even though it is played and tuned like an acoustic mandolin, the instrument is amplified in a way that is more similar to the electric guitar. An electric mandolin consists of a specially designed pickup that converts the vibrations of the strings into electrical audio ...
Most acoustic guitars that have a pickup use a different kind: an undersaddle piezoelectric pickup, a thin piece of synthetic material which is mounted on the underside of the bridge saddle of the guitar and is not visible on the outside of the guitar. A piezoelectric pickup, on the othe...
An electric guitar is a type of stringed instrument that produces sound via electricity. The traditional types of electric guitar...
Whether you are an accomplished player, three-chord strummer or have never picked up a guitar in your life, you may well have wondered, like us, what it is that supplies that indefinable X-factor that makes a truly great guitarist stand out. If there’s one person who can answer that q...
My all-time favorite isJohnny Winter. Incredible player with a signature voice. Johnny had licks like no other player. He could play endless solos without repeating a riff. I have heard people pick up a guitar and play like many great players, Van Halen, Stevie Ray Vaughn… but never seen...
Baxandall EQ is an interesting and mainstream conceptthat lies “under the hood” of music. Baxandall EQ is almost like a plugin manual – it’s hard to wrap around at first, but once you do, it opens up an understanding and a curiosity for musicians and anybody else involved in sound....
An electro-acousticis an acoustic guitar that you can plug into an amplifier if you need more volume or want to use some effects. It looks just like a steel-stringed acoustic guitar, but it has a jack input, like this: A semi-acoustic guitar(AKA ‘hollow-body’ electric) is a type ...
Tone can completely change the overall vibe of a song and is crucial for producing a good musical piece. For classical guitar and acoustic guitar, you can change the timbre of your tone just by changing the position of your picking hand and by adjusting how you pluck or pick the strings....
out stadiums and arenas all across the world, fuelled by some of the most popular and beloved pop songs of the last decade. It’s that the journey that began with just him and an acoustic guitar has remained, fundamentally, one that is primarily expressed with just him and his guitar. ...
and the cardioid pickup pattern provides very natural sound by picking up as much of the surface of the bass as possible. Physically, the mic is separated into the body, which securely straps to the tailpiece with velcro elastic, and the head, which mounts easily between the strings above ...