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Music may be the food of the soul. As music is universal and is available in profound variety thus, all of us have individual likes and dislikes for specific kind of music. When you decide to learn music, the option is as personal as your dress sense. There are various instruments to select from. Furthermore, there are various categories in the same instrument to choose from as well. For those who are fond of guitar, this is a guide on "What to look for while buying an electric guitar."

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For any novice the look of each guitar is quite similar. Generally, guitars are attractive, however for a music student and a music expert, the shape, size, make and feel of each guitar is depiction of the type of music that particular instrument is able to produces.

For any beginner: Largely electric guitars can be classified in three main categories.

1. Classical: Classical instrument has nylon strings and is best for beginners. This instrument generates classical, Bossa Nova and Jazz, etc. Yngwie Malmsteen utilizes a Fender electric guitar that is classical and it has 2000 nylon strings along with a nine volt brass hard board battery.

2. Acoustic: Acoustic instrument has steel strings and it is used to produce Acoustic Rock, Bluegrass, Jazz, Country, Blues and Folk music, etc. John Doyle, the great musician in the US is a fan of Electric guitar. Some fabulous acoustic instruments are categorized as Fender various guitars. Musician Alvino Rey used this musical instrument in front of an extensive group of spectators inside a huge orchestral set and later he crafted the very first pedal steel guitar for Gibson electric guitars as well.

3. Bass: This is a professional guitarist's choice because it produces Blues, Country, Jazz, Heavy Metal and Rock music. If you picture yourself as Bryan Adams, his pick was bass guitar. Musician Jimmy Page used a double-neck instrument which was custom-made by Gibson electric guitar to perform "Stairway to Heaven" and he recorded the classic song using Fender electric guitar with twelve strings.

Out of the various factors that we need to consider while purchasing a guitar, an important factor is the type of sound it creates and which we wish to master.

For beginners as well as professional musicians, the other details we should consider include "body type" from the guitar which is typically made of hard board. Some truly wonderful qualities of hard boards for example rosemary, maple, ash, alder and/or mahogany are utilized to make this musical instrument. Each hard board includes a very unique grain, color and density. Thus each one of these gives a different kind of look to the guitar and each hard board type results in a unique kind of tone too.

The body type of a guitar: This is often classified into four main types.

1. Solid Physique: This is the standard kind of guitar body and it is used in the most number of guitars. As the name suggests, the solid body is absolutely solid (filled) except the space that is occupied by the cavities that hold the guitar's electronic mechanism together.

2. Chambered Body Type: A chambered body of guitar has lots of different sections that can reduce its weight while augmenting its sustainability and resonance.

3. Semi-Hollow Body Type: A Semi-Hollow Is a hybrid mixture of hollow body and solid body guitar where both the sides from the guitar's body are hollow but the center consists of solid hard board.

4. Hollow Physique: As the name suggests, this kind of guitar's body is fully hollow and it helps the acoustic musicians fabricate the greater sound effect.

The Neck: The next aspect worth taking into consideration is the "Neck" from the guitar. The neck of the guitar is made of hard board too. Famously the mahogany, rosewood, maple or basswood can be used for crafting necks. The size of the neck decides the spacing between the frets.

While a few standard types of Fender electric guitars in addition to Gibson electric guitars can be found in 22 frets, most the artists prefer a 24-fret neck that generates a higher register. Typically a Fender electric guitar measures 25.5 " a scale, while Gibson various guitars employ 24.75 inches as the scale length. The majority of the other brands for example Paul Reed Smith would rather design 25 inches as scale length.

Yet another aspect of the neck of the guitar worth considering is the way the neck is connected to the body from the guitar.

1. Occur Neck: The neck and the entire body of the guitar are crafted separately and the neck piece is placed in the body using some good glue so they appear to be a single bit of hard board. The set-in neck provides a good sustain and great resonance towards the guitar.

2. Bolt-On Neck: Here the neck attachment is seen as it is attached to the body using bolts and it gives flexibility of adjusting the neck for that convenience of the musician.

3. Neck-Through-Body: The semi-hollow and solid body guitars are crafted with the neck with the body since it is a single-piece hard board which is used to make the entire hub from the the surface of the neck to the bottom of the body. This make has got the best quantity of sustainability.

Think about the following too while buying a guitar:

Strings: Which range from four strings to 20 strings, from nylon to steal, the range is extensive. Though beginners are advised to take classical guitars with nylon strings, professional musicians their very own style and preference to suit the kind of music they would like to produce.

Pick-ups: They are used to set the tone right in most cases there are two pick-up sets in a guitar. There might be more number of pick-ups as well. A single-coil pick-up includes a really pleasing sound but "hum bucker" kinds of pick-ups are preferred by guitarists who play at music concerts.

Control Switch: A switch is a more feature to consider in a guitar because it gives us treatments for volume in addition to tone to be set for each pick-up. You are able to blend in or separate the pick-ups through the control switch.

Bridges: Bridges allow the player adjust the height and entire strings. You will find three types of bridges - standard, string-through, and a bridge having a tailpiece combined that provide their own unique methods to adjust the string.

In addition to the type of guitar a few more points to ponder upon are:

Venue from the performance: If we are going to be performing both at home and at our learning academy, we can safely decide on a standard Fender guitar or standard Gibson electric guitar. While performing in front of an audience with the help of a mike, an acoustic Fender guitar or acoustic Gibson electric guitar is preferable.

Price: Purchase a good quality guitar as:

1. It's a passionate investment.

2. Purchasing brands such as Fender electric guitar or Gibson guitar offers great amount of reassurance as the quality of hard board used is the greatest and the sound produced improves because it ages.

3. Brands such as Fender electric guitar or Gibson electric guitar have some of the best guitarists crafting these instruments for them.

4. The constant maintenance is easy and also the accessories can be bought as easily, even through online retailers.

If we need to get a customized guitar, it is possible with some good brands and that we should take advice in the store managers and our seniors from the industry before you take a final decision. Whichever type of guitar we elect, we need to make certain it suits our needs.