An acoustic guitar is an instrument that people begin to learn to play. The wide selection of musical instruments presented in stores can confuse the buyer. How do you choose a good, velvety-sounding guitar over a board with strings? What should you look for when buying an acoustic guitar?
Instructions
Step 1
Choose which strings you will play: nylon or metal. Nylon strings are more suitable for the beginner musician. They are easier to nestle on the bar, and the habituation of the fingertips in this case is more painless. Metal strings have a more sonorous and harsh sound, but are more difficult to clamp. Do not use metal strings on an instrument designed for nylon strings due to the higher tension. Conversely, if you put nylon strings on a metal string guitar, there will be a lifeless, hollow sound.
Step 2
Buy a guitar at a store where you can see, touch, play the instrument. Listen to whether you like the sound, whether it is easy to make, whether it is pleasant to hold the guitar in your hands. Two guitars that look alike can have completely different sounds.
Step 3
Look for chips, scratches, or distortions on the instrument. If there are any, it is better to take another guitar.
Step 4
Consider the bar. Check the neck deflection - clamp the string at the first and twelfth frets, and see what the gap is at the 7th fret. This gap should be between 0.5 - 1.0 mm. Check the saddle height - the distance between the saddle and the open string at the twelfth fret should be 3-4 mm. Don't worry if any of these parameters are outside the normal range, they are adjustable. Check to see if the frets are flat on the fretboard or skew - look along the fretboard from the body to the head.
Step 5
Check out the tuning of the guitar. Tune the instrument, listen to the sound of the guitar as a whole. Check the scale - the open string should be an octave lower than the floor of the string when clamped at the twelfth fret. And the harmonic at the twelfth fret must match the note at the same fret. Check that the notes sound in different positions - for example, the notes on the open first string, it is on the fifth fret of the second string, it is on the ninth fret of the third string, it is on the fourteenth fret of the fourth string, and so on - as long as the fretboard allows. Repeat the same operation with other notes. Listen for a bounce of strings on the frets - alternately take the bar on each fret and play the sound.
