#solid body

Before we get into our discussion of modern instruments I think it is important to learn about some basic guitar facts. First off today (as you can see in the title) we will be discussing the difference between a hollow body and solid body guitar. A hollow body, the older of the two, is a guitar which, you guessed it, has a hollowed body. These guitars can be played like an acoustic instrument or, if they have pickups, can be plugged in. The effect of this is a bassy, warm, acoustic tone. Many players in the 40s, 50, and up until today tend to be drawn towards these jazzy tones. The downside to a hollow body guitar is the sonic feedback. With a resonant body cavity, high volumes can cause a loud feedback loop which is extremely unpleasant to the ears. The way the issue of feedback was fixed is through the solid body guitar. These guitars are made of a solid slab or pieces of wood with no resonant space. This means you can crank the volume up much louder than a hollow body guitar. The downside to some about this is that the tone of the guitar feels more sharp and intense. Most of my posts on here will follow the change from hollow to solid body (unless otherwise requested)

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There's a les paul and a pink precision bass in the background.

An electric guitar could even be a guitar that needs external amplification so on be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a typical guitar (however combinations of the 2 - a semi-acoustic guitar and an electrical guitar exist.) It uses one or more pickups to convert the vibration of its strings into electrical signals, which ultimately are reproduced as sound by loudspeakers. The sound is usually shaped or electronically altered to know different timbres or tonal qualities on the amplifier settings or the knobs on the guitar from that of an guitar. Often, this is often often often done through the utilization of effects like reverb, distortion and "overdrive"; the latter is taken into account to be a key element of electrical blues guitar music and rock guitar playing. guitar design and construction varies greatly within the shape of the body and thus the configuration of the neck, bridge, and pickups. Guitars may have a troublesome and fast bridge or a spring-loaded hinged bridge, which lets players "bend" the pitch of notes or chords up or down, or perform vibrato effects. The sound of an electrical guitar are often modified by new playing techniques like string bending, tapping, and hammering-on, using audio feedback, or slide guitar playing. Unlike acoustic guitars, solid-body electric guitars haven't any vibrating soundboard to amplify string vibration. Instead, solid-body instruments depend upon electric pickups (microphones) and an amplifier (or amp) and speaker. The solid body ensures that the amplified sound reproduces the string vibration alone, thus avoiding the wolf tones and unwanted feedback related to amplified acoustic guitars. These guitars are generally made from hardwood covered with a hard polymer finish, often polyester or lacquer. In large production facilities, the wood is stored for 3 to 6 months during a wood-drying kiln before being move shape. Premium custom-built guitars are frequently made with much older, hand-selected wood.

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