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13 Pin |
A type of connection found on guitar is equipped with hexa phonic or divided pick up systems, specifically, those compatible with Roland equipment. The 13 pin output of the guitar can be connected to a guitar to midi converter, a guitar synthesizer, or a guitar modeling system. The 13 pin connector carries individual output from each of the six strings or hex pick up, and the signal from the guitars regular pick ups as well as several control signals and phantom power. Assuming the connected device can provide phantom power… Note that the 13 pin connection itself does not carry midi information. An ancillary box must be used to convert the analog signals created by the hex pick up into midi note and controlled data. |
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3-Way Pickup Selector |
A switch found on the Gibson Les Paul and other guitars with two pick ups. This which can select the neck pick up alone, bridge pick up alone, or both pick ups together in parallel. |
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3-Way Toggle Switch |
For well over half a century, the three-way toggle switch was the ipso facto standard pick up selector four-door pick up Gibson guitars. Not long after its introduction, most other manufacturers in the US adopted the toggle. It’s about as simple as you can get, yet it still gets the job done. Even fender chose the toggle switch on some models like the jazz master and the hollow body Coronado. PRS began production with rotary pick up selector switches, but by 1994, with the introduction of the McCarty, it began using toggle switches on some models. |
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4x10 |
A speaker cabinet containing 410 inch speakers. A 4 x 10 cabinet may feature either an open back or closed back design. A 4 x 10 cabinet may be intended for guitar or bass use, depending on the speakers used and the cabinet design. |
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4x12 |
A speaker cabinet, typically designed for electric guitar use, containing for 12 inch speakers. |
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6L6 |
If you want to define American tube tone, start with 6L6 power tubes. These tubes typically provide a generous low end, a punchy yet well behaved mid range and glassy highs. Turn up the volume and you’re treated to harmonically rich tones that doggedly retain their at high-end character. These tubes work great in all gain levels but they excel at clean and in between crunch tones. |
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Absorption |
In acoustics, as opposed to paper towels… The opposite of reflection. Sound waves are absorbed or soaked up by soft materials they encounter. Sound designers put this back to work to control the problem of reflections coming back to the engineers ear and interfering with the primary audio coming from the monitors. The absorptive capabilities of various materials are rated with an absorption coefficient which is a measure of the relative amount of sound and energy absorbed by the material when a sound strikes its surface. |
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Acoustic Treatment |
Acoustically treating a room is necessary in audio production due to the fact that very few spaces have the physical qualities that make for accurate monitoring and desired recording. There are many things that can be done to a space before and during construction to optimize its acoustic behavior. These include the shape of the space, it’s isolation, and the surface materials. Once a room is already constructed, acoustic treatment mostly tends to consist of treating the surfaces. There are two primary elements to consider: absorption and diffusion. Acoustic foam is well-suited to alleviate slap and flutter echo, the two most common problems in rooms not specifically designed for music recording and performance. In fact, phone can turn even the most cavernous warehouse or gymnasium into a suitable acoustic environment. Diffusion keeps sound waves from grouping, so there are no hotspots or nose in a room. In conjunction with absorption, diffusion can effectively turn virtually any space into one that is appropriate and useful for the purpose of recording or monitoring sound with a high degree of accuracy. |
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Acoustic-Electric Guitar |
often abbreviated a/E, an acoustic electric guitar is a traditional acoustic guitar that has been outfitted with a pick up for easy amplification of the guitar signal. Piezo pick ups are common ly used in the bridge settle on acoustic electric guitars. Hybrid systems use both a piezo pick up and an internal microphone that can be blended. It is common for an acoustic electric guitar to have a cutaway on the lower bout. |
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Action |
He term used to describe the way a musical instrument plays. It’s uses highly very than the industry, but in a general sense, it refers to the playability of an instrument or how well it functions mechanically. It often specifically relates to how much forces require to play the instrument. Piano action, or the more generic weighted action is used to describe some keyboards, for example, meaning that the keyboard itself feels sort of like a piano in its mechanical operation, as opposed to an unweighted synthesizer style action. You have to press harder on a piano to make a sound, but this field is very important to players. There is also the hammer action which pertains to a keyboard that actually uses a hammer mechanism internally to more closely simulate the feel of a real piano keyboard. Hammer, Wade, and piano action are terms that tend to be used interchangeably even though they aren’t exactly the same thing. In guitars and bases, the action again refers to how the instrument plays, and specifically how much down force is required on the strings to properly press them against the frets. A lighter or lower as in, strings down closer to the frets, action is considered easier to play but just like the piano, some players don’t like it to be too easy. What constitutes a good action is very subjective and each player typically has their own tastes. |
