How To Chose A Good Electric Guitar

Do you want to buy electric guitar? But you get confuse how to select them? Here are some things that need to know in choosing electric guitar. First, came to the shop of musical instruments of course, see, and when you are interested in a guitar was displayed there, ask for the good things to the guards. Say that you want to try it. Do not forget to ask for tune-in or on the stem-first. Because is usually displayed in a loose condition. Or you can stem it by your self (but I suggest, let the shop guard stem it, if the cords dropout, you are not charged by them).

If you already hold the guitar,  time you try and take a look. Here are a few that need to be examined:

1. Fret board
Fret lines is a bar that is on the guitar neck. Positions fret very influential on the accuracy of the pitch (high-low tones). Slide will only very little effect on the note accuracy. If many people say "falls". Moreover, for the guitar-guitarist who are cheaper. Because the mass is made, then you should be suspicious that there is a one-two product that failed. In addition to falls, sometimes also the height of frets is not gradual decrease in the tone, and will disarrange it tones, or result in broken voice. Even for the guitar-guitarist who are expensive, never before tried to believe. Who knows there is an error of production, is expensive to buy, corrupt, and can’t be reimburse ...

Try the method that is very simple. Play Barre chord (vertical akor) from F. Listen, there is falls or not. If not, forward to the F #, Hear more, advanced to the G; so on, until the end of the fret. Caution is frets edge which often falls, as the distance between it frets close together. So just a little slip, it will have fatal consequences. If it falls, then it is not a good choice.

Or a desire for more style, play major scale diatonic, (do not pentatonic because it tone limited). Explore each fret, remember, first of tone, not the improvised first, because this guitar is not trying to show the ability. Just sure there aren’t falls, just ok to show your ability is up.

For the setting cords action (the height of the string fingerboard) can be adjusted in your own home. Construction fret if you select the perfect, then you can set cords as close as possible to the surface of the fret without buzzing risk.


2. Wood / Material
Not easy to know the good and not a wood. Moreover, the average guitar manufacturer has been cat thickly and no longer visible of the pores. Although the type of wood is the same, it can have a different quality. Two mahoganies from the same tree can produce a different board sheet quality. Only a master craftsman, a master guitarist who can know the quality of a timber with only voice heard when ticked with the fingers.

But at least there is little guidance on this material wood (This guide provides information only for the characters of each timber quality are not a problem). Usually, it was written in the catalog of wood used for the guitar (if not to deceive). Body of a timber, a timber with a neck and fingerboard with a particular timber. Here are characters for the timber.

First, the wood for the body: The more, the Mahogany body. Mahogany has a bright sound character and attacks the strong and sharp. However, the weight a bit more weight. Material is alder with a warm sound and a light weight. It is not less popular than maple. However, usually, the body only as a layer of maple, not the whole entire body. The characters sound produced thick. There is also Basswood with a warm character.

To two, for the timber neck: the neck is not less important for the body. In general, use maple, but not close the possibility of other material. But this is considered the most good for the neck is maple. Because the strength and flexure.

To three, wood fingerboard. Fingerboard is one piece of wood with a neck; some are using a different timber. If the material is different, a common wood for the fingerboard is trusted rosewood or ebony. Fingerboard rosewood characters tend to smooth and warm, while the characters ebony more bright.

3. Physical Condition

Physical condition will easily see with the eyes. Whether the condition is still good or bad. However, further in view of the condition and body is to see characters that you want from the guitar. Shape and condition of body, neck and headstock. Seems likely to produce taper-shaped bright sound, while that of the blunt is.

No less important is to see the condition of neck. Put your eyes on the position near the bridge or the tip of the body, see to the neck, neck crooked, or if it binding, will appear. Indeed, the condition of the neck or slightly curved binding can be repaired with screw or flexure Trusroad (iron, which is planted in the neck), but how well, if not in new condition, has been warped neck or binding.

Next is the position of headstock. Headstock position seems not only as variations in appearance, but affects the production of sound. The most common are sloping to the back of the headstock. With the position recede, creating chord more closely on the nut depressed, the string vibration will transmit from neck to the perfect body and then to pick-up. There is also a headstock parallel with the neck, then press to help ensure that the string on the nut attached to binding post.


4. Pick-up and Wiring
Pick-up duty, to change the sound vibrations into electrical signal. Pick-up occasions after the vote determine the character of wood. Basically there are two types of pickup, single coil and the ham bucker (double). Single coil sound that tends to produce thin, precise sound for crystal clear clean to crunch. While ham bucker more appropriate to produce a thick sound, and identical to a heavy distortion sound.

There are three pick-up configurations which are often installed on the guitar. First, one or two Ham bucker without single coil. So that the right to play full distortion. Next, one, two, or three single coils without ham bucker. If you want clear sound, does not want a heavy distortion sound then this is the choice. Three, and a mix between ham bucker single coils. One can ham bucker two single coils, or two ham bucker a single coil. So tthis configuration gives many more options sound character.

Knob for volume and tone knob. Configuration that has been common is first, one volume one tone. To two, one volume two tone, two-to three-volume prayer tone. Tone for the volume, makes sure the knob works well in controlling the volume out of the pickup. To tone knob, make sure there is a striking difference between the tones was opened with full closed fully.

Last, pickup switch. This tool serves to organize the use of pickup. In general, there are two types of pickup switch. Namely three-and five-way direction. Make sure equipment is working properly. Individual control the direction of a pickup configuration that is being used.

As an example for the guitar with two ham bucker with 3-way pickup switch. The first direction (to the top of the sloping position / left side) means that the neck pick-up. Can be checked with the pound pickup is. If there are incoming signal direction means that the switch and pick-up works perfect. Both directions (middle position). Usually, the second pick-up. Can be checked as a first step. Directions to the three (position sloping down / right side). Means to activate the bridge pickup check on the pickup as a first step.

5. Appearance
Well this is your taste, you better like color and shape as what? However, the physical form of consecutive characters, determine the resulting sound. So better match the style of music you want to play. To finishing of cat process there are two types, solid color, and transparent. If wood fiber is good, will be more beautiful if the finishing transparent. However, if the wood fiber manufacturer, more or less good usually cat with solid color. But back again, this is a problem you taste. So it's up to you choose the guitar.

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