When you pluck a string on an electric guitar, the string vibrates. The pickup then converts this vibration into an electrical signal, which is fed into your amplifier. This is how your guitar makes sound. This implies two things:
The more your guitar’s body vibrates, the more the string will vibrate, resulting in a better sound with longer sustain.
Pickup choice is critical in determining your sound.
I prefer the SG because of the double cutaway, which allows for higher note access. Generally, the bigger the body, the more sound and vibration you get.
Neck construction is the way the neck and the body of the guitar are connected.
Bolt-On: Neck and body are manufactured separately, and literally bolted on together. Guitars with bolt-on necks tend to be cheaper because it’s easy to manufacture guitars this way, but it results in a large block of wood and metal at the joint, which can be uncomfortable. Additionally, this type of construction does not transfer vibrations well.
Set-Neck: Same as bolt-on, but the neck and body are glued together. This construction is more costly, but they tend to be more comfortable to play and have better tone.
Neck-Through: The neck and most of the body are constructed as one solid piece of wood, with “wings” glued on. Only the most high-end and exotic guitars are produced this way. It is very expensive and difficult to construct guitars this way, but they give the best possible tone of all the neck constructions.
Floyd Rose bridges float over a hole in the guitar’s body. The bridge is held in place by the strings, and springs inside the guitar. These two forces balance the bridge in place, allowing it to float. This type of bridge allows for all kinds of crazy effects, such as dive-bombs. However, it also requires a lot of specialized tools and requires a lot of time to maintain. You can’t palm mute too hard, and since all the strings are dependent on each other, if one string goes out of tune, you may need to re-tune the entire guitar. Also, string vibrations are reduced at the bridge and nut.
Fixed bridges are easier to maintain because there are less moving parts, and strings are all independent of each other. Tuning is much easier as well. You can also palm mute as hard or as softly as you like. However, the main disadvantage is that they do not allow you to do any kinds of effects.
The bridge pickup is usually used when playing rhythm. It has a treble sound. I like to use it for fast solos with a lot of alternate picking. Some guitars don’t have a neck pickup. They have a bass sound. I like to use them for melodies or solos with a lot of vibrato. For either pickup, turn your volume and tone knobs all the way up.
Your bridge pickup should probably be a humbucker for a heavier sound. Yngwie uses single coils, but his music is mostly focused on melody, not heavy stuff. They sound great for leads though.
Your fretboard is very important because it is the part of the guitar you touch the most. I prefer rosewood because it is soft and comfortable. Ebony is nice too, but it is more rare. Maple has a higher tone, but personally it feels a little dry and slow to me.
My SG’s body and neck are both mahogany, which has a nice sound. I suggest using large, high frets as they are easier to play on.
The scale of your guitar is the width and length of the fretboard. I prefer a smaller scale because it feels easier for me to play, but many players use a bigger scale because it allows for better accuracy. It is probably more comfortable for players with large hands.
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Hello sir! It is me again, I always look 2 times a day in this site to see if there are updates, i just wanna ask you a question. How do you build your drum tracks? is it on Guitar Pro or you use drag and drop?
@RayJohn
Well thanks man glad you enjoy the site. You can subscribe using RSS or email if you want to be updated automatically whenever I add something to the site. Anyway, I usually start off with some of the loops that are included with EZdrummer, and then I modify them by hand to make them how I want them to sound.