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Active Pickup |
A guitar pick up that requires powered electronics, usually a preamp powered by one or 29 V batteries, onboard the instrument in order to function. Active pick up/preamp systems may provide buffering, EQ, feedback control, filtering, and level boosting, as well as lower noise and harm than passive designs. Most active pick ups do not require a string ground, protecting the player from electrocution/shock dangers. Active pick ups are popular on bass guitars and acoustic guitars which often combine piezo pick ups with preamps, as well as on certain types of solid body electric guitars. |
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ADSR |
Abbreviation for attack, decay, sustain, and release. These are four parameters found on a basic synthesizer envelope generator. An envelope generator is sometimes called a transient generator and is traditionally used to control the loudness envelope of sounds, Those some modern designs allow for a far greater flexibility. The attack, Decay, and release parameters are rate or time controls. Sustain is a level control. When a key is press, the envelope generator will be into raised his full level at the rate sit by the attack parameter. Upon reaching peak level, it will be into Fall at the rate set by the decay parameter to the level sit by the Sistine control. The envelope will remain at the same level as long as the key is held down. Whenever a key is released, it will return 20 at the rate sit by the release perimeter. |
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Aftertouch |
After touch is midi data sent when pressure is applied to a keyboard after the key has been struck and while it is being held down or sustained. After touch is often routed to control by Brado, volume, and other parameters. There are two types: the most common is channel aftertouch, also known as channel pressure, mono aftertouch, or mono pressure, which looks at the keys being held and transmits only the highest aftertouch value among them. Less common is polyphonic after touch, which allows each key being held to transmit a separate, independent after touch value. Well polyphonic after touch can be extremely expressive, it can also be difficult for the unskilled to control, and can result in the transmission of a great deal of unnecessary midi data, eating bandwidth and slowing midi response time. |
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Amplitude Modulation |
This term refers to any periodic change in the amplitude of a signal. When the modulating signal is in the audible range, upper 20 Hz, amplitude modulation can produce additional harmonics, somewhat like those produced by SM modulation. More often, the frequency of the modulating Signal is below the audible range and with a sign or triangle wave, this produces the effect more commonly referred to as tremolo. |
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Arch Top Guitar |
Archtop guitars are steel string instruments, which feature a violin inspired F a whole design in which the top and off in the back of the instrument are carved in a curved rather than a flat shape. If you look across the top of a guitar, you’ll notice the word arches in the middle and dips down where it meets the sides of the guitar. Not all arch top guitars have ********. Some, especially early Gibsons, have round or oval sound holes. The arch of the fine arch top guitar is carves from a thick plank, an expensive procedure that requires quite a lot of skilled handiwork to do correctly. Guitars of lesser price and quality have laminated or plywood arch tops and backs which are pressed into shape. |
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Arpeggiator |
A device that electronically creates an arpeggio. An arpeggio is the playing of the tones of a chord in rapid succession rather than simultaneously. Many synthesizers over the years I’ve had arpeggiate is built into them that have been used to create all manner of variations on the basic theme. Some merely do the arpeggio in ascending or descending order of notes, while Some can employ very complex algorithms to the note order structure. |
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Aspect Ratio |
This term is used to describe an image on a TV or movie theater screen, and is defined as the width of the image divided by the height. In the case of a standard TV with full screen image, it is 4:3 or 1.33:1, once the mathematical division is calculated. Movie theater images are usually 1.85:1 or 2.35:1, sometimes called wide screen or letterbox. When the widescreen images are on regular TV in their the as ratio, they leave a blank area at the top and bottom the the |
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Bass Trap |
A device used to help acoustically tune a room. Enclosed spaces all have resident frequencies based on the various dimensions of the space. As a room becomes energized with sound certain frequencies will build up or be canceled at various locations around the room based on its shape and dimensions. A base trap is a low frequency sound absorber used to reduce The effects of standing waves in a room. They are usually placed in corners or along wall joints where low frequency energy tends to build up. The absorption qualities of bass traps prevent low frequencies from interfering with each other throughout the rest of the room, which results in much more accurate response in the listening area. Base traps come in many shapes and sizes and employee of a variety of construction techniques. Some are tune to kill a narrow band of frequencies while others are designed to cover a broad range. |
