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You've probably seen all kinds of electric guitars. They do come in all shapes and sizes
after all. The one I'm holding now is a Les Paul guitar,
named after the designer, made famous by guitarists such as Slash, Zakk Wylde, Jimmy Page and
plenty more. As you can see, it's a solid body, if I
tap it it's quite inert, and it has a single cutaway, which means there's just one cutaway
of the main shape of the body and that allows you to get
your hand down the neck through each of the top frets. Nice and easy.
So the guitar I'm holding now is an SG made famous by players like Angus Young and Tony
Iommi. As you can see it's a solid body there so again
if you tap it it's a solid piece of wood. It also has a twin cutaway, a double cutaway
which allows you top fret access and it's better than a
single cut. While some guitars will have this part filled in. This enables you to get right
to the very top of the fret board there, without really any trouble so you can go [music] right
from the bottom right up to the top with ease.
This is an example of a Casino Model guitar. It's a semi-acoustic because you can see simply
means it's a hollow bodied instrument, made famous by
players like John Lennon, Paul Weller. As you can see it's got two cutaways for top
fret access and two cutaways means you can get your hand right
the way around. Similar models include a solid block of wood through this area of the guitar.
That simply enables you to eliminate feedback as the
pickups are mounted into a solid block and rather than resonating around in the hollow
body they're just a little bit more restrained.
The guitar I'm holding now is a modern example of a double cutaway guitar. This example actually
has two extra frets so it's twenty four frets which
allows you to play two octaves on each string [music] so that you can reach
string. So it means you reach the same note three times on one string.
and it also allows you to play scale shapes right at the top end of the neck.
It's really suited to extreme kind of lead styles. This guitar
in particular has a maple neck which is recognisable by the lighter colour and it's a bolted on
model rather than glued in. So guitars come in all shapes and sizes.
This is an example of a v-shaped quitar. It takes its name from its shape. It was made
famous in particular by James Hetfield. There's no particular sonic
or practical reason for the shape, it's purely for styling and personal choice.