Acoustic (Nylon, Six and Twelve Steel String) Semi Acoustic
Hollow Body and Electric 'Clean' Guitars
Full Video with Audio Demos of
all the Guitars
Description and details of sample-based
instruments by GuitarTempus
1.- Nylon String
Acoustic Guitar: The classical guitar (also known as concert
guitar, classical acoustic, nylon-string guitar, or Spanish
guitar) is the member of the guitar family used in classical
music. It is an acoustical wooden guitar with strings made
of nylon, rather than the metal strings used in acoustic and
electric guitars. The traditional classical guitar has
twelve frets clear of the body and is held on the left leg,
so that the hand that plucks or strums the strings does so
near the back of the soundhole (this is called the classical
position).
2.- Steel String
Acoustic Guitar: The steel-string acoustic guitar is a
modern form of guitar that descends from the nylon-strung
classical guitar, but is strung with steel strings for a
brighter, louder sound. Like the classical guitar, it is
often referred to simply as an acoustic guitar.
3.- Twelve String
Acoustic Guitar: The twelve-string guitar is a steel-string
guitar with twelve strings in six courses, which produces a
richer, more ringing tone than a standard six-string guitar.
Typically, the strings of the lower four courses are tuned
in octaves, with those of the upper two courses tuned in
unisons.
4.- Semi Acoustic
(Hollow Body) Electric Guitar: A semi-acoustic guitar or
hollow-body electric is a type of electric guitar that
originates from the 1930s. It has both a sound box and one
or more electric pickups. This is not the same as an
acoustic-electric guitar, which is an acoustic guitar with
the addition of pickups or other means of amplification,
added by either the manufacturer or the player.
5.- Electric
Guitar: A fretted stringed instrument
with a neck and body that uses a pickup to convert the
vibration of its strings into electrical signals. The
vibration occurs when a guitarist strums, plucks,
fingerpicks, or taps the strings. It is sensed by a pickup,
most commonly by a magnetic pickup that uses the principle
of direct electromagnetic induction. The signal generated by
an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it
is plugged into a guitar amplifier before being sent to a
loudspeaker, which makes a sound loud enough to hear.
