Should i buy a electro acoustic guitar or a jazz guitar?
[2009-05-10 10:58:30]

Q: The jazz guitar is a rockburn but i dont know if jazz guitars are electric and acoustic or just electric,because i have an unplugged festivel coming up.

A: if the gig is completely unplugged as in no mics no speakers no amps go for the ACOUSTIC if you can use an amp go for the jazz guitar but maybe look at a eipiphone dot Studio they are cheap but they play really nicely i play one and it is gonna be tons

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Looking for a beginner acoustic jazz guitar?
[2010-08-08 11:44:34]
Street Jazz 4

Hello,

I've been a huge fan of gypsy jazz guitar and was wanting to learn how to play. I want to know of a decent brand of jazz guitar to begin my journey. I also just purchased the "Learn To Play Django-Style Gypsy Jazz


http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/ericskye

http://www.jazzguitars.net/

http://www.jazzguitar.be/jazzguitar_lick s.html

http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/forum s/showthread.php?t=122187

Hope these help

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The force of impact causes the string to vibrate enough to immediately sound the note, and Jordan executes tapping with both hands, and with more legato than is normally associated with guitar tapping. One hand presses down a guitar string behind a chosen fret to prepare the note, and the other hand either plucks or strums the string to play that note. br – Stanley Jordan (July 31, 1959— ) is an American jazz fusion guitarist, best known for his development of the touch technique for playing guitar....

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what is the difference between an acoustic guitar and acoustic/electric jazz guitar?
[2009-07-11 10:58:07]
Street Jazz 2

may be a dumb question, but are jazz guitars just louder? they're certainly cuter:)help thoughhh!


An acoustic guitar has no pickups or other electrical parts that electrically amplify the sound. The sound is produced only by the resonance of the strings in the box of the guitar. An acoustic/electric guitar is basically an acoustic guitar that has

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what is the difference between jazz guitar and acoustic?
[2010-04-25 14:46:34]
Street Jazz 3

can you the play the same stuff on both guitars? or will the jazz guitar give acoustic songs a weird sound?


As the other answerers have pointed out, there is no such thing as a 'jazz guitar'. Most jazz guitarists play with electric guitars which are particularly suited for jazz playing e.g. the Gibson ES-175, which is a hollow-body electric with humbucker pickups.

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