“I play the guitar because it lets me dream out loud.”
But how one can decide, which guitar is more suitable to paint his imagination on the canvas of silence. Whether it should be an electric one or an acoustic is best suited for the purpose.
An acoustic guitar uses only acoustic methods to project the sound produced by its string. Vibration of the strings produce sound but can only displace a small amount of air, the volume of the sound needs to be increased in order to be heard. In an acoustic guitar, this is accomplished by using a soundboard and a resonant cavity, the sound box. The soundboard has a larger surface area and thus displaces a larger volume of air, producing a much louder sound than the strings alone.
There are several notable subcategories within the acoustic guitar group: classical and flamenco guitars; steel string guitars, which include the flat top or folk guitar; twelve string guitars and the arch top guitar. The acoustic guitar group also includes unamplified guitars designed to play in different registers such as the acoustic bass guitar which has a similar tuning to that of the electric bass guitar.
An electric acoustic guitar is also manufacture which incorporates the looks of electric guitar but utilizes an acoustic sound chamber. The acoustic-electric is a traditional acoustic guitar with a braced and hollowed sound chamber that is designed to project the tones loudly without the need for electronics.
The acoustic guitar remains a popular choice in country, western and especially bluegrass music, and it is widely used in folk music.
The electric guitar uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings (sometimes nickel) into an electrical current, which is made louder with an instrument amplifier and a speaker. The signal that comes from the guitar is sometimes electronically altered with guitar effects such as reverb or distortion. Lene Sinclair says,
“The turning point in the history of western civilization was reached with the invention of the electric guitar.”
While most electric guitars have six strings, seven-string instruments are used by some jazz guitarists and metal guitarists (especially in nu metal) and 12-string electric guitars (with six pairs of strings, four of which are tuned in octaves) are used in genres such as jangle pop and rock.
Both electric and acoustic have their own flavor and essence. The harmonious efforts which our guitarists produce represent one of the marvels of natural art.