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what about the OM guitar models...... Same as auditorium/parlor size. Like I said, there are lots of names for five basic body sizes.]]> Guitar Players Discussion NoteBoat https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/different-types-of-acoustic-guitars/#post-286340 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/different-types-of-acoustic-guitars/#post-286332 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:08:47 +0000
what about the OM guitar models......]]> Guitar Players Discussion tinsmith https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/different-types-of-acoustic-guitars/#post-286332 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/different-types-of-acoustic-guitars/#post-286183 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:55:00 +0000
thanks for posting Noteboat, I really liked reading about some guitars I'd never heard of before and/or forgotten about. props.]]> Guitar Players Discussion Scrybe https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/different-types-of-acoustic-guitars/#post-286183 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/different-types-of-acoustic-guitars/#post-286157 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:51:47 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion NoteBoat https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/different-types-of-acoustic-guitars/#post-286157 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/different-types-of-acoustic-guitars/#post-286153 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:33:16 +0000
Very interesting read; I knew there wouldn't be a "simple" answer! :lol:
The Folk Guitar definition; you mentioned the "Roller Tuners". Do you mean a "gear" tuner such as on this page - http://www.gilberttuners.com/images.html

Or are you referring to the slotted headstock with the tuner shafts set into it?]]> Guitar Players Discussion katmetal https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/different-types-of-acoustic-guitars/#post-286153 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/different-types-of-acoustic-guitars/#post-286152 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:25:02 +0000
1. Dreadnought is a size. Other sizes are called Parlor or Auditorium, Jumbo, "Standard" (which hasn't been standard since the 1800s - it's smaller than a Parlor), Jumbo, Super-Jumbo, 3/4 and 1/2. You'll find more names than those, but there are basically about five different body sizes for full-size guitars. In most of those, you can have the neck join the body at either the 12th or 14th fret, so that gives you a few more overall sizes.

2. "Folk" is two things... a generic term for any acoustic guitar, and a name for a steel (or nylon) string guitar with roller tuners. You can also find some old guitars with viola style tuning pegs... I haven't heard of a separate name for those.

3. In nylon string, you've also got flamenco. They're a lot like classical, except they're traditionally made from different wood (Cedar/cypress), and they have golpeadores - tap plates, kinda like pick guards.

4. Arch top, 12-string, dobro... then there's the ethnic ones, like the vihuela, guitarron, bajo sexto and requnito (go see a mariachi band - all those different guitars have different names!) or the Hawaiian slack key... different voices, like baritone, tenor and even soprano... crossover instruments like harp guitars... antique near-guitars like the chitarra... pseudo-antique "Renaissance" guitars - which are basically guitars with an extreme peghead angle like a lute, and a filigree soundhole insert... I'm sure I'm forgetting a whole bunch. And I'm sure there's a whole bunch more I've never heard of. And other ways to slice things - are cutaways a separate category?

Even the obvious "electric" comes in solid, hollow, and semi-hollow bodies... double neck (and more neck) combinations, and you can even find odd things like DanElectro's electric sitar :)]]> Guitar Players Discussion NoteBoat https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/different-types-of-acoustic-guitars/#post-286152 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/different-types-of-acoustic-guitars/#post-30973 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:00:58 +0000
Can y'all tell me the difference between;

1. Dreadnought Guitar.

2. Folk Guitar.

3. Classical Guitar.

4. Any other variants that I might have missed, other than the obvious "electric". I do at least know what that one is! :mrgreen:]]> Guitar Players Discussion katmetal https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/different-types-of-acoustic-guitars/#post-30973