Which Guitar to Buy

Choosing a guitar to buy.

There are two basic types of guitar. The first has metal strings and the second nylon strings. Even at this early stage it is important that you should understand the essential differences between the two types, because if you don't you could waste a lot of time and money

The best Spanish guitar ever made would be completely useless to someone whose ambition is to play in a group, and the most fabulously oranate Electric guitar with three pickups, tremelo arm and on board pre amp would be equally unsuitable for someone who wants to play Classical Finger Style.

So where do you start? Well, unless you have your heart set from the very beginning on becoming Classical Finger Style player, it is recommended that you begin by purchasing a reasonably priced acoustic steel strung instrument. The tuning and left hand fingering of the metal and nylon strings guitars are identical, so you have nothing to loose by following this course.

But before we go any further I must give you one very important warning! Whatever you do, never put metal strings onto a guitar which was built to carry nylon strings. Spanish guitars are much lighter built than metal strung guitars and the higher tension needed to tune metal strings can cause irreparable damage.

To help you avoid this kind of pitfall, please study the illustrations and descriptions of the different kinds of guitars in this website carefully.

Metal strung guitars can be divided into three types Acoustic, Semi Acoustic and Solid Electric guitar.