What are the the main types of electric guitars?

Answer 1

passive which the most famous is Gibson PAF humbuckers like in the les paul Guitars that revolutionized the world of electric guitars back in the day .... there is as many pickup makers as guitar makers these days. Seth Lover is credited with the design of the first humbucker. The first humbuckers where made in the 50s, i forget about single coils.

Bare Knuckle , Dimarzio , Lace , Lundgren , Seymour Duncan ..ect

the pros are

passive pickups require no battery you can play them for decades

they are cheaper to get installed

they are cheaper in general to buy

they have more character and power depending on the type (this is debatable)

easy to find , easy to buy

can easily change magnets in pickups for different sounds

some pickups have 4 wires so therefore can have wiring modifications

the cons

some of them are noisy

if your guitar has a tremolo you need F spaced pickups

most kids are afraid of soldering irons , so harder to install

if the wax in the pickup is messed around with it can ruin a pickup making it very noisy to play , although you can re-pot the pickup.

not all guitar pickups wiring color codes are the same

active is choice 2 , EMG made them famous , Rob Turner is the inventor of active pickups. The difference is inside the pickup there is a preamp and active pickups tend to have this boring plastic look to them. They require a 9 volt battery.

EMG H series was the first active pickup made around 1976 , the 58 came next but was too noisy than the 81 was introduced as was the 85 and so forth.

the pros

since 2003 they are solderless , any kid can switch pickups with no knowledge

they cancel hum

they are easy to spot that they are active by their signature look

most high end metal oriented guitars will come with them

metallica and pink floyd used them (why am i writing this hahah)

cons

to use active pickups you need to totally re-wire the guitar (Expensive)

the sound is very lifeless I find

they are more expensive to buy

they require batteries , 2000 or so hours of life , switch the batteries every 6 months to a year

which do I recommend? passive all the way , buy a guitar processor if you're not happy with the sound of your guitar

Answer 2

baritone guitar (made for lower tunings)

Bass Guitar

electric acoustic

normal 6 string Electric Guitar

the extra stringed ones doubt would fall into main categories.

Answer 3

bass being one kind , four or more thick strings and a very low sound

electric , having 6 or more strings which are much thinner and a higher sound

some other ideas

4, 5 , 6 , 7, 8 .... People go nuts with the amount of strings on bass!

7 , 8 , 9 , 10 string electric guitars

baritone guitar to tune lower

multi-scaled guitar

short scale bass , longer necks I'm sure exist too

double , triple ...ect neck guitars

that is a good start

Answer 4

don't take this as these are the only types.these arew just the basics. ill give you examples of each if i can.

Solidbody-almost completely solid block of wood (minus the small holes for the electronics) ex. the Les Paul.

Semi-Hollow body- self explanitory. ex. Gibson ES355*

Acoustic electric- simply an acoustic guitar rigged with tonal and volume controls sometimes a tuner, as well as an internal pickup (i don't know exectly where that's mounted) and finally the output jack, which is usually unified with the strap pin.\

hope it helps. Kyse