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Acoustic Guitar Pickup Types

Acoustic Guitar Pickup Types

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

Acoustic electric Guitars: this is a term used to describe acoustic guitars that have pickups installed in them so they can be plugged into amplifiers or PA systems. The majority of acoustic guitars you see on stage are acoustic electric guitars. Structurally, they are identical to traditional acoustic guitars.

Electric Guitars: these types of guitars made out of a solid piece of wood and rely exclusively on their electronic pickup systems and amplifiers for their volume. Their unique sound lends itself best to rock and roll, but they have also substantially shaped the sound of country music in the last 50 years. (Think "twang")

Classical Guitars: also called "nylon-string", classical guitars are used almost exclusively in the classical and folk idioms, but can also be found on more popular recordings. Carlos Santana makes a lot of use of the classical guitar in his

recordings. Slightly smaller than a traditional acoustic, they feature slightly wider necks and strings that are made of nylon rather than steel, to give them a very gentle, warm sound. The best Classical guitars are usually from Spain.

Hollow-body Guitars: These are simply traditional electric guitars that have chambers cut in the body to allow for more sonic resonance. They come in many different sizes and are favored primarily by players of blues and jazz music.

Steel Guitars: These are the farthest breed apart from traditional guitars so far. While any guitarist can pick up any guitar

from the above list and play, a steel guitar requires special training to play. The guitar is played flat on its back, and the strings are elevated approximately half an inch above the fretboard. This allows the strings to be played using a "tone bar" that takes the place of the fingers on a fretboard and gives the steel guitar its classic "crying sound". This is the archetypal guitar sound.

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Can anyone tell me anything specific about my guitar?

ok, i have a palmer deluxe series guitar. its made out of solid wood and weighs about 10 pounds (can you tell me the type of wood by this?) and it has 3 pick ups and the pickup switch changes to 5 settings. it has 3 nobs. first is volume, and the other 2 are tone which seem to do nothing. so im wondering if anyone can tell me specifics about my guitar and how to tell if its just electric or electric acoustic.

I found some links that may help you out.

http://aboutpalmer.com/

http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar/product/Palmer+Guitars/Fat+Strat+Copy/10/1

I did find out that neither Guitar Center nor Musician's friend carries these guitars. Sounds like you found a pretty good guitar though.

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