Guitar Play

Different Guitars and the Styles of Playing

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I have designed this website so that you can learn how to play the guitar, and find the best tips and information about learning the guitar as well.

I have included a lot of information about playing the guitar and learning to play the guitar (guitar play) and wish you well in your journey of learning how to play the guitar.

Now lets get into it!

When it comes down to it every one has their own different style of guitar play, and when your learning to play the guitar it can be hard enough to get a strum with a rhythm to it let alone to keep in time with a band etc.                                                               

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If you look back in history there are so many different styles of guitar play that have given that uniqueness to different bands, from classic  rock, grunge, pop, metal, rock, hard rock, classical, Spanish to country and reggae, and blues.

The Gibson Electric Guitar

If we take the electric guitar which is one of the most popular instruments and look at some of the brands we can see that the Gibson which is one of the most sought after brands has quality craftsmanship, in fact Gibson pioneered the Humbucker pick ups (man they give a real rich, quality sustained sound).

Jimmy Page from Led Zeplin and Slash from Guns n Roses are just two amazing guitarists who favour the Gibson Les Paul when they are going hard at guitar play. Wow the Les Paul was and still is renowned for and built for reliability, ease of use and a massive richness of sound (Think of Slash hammering that heavy body and a stop tailpiece).

The Les Paul also has an accurate tun o matic bridge plus two Humbucker pick ups that provide a unique natural sustain (hey sustain is very simply the length of time a note continues to ring after it is played). It’s thick wire frets and tonal qualities make the Les Paul a dream to play and at low volume provides a jazzy mellow round tone, but crank it up and you get a rich, leading sustained sound.

How about Angus Young from AC/DC, he loved guitar play on the Gibson SG which is a not to distant relative to the Les Paul and Famous for it’s shape with distinctive double cutaways that some say look like devils horns. The SG is liked for its blues and rock sound as some models only come out with just one lead pick-up which gives it its raw raunchy sound!

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The Fender Electric Guitar

Hey now the Fender, yes the Fender Stratocaster (or the Strat as its known) is the most famous of the fender family and having owned one is magic to play. It has kept the classical Fender design for more than forty years with a three single coil pick-up and three or five way pick-up selector which enables a range of tones and sounds. With twin cutaway horns it makes easy pickings to reach the high frets not to mention the contoured body which makes playing a breeze.

The Stratocaster has a colourfully bright ringing quality and if you think of Jimi Hendrix and the raft of sounds he created with his left hand Stratocaster or Eric Clapton with a crisp sweet sound, may you prefer Ritchie Blackmore from Deep Purple or Mark Knopfler who led Dire Straights they all had one thing in common, they all had fun with guitar play and they all love the Fender Stratocaster.

The Chunky work horse or workmanlike Fender Telecaster is massive for chords and percussive playing as it has a punchy sound due to its relatively short sustain and if you have ever listened to Pink Floyd you will know why Dave Gilmoure likes the Telecaster. Bruce Springsteen and Keith Richards are another couple of guitar play Telecaster fans.

There are so many styles of guitar play and you will adopt or produce one of your own, who knows you might even make history one day, until then enjoy your pick of guitar, remember there are so many different types and makes available on the market so choose the one best for you.

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