Outline of guitars
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to guitars:
A guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Most guitar necks have metal frets attached (the exception is fretless bass guitars). Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with either nylon or steel strings. Some modern 2010-era guitars are made of polycarbonate materials. Guitars are made and repaired by luthiers. There are two primary families of guitars: acoustic and electric. An acoustic guitar has a wooden top and a hollow body. An electric guitar may be a solid-body or hollow body instrument, which is made louder by using a pickup and plugging it into a guitar amplifier and speaker. Another type of guitar is the low-pitched bass guitar.
Musical instrument
Chordophone
A guitar can be described as all of the following:
Acoustic guitar
Acoustic-electric guitar
Archtop guitar
Classical guitar
Electric guitar
Flamenco guitar
Flat top guitar
Fretless guitar
Hybrid guitar
Parlor guitar
Resonator guitar
(Maccaferri)
Selmer guitar
Semi-acoustic guitar
Silent guitar
Steel-string acoustic guitar
Tailed bridge guitar
Gibson J-45
Ovation Roundback
Bridge
(fretboard)
Fingerboard
Frets
Wiring and electronics (including volume and tone controls)
(peghead, head)
Headstock
Inlay
(tuners)
Machine heads
Neck
Nut
Pickguard
(Acoustic)
Sound board
Strings
Truss rod
Capo
Guitar pick
Fingerpick
Neck-thru-body
Slide
("Tremolo arm")
Vibrato systems for guitar
Electronic tuner
(Electric, some acoustics)
Patch cord
Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra
Classical guitar music
Instrumental guitar
notation ("Tab")
Tablature
History of the classical guitar
Luthier (Guitar maker)
Bailey, John
B.C. Rich Guitars
Bourgeois Guitars
Caparison Guitars
Carvin A&I
Collings Guitars
Cort Guitars
Dean Guitars
Eastwood Guitars
Epiphone Guitars
ESP Guitars
Fender Musical Instruments Corporation
Fernandes Guitars
Flipper's Guitar
Gibson Guitar Corporation
Godin guitars
Gretsch
Heritage Guitars
Hagstrom
Ibanez
Jackson Guitars
James Tyler Guitars
John Bailey
Kramer Guitars
Kilometer
Linda Manzer
Maton Guitars
Martin Guitars
MusicMan
Ovation Guitar Company
Peavey Guitars
Pensa Custom Guitars
PRS Guitars
Rickenbacker Guitars
Schecter Guitar Research
Takamine Guitars
Taylor Guitars
Valley Arts Guitar
Warwick (bass guitar)
Washburn guitars
Yamaha
Zon guitars
Acoustic
Acoustic Guitar
Classical Guitar
Fretboard Journal
Guitar Aficianado
Guitar Player
Guitar World
Guitarist
Premier Guitar
Soundboard
Total Guitar
Vintage Guitar
Young Guitar Magazine
List of compositions for guitar
Crossroads Guitar Festival
Darwin International Guitar Festival
Output festival
Attraction in Australia
Golden Guitar
Guitarist
List of guitarists
List of jazz guitarists
List of classical guitarists
Guitar Craft
Outline of music
An online feature from Bloomingdale School of Music (October, 2007)
Instruments In Depth: The Guitar
Stalking the Oldest Six-String Guitar
Guitar physics
International Guitar Research Archive
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, The Metropolitan Museum of Art featuring many historic guitars from the Museum's collection