Electro Acoustic Guitars

The standard electro acoustic guitar will usually have six strings, the same as a normal acoustic or electric guitar. There is a choice of a nylon strung classical or a steel strung variety; the choice depending on the type of music you want to play. Guitars of this type are versatile as they can...

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Twelve String Guitars

The 12 string electro acoustic guitar is - as the name suggests, - an electro acoustic guitar with twelve strings which acoustically produces a rich, resonant tone with a slightly bigger sound than the standard six string. It has the added advantage of having a pickup which can be plugged into an...

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Classical Electro Acoustic Guitars

The classical model varies from the normal acoustic guitar in that it is fitted with nylon strings. The pickup will be a transducer fitted underneath the bridge. This will pick up the vibration and the resonance that the guitar produces when played and either feed it straight out to an amplifier or...

Electro Acoustic Guitars

This type of acoustic guitar can be played both acoustically or connected via a guitar lead to an amplifier. Most electro acoustics feature a cutaway body design to enable the player to fret the instrument at the bottom of the neck, thus providing a greater range of sound.

Electro acoustics are either classed as passive - where the pickup is straight to a jack socket in the body of the amp and then by a lead to an amp - or an active guitar which will have an electronic tone shaping module fitted. These days a lot even have a tuner built in to the module - now that's progress!