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Sunday, December 4, 2011

Qualities Of An Electric Guitar

By Gwendolyn Owen


A guitar is one of the most valuable instrument a human being can play and treasure. It is easy to bring along and very simple to learn. One can make the most when playing the guitar, form plucking to strumming and to solos it can be done. It is also easy to improve with its part when customizing.

One of the unique characteristic of an electric guitar is its own ability to be enhanced. One way to do it is set your customize preference. Some would rather enjoy a more bass tone on the guitar while some like a treble type sounding tone. Tone Is a major issue when it comes to sound of an electric guitar.

A guitar is driven by few aspects when it comes to tone quality. One must know the type of wood that is used to have the body of the guitar and then know the kind of pick up placed to get the sound of the strings. These two when joined together will surely increase the level of tone quality of an electric guitar.

The body is one of the most important parts of the guitar because it brings the resonance out form the wood. Popular choices that are used are: Basswood, Alder, Spruce, Swamp Ash, Mahogany, Walnut, Koa, Korina, Soft or Hard Maple, Lacewood, and Rosewood. The guitar tone is greatly influenced by the body wood since the body is the main part.

Some are very articulate when it comes to sounds. Some like Mahogany, Spruce and Alder for less midrange. For bass sound try out the popular basswood and if you want a little more midrange; Walnut, Lacewood , Korina and Koa is suggested. The best for a high sound tone is Swamp Ash, Maple and Rosewood.

Now when it comes to pick ups, there are two types: single coil and humbucker. Various brands have come up to modify your sound and tone. The nature of a single coil is clear in sound in high bright tone. Having a humbucker brings a warm and flat sound that is ideal for distortion and high output sounds. Each gives a unique definition in sound.

Make sure to use and follow these guidelines when customizing the best guitar you will ever have. These qualities are used so that guitar playing would be a lot more fun and creative. Have fun with your guitar playing!




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