocaster

Fender Telecaster:
* American Deluxe Telecaster
* American Deluxe Ash Telecaster
* American Nashville B-Bender Telecaster
* American Standard Telecaster
* American Vintage 52 Telecaster
* American Vintage 62 Telecaster Custom
* 50s Telecaster
* 60s Telecaster
* 60s Custom Telecaster with Bigsby
* 69 Telecaster Thinline
* 72 Telecaster Custom
* 72 Telecaster Deluxe
* 72 Telecaster Thinline
* Blackout Telecaster
* Nashville Telecaster
* Nashville Power Telecaster
* Highway One Telecaster (upgrade)
* Highway One Texas Telecaster
* Road Worn 50s Telecaster
* Custom Telecaster
* Standard Telecaster
* Vintage Hot Rod 52 Telecaster

Fender Esquire:
* 50s Esquire Classic

Fender Jaguar:
* American Vintage 62 Jaguar
* Classic Player Jaguar Special
* Jaguar Baritone Special
* Jaguar HH

Fender Jazzmaster:
* American Vintage 62 Jazzmaster
* Elvis Costello Jazzmaster
* J Mascis Jazzmaster
* Classic Player Jazzmaster Special

Fender Mustang:
* 65 Mustang

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Added on April 13, 2009, 7:12 pmGIBSON GUITAR MODELS

Gibson Vintage Acoustic Archtop Models:
* Style O acoustic archtop
* L-Jr acoustic archtop
* L-1 acoustic archtop
* L-2 acoustic archtop
* L-3 acoustic archtop
* L-4 acoustic archtop
* L-4C acoustic archtop
* L-4CES electric archtop
* L-5, L-5P, L-5C acoustic archtop
* L-5CES electric archtop
* L-7, L-7C acoustic archtop
* L-10 acoustic archtop
* L-12, L-12P acoustic archtop
* L-30 acoustic archtop
* L-37 acoustic archtop
* L-47 acoustic archtop
* L-48 acoustic archtop
* L-50 acoustic archtop
* L-75 acoustic archtop
* Super 300, Super 300C acoustic archtop
* Super 400, Super 400P, Super 400C acoustic archtop
* Super 400CES electric archtop
* Johnny Smith archtop
* Citation acoustic archtop (1969-1975)
* Kalamazoo Award acoustic archtop (1978-1985)

Gibson Vintage Electric Archtop Model:
* ES-100 electric arch top
* ES-125 electric arch top
* ES-135 electric arch top
* ES-140 3/4 electric arch top
* ES-150 electric arch top
* ES-250 electric arch top
* ES-175 electric arch top
* ES-295 electric arch top
* ES-300 electric arch top
* ES-350 electric arch top (1947-1956)
* ES-5 electric arch top
* Tal Farlow electric arch top
* Barney Kessel Regular & Custom electric arch top
* Trini Lopez Custom (Deluxe) electric arch top

Gibson Vintage Electric Thinline Archtop Models:
* ES-120T electric thinline archtop
* ES-125T, ES-125TC, ES-125TCD electric thinline archtop
* ES-140 3/4T electric thinline archtop
* ES-225 electric thinline archtop
* ES-330 electric thinline archtop
* ES-335 electric thinline archtop
* ES-345 electric thinline archtop
* ES-355 electric thinline archtop
* ES-350T electric thinline archtop (1956 to present)
* Byrdland electric thinline archtop
* Trini Lopez Standard electric thinline archtop

Gibson Vintage Flat top Models:
* L-0 flat top
* L-00 flat top
* L-1 flat top
* L-2 flat top
* Nick Lucas flat top
* Roy Smeck Stage Deluxe (Hawaiian) flat top
* Roy Smeck Radio Grande (Hawaiian) flat top
* L-C, H-G Century flat tops
* HG-20, HG-22, HG-24 flat top
* Jumbo flat top
* Advanced Jumbo flat top (1936-1940)
* Jumbo 35 (J-35) flat top
* Jumbo 55 (J-55) flat top (1939-1943)
* Super Jumbo 100 (SJ-100) flat top (1939-1943)
* SJ-200 and J-200 flat top (1938-1969)
* Southern Jumbo flat top (1942-1962)
* SJN (Southern Jumbo Natural) flat top
* Country-Western flat top
* J-45 and J-45ADJ flat top (1942-1969)
* J-50 flat top (1947-1969)
* CF-100, CF-100e flat tops
* J-160e flat top (1954-1969)
* J-185 flat top
* Everly Brothers flat top
* LG-0, LG-1, LG-2, LG-3, B-25, B-25N flat tops
* Dove flat top
* Hummingbird flat top
* Les Paul Jumbo flat top
* Heritage flat top
* FJN (Folk Singer Jumbo)

Gibson Vintage Solidbody Models:
* Les Paul (standard) solid body electric
* Les Paul Custom solid body electric
* Les Paul Junior solid body electric
* Les Paul TV solid body electric
* Les Paul Special solid body electric
* Les Paul Deluxe solid body electric
* SG Standard solid body electric
* SG Custom solid body electric
* SG Special solid body electric
* SG Junior solid body electric
* Melody Maker solid body electric
* Firebird I, III, V, VII solid body electric
* Flying V solid body electric (1958-1963, 1981-1984)
* Explorer solid body electric (1958-1963, 1983)
* EDS-1275 Double neck 12 string solid body electric (1958-1962)
* EMS-1235 Double neck Mandolin solid body electric (1958-1962)
* EBSF-1250 Double neck Bass solid body electric (1962-1963)

Gibson Vintage Lapsteel Models:
* EH-150
* EH-100
* EH-125
* EH-185
* EH-275
* Roy Smeck Special
* BR-4
* BR-6
* BR-9
* UltraTone/BR-1
* SkyLark EH-500
* Century-6
* RoyalTone

This post has been edited by amranhashim: Apr 13 2009, 07:12 PM

this might help out a bit.

50's strat typically have a 'v' shaped neck , single ply pickguard and 8 mounting screws for the pickguard
60's strat typically come in the 'c' shape neck ,3-ply pickguard and 11 mounting screws for the pickguard

After CBS bought Fender over, they introduced the big headstock (aka the 70's headstock) and had 3 screws instead of 4 for the neck joint.

this is from what i can recall..hope it helps a bit

edit: useful info for identifying ur fender guitar

http://www.guitarnucleus.com/fenderserial.html

This post has been edited by ninehneh: Apr 29 2009, 02:44 PM

I think Soloist are the higher end models.

What do you think of Yamaha SG 3000 ???

Or any Yamaha Guitars.

Please give your feedbacks.

SG 3000 - the price tag will give you a heart attack. Did not plug it in but scrutinized the guitar up close. The workmanship of these premium MIJ guitar is awesome unlike those from Yamaha factory in Taiwan. They are available from Yamaha at the Curve and Mid-Valley.

When you compare the premium Yamaha range and the low end pacifica models, it is like night and day in terms of playability, finishing, workmanship and feel. Do test it out and hear for yourself.

Totally agree with kenetix. There are many factors.
If you are not having enough sustain on your guitar, you can also try a sustainer pedal (such as the Boss' CS-3 Compression Sustainer). I love how mine helps boost my sustain :-)

High output humbuckers + Sustain pedals = Amazing Sustain!

WOW It's wonderful!!! My thanks to the author.