Did you know...?

· Learning how to play
o Medium gauged picks are recommended to start with, but any will work okay in a pinch
o The 7 main parts of the guitar are the headstock, tuners, nut, neck, sound whole (acoustic), body and bridge
o The three main types of guitars are acoustic, electric and electric-acoustic

· Guitar brand names
o Fender Stratocaster was designed in 1954
§ Leading developers were Leo Fender, George Fullerton and Freddie Tavares
o The most common and enduring models of electric guitar in the world are the Fender Stratocaster, Gibson Les Paul, Gibson SG, and the Fender Telecaster
o Randy Bachman, Ritchie Blackmore, Eric Clapton and Eric Johnson are all renowned Stratocaster players
o The most popular Gibson guitar is the Les Paul
o The les Paul is a solidbody electric guitar originally developed in the early 1950s
o Les Paul was originally designed by Ted McCarty
o Slash from ‘Guns and Roses’ is the most famous Les Paul player