When I was a bass player, I saw quite a lotmany guitars - both acoustic and electronic. But even more I met people who, after learning that I can play and, moreover, I play, immediately started to ask: "Teach me to play" and ask: "Is it difficult, yes?" "And how to choose a guitar , to play like you, like him, like Kurt Cobain? "and so on, and the like. Shall I say honestly? Already a couple of weeks after the first concert, I just want to shoot myself.
Because to explain to the person who believes,that from one communication with the guitarist, he only touched the instrument, outperformed the entire Dragon Forse together, how to choose the right guitar - just unrealistic. And do not consider me prejudiced! In my practice, there were times when, after explaining to a man how to choose an acoustic guitar, I received in a couple of days an angry SMS with claims that I was to blame for the fact that a person can not play. What can I say? In order to avoid such cases, I decided to write a short essay on how to choose a guitar that will help even the most uncomfortable and green youngster make the right choice, following all the instructions!
Anatomy of the instrument
First of all, you need to find out what looks like and fromwhat the guitar consists of! Yes-yes, you do not go to the store for feijoa, not knowing how this "beast" looks like? Of course not. You first go to Google and ask the "Great", with which side dish to serve this "unknown animal". So, the acoustic guitar consists of the largest part (deck) with a round neck (pickup), a long stick (neck) with metal strips (frets), the top (head) and the base of this same stick (heel). Plus additional elements, such as pegs, strings, a string mount and a mediator. It's not so difficult, if you just look at the guitar and figure out where and what is.
Tips: how to choose a guitar and what to look for?
- The tension of the pins. Often there is a problem with this element of the guitar. The wands are weakly tightened - and as a result, the strings are gradually unwound from the coil and the sound, of course, gets frustrated. When choosing a guitar, be sure to check the tension force by pulling the string. After waiting 10 minutes, check its sound. If it remained unchanged, then everything is in order.
- Fitting the neck to the deck. Next, what you need to pay attention to is the fit of the neck to the deck. The neck and the heel should touch the surface of the deck closely, there should not be any slots and the neck should not hang out. If you neglect this advice, then one day you will realize that your strings rub against the bar, a carcass sound.
- Location of the pickup. Also an important factor: the pickup is presented in the form of a conventional cutout, or, like an electrical appliance, it should be about three to five centimeters from the last "game" mode and at the same distance from the fastening of the strings.
Following all of the above tips, bothchoose a guitar, you can choose for yourself a tool that will not only be of high quality, but the very process of playing it will give you great pleasure! It should also be added that the best sound is produced by metal and silvered strings. Nylon are close to them by sound, they cost more, but they do not cut their fingers. There are also plastic strings, but we will not consider this kind of sadomasochism in this article. When choosing a mediator for the game, choose as thin as possible, since thick mediators are used for playing basses.</ p>>
