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The electric guitar - basic components and how they work
The electric guitar is a guitar like any other - only more electricity-dependent. In essence, it is powered by the power of electricity. The vibrations from the electric guitar are picked up and powered through an available amplifier. The guitar and the amplifier establish connection using a guitar cable. When you strum this kind of guitar, vibration waves travel the length of the string, which are picked up by the pickup, a magnetic device which converts the mechanical waves into electrical impulses. There are three pickups, which two or three accompanying pickup switches. These switches are alternatively controlled to monitor and control which is on to produce a given sound effect. On the guitar, there are many other accompanying knobs: volume knobs, tone dials and other assorted knobs which will be explained in due course.
1. The pickup: this is a simple device that allows your guitar to interface with your amplifier. It is essentially a coil of wire wound round a magnet. The magnet detects the vibration waves which in turn transmit the impulses to the coil. The coil transmits the impulses as electrical impulses into the amplifier, which then produces the accompanying sound you often hear when you play. When the electric guitar was developed in early times, it was often accompanied by low humming sounds that got progressively louder and more irritating as the volume was upped. Gibson, the guitar company, developed a technology to cancel out this effect. They call it the hum buckler, which basically is using two coils on the same magnet so that they cancel out their mutual interference.
2. The knobs and dials: The electric guitar has three accompanying knobs. The first one controls the volume of the guitar, and the other two control the treble and bass effects. These are controlled by the inbuilt electronics of the guitar.
3. The whammy bar: this is also known as the tremolo bar. It is an optional part of the electric guitar, and it allows the guitarist to alter the pitch of the guitar - from the highest to the lowest. It is located near the strumming hand of the guitar. Mind you, it is not found on all guitars, therefore it is not an essential component of the electric guitar.
4. Tuners: These are usually found on the head stock of the guitar. They serve to tune the guitar strings. In guitars that have whammy bars, the tuners may be located at the base of the guitar. The basic tuning sequence is EBGDAE although some may use the Drop-D. This depends solely on the guitarist, and the kind of music he prefers to play.
You might be wondering why you should be learning all this. Well, look at it this way: the guitar is what you are learning, just like you might want to take driving lessons. However, in the case of driving, you will also have to learn at least a little of the engine, even though you are technically detached from the engine. Look at this in this light, too. The parts of the guitar give you an idea as to how the guitar functions, letting you have a unique sense of oneness with the piece of finery in your hands.
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How do I make my guitar's volume knob go back to full volume?
One day i changed it to 10, but it still is at about 5 or 7. it will physically turn to 10, but the sound from the guitar stays at 5--7. My guitar sounds like crap with distortion now.. anyone gone throught this before and knows what to do? or just knows what to do to fix it? thanks
Its not the amp or the pedal, I have put my guitar on different systems and it is the same
Idk, you probably just have a really cheap guitar and the knob was separated from the potentiometer. Try turning it and you'll see that the metal rod that physically goes into the body of the guitar (part of the potentiometer) is not moving. it was probably held together with some cheap glue that wore off.
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Left-handed Electric Guitars
What is a left-handed electric guitar? Can’t you just flip a regular electric guitar over, string it backwards, and call it a left-handed guitar?
Well, maybe south paw acoustic guitar players can do that, but for any serious guitarist, that is sacrilege. As for the left-handed electric guitarist, however, that is simply asking too much. Due to the positioning of the electric pickup control knobs, simply flipping and restringing an electric guitar is not an option. The knobs that control the electric qualities of the guitar are situated on the body near the bottom of the strings. The placement of these knobs is relevant to comfort and convenience so that the musician can manipulate them with only a slight movement of his strumming/picking hand. Therefore, simply restringing a right-handed electric guitar will not result in a satisfactory instrument for the left-handed musician, even if he did concede to sacrilege.
How is a left-handed electric guitar any different from a regular electric guitar?
A left-handed guitar is one that is strung in the opposite order of a regular guitar because, as the chords and picking styles are designed to move from lower to higher notes, the thicker strings are placed at the top of the instrument’s body (as it is positioned against the body of the musician) and the thinner strings at the bottom. A left-handed guitar is held with body of the instrument in front and to the right of the musician, the neck reaching out to the left. The fingers on the left hand are then used to press the strings against the neck so that when the strings are strummed or picked with the right hand, the desired notes are produced.
Until only the past couple of decades, left-handed guitarists were encouraged to learn to play regular guitars simply because of a very limited availability of left-handed instruments, and even fewer chord books designed for left-handed guitars. It was also considered to not be very important since playing the guitar is ultimately a 2-handed art. People just accepted that no matter whether you are right-handed or a “lefty”, you would have to develop strength, flexibility, and speed with both hands, so there must not be much need for a specially designed guitar for lefties.
Lefties are strong-minded, though, and so the market finally had to respond to the need. Left-handed musicians no doubt spurred the growth of custom designed instruments also filling the market. Even though there are many more companies today manufacturing left-handed electric guitars, the fact remains that when you are out in the world of guitars, you are more likely to find awesome electric guitars that are not made for the south paw. Don’t let this discourage you though because even a quick web search will bring up thousands of retailers, one of which is bound to have your dream left-handed electric guitar!
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