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Bass guitar
The electric bass guitar is an electrically-amplified string instrument played with the fingers by plucking, slapping, or using a pick. The bass is typically similar in appearance to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and scale length, and, usually, four or five strings tuned in fourths, one octave lower in pitch than the bass strings of a guitar. Since the 1950s, the electric bass has largely replaced the double bass in popular music. More »
Electric guitar
An electric guitar is a type of guitar that uses electronic pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into electrical current. The revolutionary technology today is simply a modification of the tools used in music's recent past. The signal may be electrically altered to achieve various tonal effects prior to being fed into an amplifier, which produces the final sound which can be either an electrical sound or an acoustic sound. More »
Fender Stratocaster
The Fender Stratocaster, often referred to as a Strat, is a model of electric guitar designed by Leo Fender and Freddie Tavares in the early 1950s, and manufactured continuously to the present. The Stratocaster has been used by many leading guitarists, and thus can be heard on many historic recordings. Along with the Gibson Les Paul, the Gibson SG, and the Stratocaster's sister model, the Fender Telecaster, it is one of the most enduring and common models of electric guitar in the world. More »
Fender Telecaster
The Fender Telecaster, also known as a Tele, is a typically dual-pickup, solid-body electric guitar made by Fender. Its simple, yet effective design and revolutionary sound broke ground and set trends in the fields of electric guitar manufacture and popular music. Introduced for national distribution as the Broadcaster in the fall of 1950, it was the first guitar of its kind to be produced on a substantial scale. Its commercial production can be traced as far back as the spring of 1950, when... More »
Gibson SG
The Gibson SG is a popular model of solid-bodied electric guitar that was introduced in the early 1960s. More »
Guitar amplifier
A guitar amplifier is an electronic amplifier designed for use with an electric or electronic musical instrument, such as an electric guitar. More »
Instrument amplifier
An instrument amplifier is an electronic amplifier designed for use with an electric or electronic musical instrument, such as an electric guitar, an electric bass, or an electric keyboard. A wide range of instrument amplifiers are now available, some general purpose and some designed for specific instruments and even for particular sounds. These include: * "Traditional" guitar amplifiers, with a clean, warm sound, a sharp treble roll-off at 5 kHz or less and bass roll off at 60–100 Hz, and... More »
Distortion (guitar)
In the world of guitar music and guitar amplification, distortion is actively sought, evaluated, and appreciatively discussed in its endless flavors. In many types of music, distortion is applied to guitar and other instruments, particularly within rock music. Guitar distortion can provide a sustaining tone for playing solos or leads, or a rough, crunchy tone suitable for rhythm guitar. More »
Superstrat
Superstrat, or Super Strat, is a name for a design of electric guitars that resembles a Stratocaster but with modifications that set it clearly apart from a Stratocaster to cater to a different playing style. Hence, Superstrats are not considered Strat copies. Note that "Superstrat" does not refer to high-end Stratocasters. More »
Bass instrument amplification
Bass instrument amplification for the bass guitar, double bass and similar instruments is distinct from other types of amplification systems due to the particular challenges associated with low-frequency sound reproduction. This distinction affects the design of the loudspeakers, the cabinet, and the preamplifier and amplifier. Speaker cabinets for bass instrument amplification usually use larger loudspeakers than the cabinets used for other instruments, so that they can move the larger... More »
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