There are three main types of modern guitar: the classical guitar (Spanish guitar/nylon-string
guitar); the
steel-string
acoustic guitar or electric guitar; and the Hawaiian guitar (played across the player's lap).
Learn more about Guitars
An acoustic guitar is a fretted musical instrument that produces sound via vibrating strings
above a hollow chamber in
the guitar's body.
An electric guitar is structured from a wooden body
with parts such as a pickup installed and strung with steel strings. If played without amplification the
volume of the sound is low, so a device is used to electrically amplify the sound.
A hybrid guitar is an electric guitar with the ability to produce a signal with the tonal
quality
of an acoustic guitar
in addition to a typical electric signal from a magnetic pickup, allowing a wide tonal pallette.
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