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ELECTRIC GUITARS
If your passion is the electric guitar, then it is one of the most important pieces of your equipment. Only surpassed by the talent, the practice and a deep knowledge of music.

This guide was made from my own experience as a guitarist and user of guitars that were subject to test in a variety of situations ... from practicing technique to concerts in front of thousands or from recording sessions of metal music to jingles or from jammin' to writing

Here is an extensive selection of electric guitars so that you have a better idea to make a good choice. They are the most popular, the better, the guitars that all of us want to play

• Axl
• BC Rich
• Brian Moore
• Charvel
• Daisy Rock
• Dean
• Epiphone
• ESP
• Fender
• Fernandes
• Floyd Rose		      • G&L
• Gibson Les Paul
• Gibson SG
• Gibson Solidbody
• Gibson Hollowbody
• GibsonCustomShop
• Gibson Memphis
• Godin
• Goldfish Guitars
• Gretsch
• Hagstrom
• Hallmark		      • Hamer
• Hofner
• Hohner
• Ibanez
• Jackson
• Line 6
• Michael Kelly
• Minarik
• Music Man
• OLP
• Parker
• Peavey		      • PRS
• Rickenbacker
• RKS Guitars
• Rogue
• Schecter
• Squier
• Steinberger
• Traveler
• Tribute by G&L
• Washburn
• Wilson Brothers
• Yamaha
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Useful Info to Choose Electric Guitars

THE BODY
• The body is where pickups, bridge, controls and electronic components are installed
Is the most visible and heaviest part of the guitar; therefore, here occurs the most
looking variations of the electric guitar: graphic or special drawings, pickguard designs, metallic parts finishes, pickup colors, plastic parts, stickers, dents...

• The body is generally solid, smaller and heavier than the body of an acoustic guitar
The mass of the electric guitar body is directly proportional to the amount of sustain that you
will obtain, e.g. the Gibson Les Paul has a lot of sustain but weighs a little more … are
you willing to hold standing during 2-3 hours 3 extra pounds to sound better? … Many
will say yes and many will prefer to fix this limitation with a pedal or a good amplifier.

THE NECK
• This is the part of the guitar that goes adhered to the body and extends up to
the headstock. The fretboard is glued to the neck; it is the place where the frets
are. Pressing the frets is the way to determine the specific note you want to hear.
The neck, the fretboard and the frets are the main field of action of the left hand

• The neck of an electric guitar generally feels more comfortable than the neck
of an acoustic guitar; in part because the strings (thinner) generate less tension
The difficult lines are executed with greater precision and less muscular fatigue.

THE BRIDGE
• Made of metallic material, except in some jazz guitars. From the
classic Gibson, Gretsch, Fender and Rickenbacker of the 50’s to
the most advanced tremolo systems like Floyd Rose or Wilkinson.

• A good bridge should have adjustable height and the tuning of
each string should be able to be calibrated independently. If you
don't use tremolo, I suggest you a fixed bridge guitar (hard tail)

• The bridge is the place where the palm of the right hand rests. If your style is intensive in palm mute, do not choose a guitar with a Floyd Rose tremolo, because it will also respond to involuntary movements of the palm of your hand that could cause detuning

• If you are going to choose a guitar with tremolo, be sure that comes equipped with
a quality system to avoid one of the worst nightmares on stage: several strings out of tune after the intensive use of the tremolo

                                                                               
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THE PICKUPS
• The magnetic pickups "perceive" the strings vibration that travel through the
cable to the amplifier, place where is produced the sound of the electric guitar

• Especially important if your idea is to obtain a professional level tone. If the pickups installed in your electric guitar are poor quality or not the adequate for you, neither the best Mesa amplifier will be able to do something to fix a sound that was born being faulty

THE CONTROLS
• Electronic components used to choose between
which pickup you will use, at what volume and tone

• Volume Control: sets the output level of the
electric guitar. While the Fender Stratocaster
comes with one volume control for all the three
pickups. The Gibson SG (two pickups), has one
volume control for each

• Tone Control: sets the amount of treble/bass
frequencies that you will obtain from a pickup.
The Epiphone Firebird has independent tone
controls for each of the pickups; on the other
hand the Ibanez Jem has a single tone control
for the three pickups

   

• Pickup Selector: the most popular are the three and the five position selectors
While the three position selectors are frequently found in guitars of two pickups
(neck, bridge, and neck/bridge), the five position selectors are associated to
guitars of three pickups (neck, neck/middle, middle, bridge/middle and bridge)

• Other controls: some guitars are equipped with additional selectors that are used to invert the phase of pickups, to choose between the two coils of a humbucker, to select between the magnetic pickups and a piezo pickup (obtaining acoustic guitar sounds, electric or some combination of both), to select between the magnetic pickups and a MIDI pickup (obtaining synthesizer sounds that can be mixed with your regular tone)...

THE TUNING MACHINES
• Are of easy, smooth action and they respond to fine adjustments

• Some PRS or Fender models come equipped with locking tuners
that "lock" once the electric guitar is tuned up. The locking tuners
maintain the tuning even after the intensive use of tremolo

• The tuners are found mounted in the headstock (the place where the
manufacturer puts its logo) and they are arranged in one or both sides

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