Guitar Accessories – Which Ones Do I Need To Buy For My Guitar? Part 2
This is the second part of Guitar Accessories – Which Ones Do I Need To Buy For My Guitar? If you haven’t read the first part please click here.
Guitar stands or Guitar Hangers
There are lots of different types of guitar stands, it really depends on which stand is more suited to you.
There is the standard guitar stand, the universal guitar stand, the auto grab guitar stand, the double and triple guitar stand and the wall mounted guitar stand. The standard guitar stand is the most popular and comes in three different types: i) electric/bass, ii) classical and iii) universal.
The most popular* brands are:
* Stagg
* Hercules
* QuikLok
* Giraffe
* Warwick
* Fender
* String Swing
* Ibanez
Plectrums (also known as picks)
Plectrums are very cheap and can be bought individually, or in packs. Most commonly you can buy plectrums on the web in packs of 6. Guitar plectrums come in different gauges. Usually the thinner ones are used with Classical, Spanish or Flamenco guitars, the medium gauges with Electric and Acoustic guitars and the thickest ones with Basses.
There are lots of brands of plectrums. The most popular* are:
* Stagg
* Jim Dunlop
* Fender
* Gibson
Guitar Leads/Cables
Guitar Leads normally come in different lengths: The most common is the 15 feet/4.5 metre leads. This length is ample if you are playing in a band.
Popular* brands of guitar leads/cables are:
* Ibanez
* Peavey
* Stagg
Guitar straps
If you want to buy a gift for a guitarist, there is nothing better than a nice leather guitar strap.
Levys and Gibson are the most famous brands of guitar straps, Levys have the most comprehensive selection.
Other guitar straps to look out for are Dickies and Wrangler.
A capo is a clamp that you can use on different frets of the guitar to change the pitch of the open strings. Each fret on the guitar is a half step. If you place the capo on the 1st fret, all of the open strings will sound a semi-tone higher than normal, this makes changing the key of a song easy.
Dunlop and Shubb are the most popular* guitar capos.
Guitar Slide
The guitar slide is a tube of some hard material about one to two inches long. Commonly, it’s made from glass and metals. Each type of guitar slide has distinct characteristics, tonality, and overall sound. The guitar slide is pressed lightly against the strings so as not to touch the strings of the fret, producing a sustained tone which can be varied in pitch by moving the slide across the neck. A quick side-to-side motion is often used in this way to generate vibrato.
The most popular brand to go for is Dunlop.
Headphones
If you want to play at home but don’t want to disturb your neighbours, then a good set of headphones is recommended.
Any headphones will do, so take your pick from any of the following leading brands:
* Acer
* Acoustic Research
* Advance
* Advent
* Aiwa
* AKG
* Alpine
* Altec Lansing
* Amphony
* Apple
* Artwizz
* Audio-Technica
* Behringer
* Belkin
* Beyerdynamic
* Bluetake
* BoomGear
* Bose
* Bravo
* British Telecom
* Clarion
* Compucessory
* Cornbow
* Creative Labs
* Denon
* Design Go
* Direct Sound
* Dolphin Music
* Etymotic Research
* Fostex
* Franklin
* Gainward
* Gemini Sound Products
* Genius
* GN Netcom
* Grado
* Griffin Technology
* Grundig
* Hama
* Harman Kardon
* Hewlett Packard
* Jensen
* JVC
* Jwin
* Kenwood
* Kinyo
* Kondor Limited
* Koss
* Labtec
* Logic 3
* Logitech
* Macally
* Maxell
* Ministry Of Sound
* MM Gear
* Nady Systems
* Nesa Vision
* Nike
* Numark
* Olympus
* Panasonic
* Philips
* Pioneer
* Plane Quiet
* Plantronics
* Power Acoustik
* Pyle
* Pyramid
* Roland
* Rosen
* Samson
* Sanyo
* Sennheiser
* Shure
* Skull Candy
* Sony
* Stagg
* Stanton
* Starvision
* Technics
* Toshiba
* Trust
* Ultimate Ears
* Ultrasone
* Unwired
* Vestax
* Vic Firth
* Vivanco
* Wharfedale
* XO Vision
* XtremeMac
* Yamaha
* Zalman Tech
To be continued – Part 3
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