Indonesia also has a classical-style string player in Jubing Kristianto. This Semarang man honed his skills by participating in several guitar festivals. His family, who also love music, helped him develop his talent.Jubing's playing is known to bring 'atmosphere' to...
The last type of guitar is the Lap Steel Guitar. Wrap-steel, pedal-steel and Hawaiian-steel guitars are interesting instruments that are similar to regular guitars, but they play very differently. These guitars are played evenly on your lap or on a soundbar or...
The bass guitar is actually a bass shaped like a guitar. The bass guitar came from the double bass, but with the times, the double bass instrument began to become popular. Because it was difficult to carry around, there was this double bass made in the form of a...
Four years old was the beginning of his introduction to music. He transitioned from keyboard to electric guitar and all the way to acoustic string guitar. Unfortunately, at the time when he started to love the guitar, Dawes suffered from tendinitis which made him have...
The following type of guitar is the extended range electric guitar. These guitars have been around for a long time, but only became popular in the 90s. Today, Grameds can find a wide variety of 7-, 8- and 9-string (mainly electric) guitars from different brands. The...
This teenage musician became a hit when he first appeared on Youtube. At a very young age, little Sungha Jung was able to master the fingerstyle technique. Some of his videos show his extraordinary talent.The South Korean-born teenager started picking up the guitar...
The seventh type of guitar instrument is the 12-string guitar. The 12-string guitar is available in acoustic or electric versions and is very similar to a regular 6-string guitar. The 12-string guitar was very popular in the 60-70s and is still used today. The...
The sixth type of guitar is the resonator guitar. Resonators are a type of guitar that you rarely see. It's basically an acoustic guitar with a metal diaphragm instead of the usual sound hole. This metal cone helps the guitar resonate and project the sound being...
Andy McKee is an acoustic guitarist from Kansas who uses fingerstyle as his playing style. This man became famous through the Youtube video network.McKee was introduced to the guitar at the age of thirteen, and his first guitar was an Aria with nylon strings. From...
A classical guitar is a guitar used to play classical music. It predates the acoustic steel string guitar, electric guitar and bass. If drawn further from the historical side, the ancestor of the guitar is the Vihuela (a stringed instrument from Spain). So what...