Outline of guitars

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to guitars:

A guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Most guitar necks have metal frets attached (the exception is fretless bass guitars). Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with either nylon or steel strings. Some modern 2010-era guitars are made of polycarbonate materials. Guitars are made and repaired by luthiers. There are two primary families of guitars: acoustic and electric. An acoustic guitar has a wooden top and a hollow body. An electric guitar may be a solid-body or hollow body instrument, which is made louder by using a pickup and plugging it into a guitar amplifier and speaker. Another type of guitar is the low-pitched bass guitar.

Instrument classification A guitar can be described as all of the following:

Musical instrument

Rhythm section instrument

Types and varieties of guitars

Standard guitar variations Acoustic guitar Acoustic-electric guitar Archtop guitar Classical guitar Electric guitar Flamenco guitar Flat top guitar Fretless guitar Hybrid guitar Parlor guitar Resonator guitar Selmer guitar (Maccaferri) Semi-acoustic guitar Silent guitar Steel-string acoustic guitar Tailed bridge guitar

Pitch-based variations Alto guitar Baritone guitar Bass guitars Contrabass guitar Acoustic bass guitar Bass guitar Niibori guitars Octave guitar Requinto Soprano guitar Tenor guitar Terz guitar

Steel guitars Lap steel guitar (aka Hawaiian guitar) Pedal steel guitar

Courses Single course Double course (e.g., 12-string guitar) Triple course (e.g. Tiple Colombiano) Four or more strings per course (e.g. Guitarron Chileno)

Extra strings Seven-string guitar – Russian guitar and electric guitar Eight-string guitar Nine-string guitar Ten-string guitar 11-string guitar Twelve-string guitar 13-string guitar Extended-range bass – Covers bass guitars with 5 or more strings

Fewer strings Three-string guitar Four-string guitar Five-string guitar

Misc Harp guitar Gittler guitar Lyre-guitar Nano guitar Portuguese guitar Prepared guitar Vintage guitar

Models

6-strings

Acoustic guitar models CF Martin & Company Dreadnought Gibson J-45 Ovation Roundback

Semi-acoustic models Gibson ES-335 Rickenbacker 360 (Both 12-string and 6-string models) Gretsch White Falcon

Solid body electric models Fender Stratocaster Fender Telecaster Gibson Les Paul Gibson SG Gibson Flying V Superstrat Steinberger PRS Red SpecialBrian May Bass guitars Bass guitars are also called "electric basses". Fender Jazz Bass Fender Precision Bass Violin Bass Alembic Bass

Parts

Body: The solid body of an electric and the hollow sound box of an acoustic Bridge Fingerboard (fretboard) Frets Wiring and electronics (including volume and tone controls) Headstock (peghead, head) Inlay Machine heads (tuners) Neck Neck joint: see Set-in neck, Bolt-on neck and Neck-thru Nut Pickguard Pickup (Electric – Single coil (including P-90), Humbucker) (Acoustic – Piezoelectric) Sound board (Acoustic) Strings Truss rod

Guitar accessories

Miscellaneous Capo Guitar pick Fingerpick Neck-thru-body Slide Vibrato systems for guitar ("Tremolo arm") Electronic tuner Patch cord (Electric, some acoustics)

Guitar amplifiers

Guitar amplifier Distortion (guitar) Power attenuator (guitar) Preamplifier Stack: A guitar amplification setup consisting of one or more speaker cabinets and a "head" (amplifier), rather than a self-contained unit.

Guitar effects

Effects unit (also known as "Stomp Box") Compression (electric guitar) Chorus effect Delay (audio effect) Fuzz (electric guitar) Flange (electric guitar) Phaser (electric guitar) Reverb (Reverberation) Sustain Infinite guitar Ebow Overdrive/distortion terms Brown sound Crunch Gain Distortion (guitar) Overdrive (music) Clean/Dirty Wah-wah pedal

Guitar software Guitar Pro G7 (guitar software) Power Tab RiffWorks Guitar recording and online collaboration software. Free version. TuxGuitar Guitar free software. Games Guitar Freaks An arcade game featuring playing guitars Guitar Hero Like Guitar Freaks, except for home use Frets on Fire A cross-platform Guitar Hero clone licensed under GNU GPL. Rockband A multi-platform game for PlayStation 2, 3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii which includes a guitar element similar to that of Guitar Hero/Freaks along with a Karaoke-like vocal element and a drum element.

