China Guitar Forum (CGF)

The world guitar was adopted in England after they heard about Spanish instrument named “guitarra”. There are two basic types of guitars – Acoustic and electric, all with many sub categories. The look of modern guitar was established by Spanish guitarist Antonio Torres Jurado. One of the oldest gui...

The single-resonator or “biscuit” guitars are the simplest variant and are less bright compared to the other two variants. The so-called “spider” variant is also a single-cone version, but with a different design. These “spider” resonators bring more resonance, sustain, and brightness. Finally, tri...

There are three types of the modern Acoustic guitars – Classical (nylon strings), steel string guitar, and archtop guitar, and the popular variation of classical guitar called twelve-string guitars. Bass guitar can be acoustic. History of guitars goes all the way back to 2000-1500 BC Middle East, I...

Are resonator guitars harder to play? Well, this is not an easy one to answer. Sure, I might automatically jump to the conclusion and say that the lap steel guitars and the slide technique are more challenging. However, this is an entirely different approach to the instrument, meaning that you’ll p...

Acoustic guitar body styles There are many-many styles of acoustic guitars, the most popular ones being the following. Jumbo The jumbo is the loudest and biggest acoustic guitar shape (at least on this list). Introduced first during the late 1930s by Gibson as the J-200, jumbos are targeted toward ...

Expand your repertoire with tips and tricks for 25 classic acoustic songs, ideal for beginners and intermediate players The acoustic guitar is having a moment right now, with hordes of players picking up an acoustic over lockdown and honing their fingerstyle technique. But whether you fancy yoursel...

What Are Nylon String Acoustic Guitars? The original acoustic guitars were quite similar to today’s nylon string guitars. Classical guitars, Spanish guitars, and their various derivations all fit the “nylon string” category. Here are some of their key characteristics: The guitars are made of hollow...

Assembling The Raw Materials The guitar building process begins with the assembling of raw materials, aka tonewoods. When it comes to building an acoustic guitar this means selecting the wood for the body (soundboard, back, and sides), the neck, fretboard, and bridge. Each component of the guitar pl...

For a relatively simple instrument (simple, does not mean easy) the process of building an acoustic guitar is highly sophisticated and involves the following steps: Assembling the raw materials (e.g. tonewoods) Making or sourcing the mold Making the soundboard Book matching the top Marking out the s...