| There are different types of guitars producing various | | | | The acoustic bass guitar usually has a hollow wooden |
| sound variations, offering different features. One of the | | | | body similar to that of the steel string acoustic guitar. |
| most demanding is the acoustic bass guitar. This is a | | | | This is quite unlike the electric bass guitar, which is |
| bass instrument with a hollow wooden body similar to | | | | generally a solid body instrument. The majority of |
| a bass guitar, though usually somewhat larger than a | | | | acoustic basses are fretted. Semi fretted versions |
| steel string acoustic guitar. A steel strung acoustic | | | | also exist, although they are quite rare. Frets are raised |
| bass guitar is louder and sounds brighter than a | | | | metal strips inserted into the fingerboard that extend |
| classical guitar. These guitars are constructed and | | | | across the full width of the neck. On a fretted bass, |
| made using various materials. Those guitars, which are | | | | the frets divide the fingerboard into semitone divisions. |
| expensive, have a solid top, solid back and sides. | | | | The acoustic bass guitar commonly has four strings, |
| Normally cedar and spruce are the materials, which | | | | which are normally tuned E A D G, an octave below |
| are being used for making the solid wood tops. Back | | | | the lowest four strings of the 6 string guitar. Most |
| and sides are often made from mahogany, maple or | | | | acoustic basses have pickups, either magnetic or |
| rosewood. | | | | piezoelectric or both, so that they can be amplified with |
| Entry-level acoustic bass guitars are generally | | | | an instrument amplifier. This is because it becomes |
| constructed entirely from laminated wood. But mid | | | | difficult to hear an acoustic bass guitar without an |
| range acoustic bass guitars may sometimes have a | | | | amplifier. Piezoelectric pickups are non magnetic |
| combination of solid parts, often solid top and laminated | | | | pickups that produce a different tone. |
| woods. Acoustic bass guitars are most preferably | | | | Conclusion |
| used while playing a folk music or a country song, | | | | Acoustic guitars, which are an indispensable part of |
| though many pop as well as rock singers use this | | | | folk music and country music as well, are available in |
| guitar quite often in their concerts. | | | | different types. The prices of these guitars also vary |
| A brief history | | | | because of the materials used to make the guitars. |
| The first modern acoustic bass guitar was developed | | | | The Earthwood acoustic bass guitar was introduced in |
| in the early 1960s by Ernie Ball of San Luis Obispo, | | | | 1972. The Earthwood acoustic guitar was quite large |
| California. Ball aimed to provide bass guitarists with a | | | | and deep in contrast to most instruments and gave |
| more acoustic sounding instrument that would match | | | | more volume, especially in the low register. After a |
| better with the sound of acoustic guitars. In the late | | | | few years of its birth it became almost extinct. Some |
| 1980s, MTV unplugged show helped to popularize | | | | of the very famous guitar manufacturers, who make |
| hollow bodied acoustic bass guitars amplified with | | | | world class acoustic guitars, are Alvarez, Breedlove, |
| pickups. | | | | Cort, Crafter, Jerzey, Dean, Eston, Gibson, and some |
| Information about the construction | | | | others. |