When you walk into a musical instrument store and decide to buy an electric guitar, don't be confused when you face an electric guitar with betel nut in it. Which piano attracts you with its beautiful appearance, she may be the dream lover you want to buy home! Some friends will ask, why is the appearance of guitar so important? In fact, the reason is very simple. A guitar that tickles your fingers will make you secrete the desire to practice and increase your practice time unconsciously. If you are a beginner, it is not recommended that you buy an exaggerated guitar, because it will affect your practice at home and sitting on a comfortable sofa. Let's briefly introduce the three most representative types of guitars. First of all, I want to introduce the stratocaster type. Designed and popularized by fender, this guitar has a streamlined body, three single-coil pickups and a push-down vibrato arm. Its timbre is bright and firm. The second one is les paul guitar. This guitar was first developed by Gibson Company. Its sleek body is embedded with two iron box pickups, and the piano knobs on the head are symmetrical. This is les paul's most eye-catching appearance. The alto tone is strong and powerful. The third kind of guitar is the rocker. If you want to buy this kind of guitar, I recommend buying rg series of ibanez company. The shape is angular, and the pickup is mostly composed of two coils, equipped with two-way vibrato arms, and the timbre is more modern than the first two.
2. About the piano bridge and fingerboard
After finding a beautiful guitar, you should confirm her function.
Les paul guitar uses a fixed bridge. Although there is no vibrato arm, it is not easy to run Xuan, and the accuracy is guaranteed. Stratocaster is equipped with a single vibrato bridge. Although she can't change the interval greatly, the subtle and smooth vibrato effect is her charm. The rocker arm type mostly adopts the two-way vibrato system developed by Freud Rose Company. Can make a fierce vibrato effect, greatly changing the interval. However, the pitch is greatly reduced, and it is a big problem to run away. Also, it may take some time to change the piano.
Also, pay attention to the number of characters on the board. Generally speaking, the fingerboards of stratocaster and les paul are mostly 2 1 and 22. Rock arm has 24 products. In recent years, most rg series products produced by ibanez are 27 products. When leaving the factory, Quanxuan is half a tone lower than the standard sound. It is necessary to adjust the bridge spring behind the piano body to change the hanging height of the bridge, so as to set the guitar as the standard sound for normal performance.
Step 3 collect
Pickup has the greatest influence on the timbre of electric guitar. The following is a brief introduction to two kinds of pickups for piano friends. 1 is a single-coil pickup that stratocaster is often equipped with. Its main feature is smooth and bright treble tone. But the output is small and the noise is high. There is also a bundled double-coil pickup. This kind of pickup has the advantages of large output, low noise and strong timbre in the middle and low range. Different pickup combinations can make a qualitative change in guitar timbre. Of course, the timbre of the guitar is also closely related to the choice of the piano body, the wood of the fingerboard and the choice of the piano body. Generally, most guitars sold in the market use the pickup of this guitar brand. However, some guitars use professional pickup brands. For example, dimarzio and seymour duncan are top pickup brands.
4, feel
Even if a guitar has a beautiful appearance, good function and wonderful timbre. However, if you feel uncomfortable, you will take many unnecessary detours in practice and lose your enthusiasm for practice. Feel comfortable or not, largely depends on the neck. The neck can be roughly divided into V-shape, U-shape and ultra-thin U-shape. Stratocaster type adopts V-neck, which is suitable for solo and harmonic guitars and is called' universal type'. Les paul uses a U-shaped fingerboard, which is suitable for playing harmony, but it is not easy to play quickly. The ultra-thin U-neck used in rocker arm is especially suitable for fast performance. Of course, this is not completely absolute. You need to try it yourself to know which neck is more suitable for your hand. Also, the height of the piano from the fingerboard and the thickness of the fingerboard also affect the comfort of playing.