What Makes Acoustic Guitar the Best for Performance?
What Makes Acoustic Guitar the Best for Performance?
There are a lot of great acoustic guitar brands. Are all of them the best for acoustic guitar performance?
May be not.
Don’t be so anxious. We will explain about our thoughts later in this article.
Besides, what makes acoustic guitar the best for performance? There are some aspects need to be inspected to determine the quality.
In our opinion, the aspects related with vocal range, tonewoods, body size and shape, appeals, etc. Thus, it is better for us to talk about this one by one.
Hopefully, our efforts can help the acoustic guitar players to choose the best instrument for the performance.
Are All Great Acoustic Guitar Brands the Best for Performance?
Why those acoustic guitar brands are great? Because those brands have existed for decades and earned high reputation because of its quality. And brand like Martin is an inventor of the acoustic guitar model and technologies.
However, when ask if all guitars of those brands are the best for performance, we should say not all of them are. As we have explained many times, laminated acoustic guitar fits for practicing, not all of solid top guitars fit for professional performance and all solid acoustic guitars should be selected carefully for performance.
We can focus on full solid acoustic guitars. Based on the tonewood and technologies used for acoustic guitar building, the sound performance of guitar is varied from one to another. Thus, it is better to figure out what kind sound need be emphasized firstly.
Acoustic Guitar Body Size & Shape
We have talked about acoustic guitar body size and shape in our previous article: Acoustic Guitar Body: Key Part of Guitar, please visit for details if you are interested.
Here, we want to explain a general idea about acoustic guitar body choice for right performance.
As we all know that 41 inch guitar with D acoustic guitar body has a wide sound range, thus, it is commonly seen on most of the performance. For players, it is a safe choice once the performance requires variable performance. Another choice is the guitar with GA guitar body. Because of excellent balance, the guitar with GA body is also a common choice.
OO and OM guitar body is based on the size of the performance. For concert, the OM body guitar or OO body guitar may be not a good choice. But for small party or home party, the acoustic guitar is a good choice.
Jumbo guitar plays more aggressive music. It can be used in a band performance and can for solo performance. This is also a good choice for concert performance.
Appeals of Acoustic Guitar
Don’t look down upon the appeals of acoustic guitar. It is actually a part of the performance. That is why designers, builders and factories pay much attention on the appeals during the production.
And a unique appeal doesn’t only impress the audiences, but also gives confidence to players. And
Final Thoughts
We have explained the aspects that influence the performance from the point of view of acoustic guitar and guitar building.
There is another factor that cannot be ignored. That is, the player. It is very important for the player to know himself and the level of his performance skill very well. Otherwise, even with a very good guitar, the characteristics of the sound may not be fully expressed.
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