Ibanez’s GB10 George Benson signature model is the company’s longest-running signature model. The guitar has a smaller body than many jazz boxes. This, together with pickups that are mounted off of the body and a thick spruce top help to prevent feedback. Find out more atIbanez Ibanez ...
{On Sound:} I was the first to use DiMarzio pickups in a production guitar in 1977. We also built guitars with incredible sustain. Players would gravitate to my brand because of the tones they would get with almost no effort or add-on electronics. Today we do more with pickups and vers...
{On Sound:} I was the first to use DiMarzio pickups in a production guitar in 1977. We also built guitars with incredible sustain. Players would gravitate to my brand because of the tones they would get with almost no effort or add-on electronics. Today we do more with pickups and vers...
Pickups are one of the most impactful influences in the voice of an electric guitar or bass, serving as the primary component that captures and translates the tones of the instrument electrically. By utilizing magnets wrapped with coils of wire that react to the guitar’s meta...
This is an electric guitar that has both a sound box and one or more electric pickups. It’s a bit of a hybrid. Here’s an example: 3) Bass Guitars Guitars normally have 6 strings, but bass guitar is a very different beast. Bass guitars have just 4 strings, they are very thick an...
There are many ways to accomplish this. One, you can go to the local guitar store and try out a few basses with different pickups (it would be a good idea to do a bit of research in advance, so you know which axe comes with which pickups). ...
Lester who loved to play the guitar. He played all the time—even when was supposed to be sweeping out his father’s auto repair shop. Grandpa and Lester made a deal—Grandpa would clean up the shop as long as he could listen to Lester play. This man Old Man Polfus furious. “You’...
When you play the guitar, as the string vibrates and essentially a magnetic wave is "picked up" by the pickups and transformed into a voltage signal. This signal is then transmitted down your guitar cable and is a fully analog signal. Once it reaches the input of your pedal, the voltage...
He said that the guitar was a “miniature orchestra” and loved its sound. He even wrote some chamber music pieces for guitar. But he was never a good guitar player. He had decent control over the instrument but nothing close to his violin or piano playing skills. ...
That being said, I could understand people not liking the lack of pickups, but the overall shape of the guitar, including the shaped top is very similar to a PRS to me (oh yeah, I guess PRS guitars are the most beautiful I've ever seen). Just curious as to what people don't like...