What are the 3 different acoustic guitar body types?

What are the 3 different acoustic guitar body types?

What are the different acoustic guitar body shapes?

• Parlor Guitars. Parlor guitars have the smallest acoustic guitar body size.
• Grand Concert, or Model “OO”
• Orchestra Model, Grand Auditorium, or Model “OM” or “GA”
• Dreadnought.
• Jumbo and Super-Jumbo.

What’s the difference between dreadnought and acoustic guitar?

The main differences between Dreadnought vs Concert Guitars are: Dreadnought guitars have a large and broader body, whereas Concert guitars have a smaller body and have less low end. Dreadnought guitars are loud and are ideal for playing in a band, whereas Concert guitars are quieter and are for solo playing.

Are all dreadnought guitars the same size?

What is this? The important point here is that there is no standard size for “full size” guitars. A dreadnought acoustic guitar and a Les Paul electric guitar are both full-size guitars, but they both have different scale lengths, different total lengths, and feel very different to play.

Why is it called dreadnought?

History reveals that it was the CF Martin Company that first coined the name ‘Dreadnought’ for an acoustic body size. Named after a British battleship launched in 1906, the original craft was a turning point in naval history, bettering its rivals in terms of armament, speed, size and firepower.

What kind of guitar has the Dreadnought shape?

And today one of the most common acoustic guitar shape you will see is the dreadnought shape. In fact most people today would probably picture a dreadnought when asked to picture an acoustic guitar, such is their popularity. This is probably due its prevalent use in a lot of popular music genres.

What’s the difference between parlor and Dreadnought acoustic guitars?

Compared to the standard dreadnought acoustic a parlor guitar’s body shape appears elongated in comparison. The guitar is designed this way to increase the size of the soundboard, in an attempt to produce more volume from the guitar.

Can a dreadnought guitar be played sitting down?

In terms of playability dreadnoughts aren?t too dissimilar to other steel string guitar shapes with only some subtle differences. Firstly, due to the shape of the guitar some players can find it harder to play them sitting down – because of the less rounded waist. But for most this isn?t an issue.

Which is the best acoustic guitar body type?

Compared to other acoustic guitar body types, the dreadnought strikes the perfect balance between size, volume, and ease of playing. Every famous guitarist probably used and owned one at some point. Aside from CF Martin, one of the most popular and attractive dreadnoughts is the Martin D-18E.