Dreadnought Guitar Tips

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Summary: So you want to learn to play music but not sure which of the thousands of instruments is right for you? Here are a few tips on the Dreadnought guitar .

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Richard Sheff Richard Sheff he has been playing music since the 50's and he has been teaching guitar for years. He also works in a music store selling wind, string and keyb... read more

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Dreadnought Guitar Tips

Let's take a look at a standard size, dreadnought body, acoustic guitar that has electronics in it. This instrument features a solid spruce top; all better acoustic guitars will have a solid wood top, as opposed to a laminate or plywood construction. The laminate does not vibrate as freely as the solid woods, and therefore has a slightly inferior tone, though they can both sound very pleasing. In all respects this is a standard acoustic guitar, with the exception that this has a pickup installed under the saddle which picks up the vibrations of the strings that transmits these to the electronics panel here where you can control volume, treble, bass, and other attributes of the sound. The sound is then routed to the end pin jack which not only has a fitting for the strap, but you can plug into and route this to an amplifier with a cable. So this is a full size, dreadnought body, acoustic guitar that's a very good instrument for general purpose playing.