Sunday, November 20, 2011

Sound Of A Great Electric Guitar

By Hal Ducceschi


The type of instrument that most people want to play is the guitar. Because of its unique portability and easy to learn and in just weeks you can already play a song with it. Most guitars are easy to alter when it comes to changes in parts or upgrade. Easy customization and quick to fix is its nature, which is why it's the best.

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 type of wood used in the body of the guitar is very important because it produces what type of tone the guitar would sound like. It produces resonance on the whole sound of a guitar. Here are selections of wood being used on the body: Basswood, Alder, Spruce, Swamp Ash, Mahogany, Walnut, Koa, Korina, Soft or Hard Maple, Lacewood, and Rosewood.

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.

Here are you foundations to use as a reference for the sound of your electric guitar. Be on top with the choices you make because it will definitely affect the sound of your gear and the way you play!




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