Guitar use

Guitar music Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra Classical guitar music Instrumental guitar Tablature notation ("Tab")

Guitar tunings See Guitar tunings and List of guitar tunings. Standard tuning Alternate tunings Drop tunings Open tuning New standard tuning Regular tuning Major thirds tuning All fourths tuning All fifths tuning Repetitive tuning English guitar Russian guitar

Guitar playing styles The difference between guitar playing styles and guitar techniques (below) is that a style is a collection of techniques 3rd bridge Classical guitar techniques Downstrokes picking Extended technique Flamenco Guitar solo Guitar showmanship Jazz guitar Lead guitar Prepared guitar Rhythm guitar Shred guitar Slack-key guitar Slide guitar

Guitar technique Main Category: :Category:Guitar performance techniques

Fretting hand technique Dampening Hammer-on Pull-off Guitar chord Barre chord String skipping

Bridge (Right) hand techniques See also the following from List of musical terminology: sul porticello (plucking/strumming near the bridge), sul tasto (plucking/strumming above the fingerboard) Tapping Palm mute (known as pizzicato in Classical guitar terminology)

Strumming Rasgueado Strum

Flat picking (single picking, plectrum picking) Guitar picking Alternate picking Sweep picking Economy picking Gypsy picking Hybrid picking Crosspicking Downpicking Flatpicking Pick slide Pick tapping

Finger picking (multiple picking) Apoyando: rest stroke Chicken picking Fingerstyle guitar & fingerpicking (including Travis picking) Pattern picking Picados Tirando: free stroke

Percussive techniques Golpe: finger tapping (flamenco) Tambour: string striking Slapping: A variety of techniques

Head (Left) hand techniques Double stop Finger vibrato (includes string bending, and bending behind the nut) Left-hand muting Slide guitar Lap slide guitar

Legato techniques Hammer-on Legato technique (includes rolls and trills) Pull-off Tapping

Harmonic techniques

Guitar harmonic Artificial harmonic Pinch harmonic Tap harmonic

Extended techniques

Prepared guitar

History of guitars History of the classical guitar

Guitar makers

Guitar manufacturers Luthier (Guitar maker) Bailey, John B.C. Rich Guitars Bourgeois Guitars Caparison Guitars Carvin A&I Collings Guitars Cort Guitars Dean Guitars Eastwood Guitars Epiphone Guitars ESP Guitars Fender Musical Instruments Corporation Fernandes Guitars Flipper's Guitar Gibson Guitar Corporation Godin guitars Gretsch Heritage Guitars Hagstrom Ibanez Jackson Guitars James Tyler Guitars John Bailey Kramer Guitars Kilometer Linda Manzer Maton Guitars Martin Guitars MusicMan Ovation Guitar Company Peavey Guitars Pensa Custom Guitars PRS Guitars Rickenbacker Guitars Schecter Guitar Research Takamine Guitars Taylor Guitars Valley Arts Guitar Warwick (bass guitar) Washburn guitars Yamaha Zon guitars

Guitar magazines Acoustic Acoustic Guitar Classical Guitar Fretboard Journal Guitar Aficianado Guitar Player Guitar World Guitarist Premier Guitar Soundboard Total Guitar Vintage Guitar Young Guitar Magazine

Guitar music List of compositions for guitar

Guitar festivals Crossroads Guitar Festival Darwin International Guitar Festival Output festival

Guitar community Golden Guitar Attraction in Australia

Significant guitarists

Guitarist List of guitarists List of jazz guitarists List of classical guitarists

Guitar methodologies Guitar Craft

Outline of guitars

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