Guitar Names

Guitar Slang

• The Axe – or Ax, depending on whom you ask – is possibly the most common slang word for a guitar.
• Archtop – is slang for the steel-stringed acoustic guitar that has an arched top, unlike the classic, folk-style guitar that usually has a flat top. ...
• GAS (or G.A.S.)

What is a good name brand for a guitar?

Fender makes some good acoustic guitar for beginners as well, and if you are into classical music, you will want to check out Cordoba. Other brands of note include Ibanez, Washburn, Dean and Applause. As for electric guitars, I recommend two brands for most beginners. The first is Epiphone.

What is the coolest guitar?

6 of the Coolest Guitars Throughout History

• Prince's “Cloud” Price's sleek white “Cloud” guitar was custom-built by luthier David Rusan in the early 1980s.
• Gibson SG. The Gibson SG, which was created in the early 1960s, featured a double-cutaway shape. ...
• Gretsch White Falcon. ...
• Paul McCartney's Höfner Bass.

What is a jazz guitar called?

While jazz can be played on any type of guitar, from an acoustic instrument to a solid-bodied electric guitar such as a Fender Stratocaster, the full-depth archtop guitar has become known as the prototypical "jazz guitar." Archtop guitars are steel-string acoustic guitars with a big soundbox, arched top, violin-style f