Types of guitars
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Types of guitars
This may be a very dumb question, but here it goes.
Since there is a dozen or so different electric guitars, am I
to assume that each kind has a different sound? Like an LP sounds different from a Strat, and so forth? I kinda always thought that they all sounded the same, it was just a different make of guitar.
Since there is a dozen or so different electric guitars, am I
to assume that each kind has a different sound? Like an LP sounds different from a Strat, and so forth? I kinda always thought that they all sounded the same, it was just a different make of guitar.
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the types of wood and the hardware will make for different sounds. for example, the maple cap (top surface) on a les paul sounds "brighter" than a mahogany cap on the same guitar. fender strats have single coil pick-ups which have a biting sound (think eric clapton or jimi hendrix) while the double pick-ups on the same guitar or on a les paul sound smoother or creamier.
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The more you learn about guitars the more you know how different each one really is.....
The difference between a Strat and a Les Paul are Apples and Oranges...Both sound great in their own right but sound nothing alike....
Pick ups have alot to do with the sound of a guitar too....P90's sound nothing like Humbuckers....etc
The older the wood, the better a guitar sounds too....
The difference between a Strat and a Les Paul are Apples and Oranges...Both sound great in their own right but sound nothing alike....
Pick ups have alot to do with the sound of a guitar too....P90's sound nothing like Humbuckers....etc
The older the wood, the better a guitar sounds too....
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it is like fingerprints, no two guitars will ever sound exactly alike. that is the reason why billy gibbons bought all those les pauls through out the years....he said he is in search of another les paul that sounds exactly like his '59 les paul aka "pearly gates"Matthew wrote:Also the beauty of guitars is you can have 5 models with identical construction and be the exact same model...yet they will all have their own sound and playability.
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