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B-Bender |
The b-bender for the fender telecaster was invented in the late 1960s by two guitars from the legendary band the Byrds. Jeanne Parsons in Clarence White, at a time when the group began to dabble in country rock. The B- bender employs a system of levers inside the body which connects the bridge to the top strap button, just above the neck. When the player poles down on the strap, the levers raise the pitch of the B - String, producing Bends within chords to emulate the sounds that are normally associated with the pedal steel guitar. A modified version of the bender, coinvented by Gene Parsons and Meridian green, was used by fender and was known as the Parsons/green bender. |
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Bigsby |
This is a vibrato tailpiece developd by Paul Bigsby. Bigsby tailpiece is were options on many Gibson guitars, while quite a few Gretch guitars, the country gentleman, Nashville, and the Tennessee Inn to name but a few… Came with Bigsby tailpieces as standard equipment. The design is quite basic with the strings extending across the bridge, and attached to the Bigsby. A bar or handle is used to bend the pitch of a note or and the chord up and down. Heavy duty spring is inserted under the handle and helps return the strings to proper pitch. |
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Binding |
Found along the front, back, inside of acoustic, hollow, and semi hollow body guitars, finding is commonly made of wood, plastic, or fiber, and it serves to strengthen the edges of the guitar, where the top and back meet the sides. Binding is also used along the edges of the neck where it meets the fingerboard. Guitar makers are often using binding or inlaid trim, purfling or marquetry, as a form of decoration. |
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Bobbin |
This is the frame around which the wire is wound on a pick up. The term is most often used when discussing colorless humbucking pick ups or hum bucker‘s that had their covers removed. All of Gibson‘s hum bucker‘s originally had two black bobbins in each pick up, but in the late 1950s, the company supplier of plastic ran out of black and substituted cream plastic. Once it became fashionable for the guitars to remove the nickel covers, they discovered that some pick ups had to cream bobbins, while others had one black and one white, leading to the term zebra coil. As usual overly obsessive collectors convinced themselves that guitars with zebra bobbin sounded better – a fact that has never been proven. |
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Bolt in Neck |
The bolt in neck is commonly confused with the bolt on neck. A bolt on neck is attached to a flange that protrudes from the body of the guitar, as much as 4 inches. The bolt in neck actually bolts in through the back of the guitar, which combines the advantages of a bolt on neck with those of a deep, set neck. Some guitar makers assert that this gives the neck better stability, tone, and sustain, plus an added bonus that you can reach higher up the neck of the guitar since the heel of the bolt in neck is hidden inside the body of the guitar. Old in next can be found on guitars made by PRS and Taylor. Fender and Ibanez used boat on next, while guitars and playing Cenat construction can be found on models by Gibson, Epiphone, and guild. |
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Bolt-On Neck |
A guitar neck that is secured to the body by a series of bolts or wood screws. The term is almost always applied to solid body electric guitars; Leo Fender’s first electric guitar, which would eventually be called the telecaster, was the first prominent bolt on neck design. Ironically, fender didn’t use bolts at all – his guitar neck was attached to the slab body with four wood screws with the joint further strengthen by a metal cover plate although most acoustic guitar manufacturers use a glued set neck, Taylor utilizes a patent bolt-A-design which two bolts pass horizontally through the body and into the neck. A third, short bolt passes vertically into the heel of the neck. |
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Bookmatching |
Book matching refers to the cutting of the word used to make a guitar top or back. When would is book matched, two pieces for the body are cut from the same piece of wood, and then placed in a manner that creates mirror image green on either side of the instrument. |
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BPM |
An abbreviation for beats permanent, it is the standard weigh in which musical tempos are denoted, especially for use in electronic music composition tools like sequencers. 120 BPM means that in one minute there will be 120 musical beats regardless of any other variable such as time signature. |
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Bracing |
What structures underneath a hollow body/acoustic guitars front and back which are designed to both add strength and enhance tunnel response. Different racing designs and techniques produce different overall total qualities. |
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Breath Controller |
Breath controller a.k.a. controller number two is a midi continuous controller command set aside for parameters lending themselves to breath control. To fully understand why somethings seemingly this Obscura has a designated controller number, one has to go back to the early days of Mitty, when the Yamaha DX –7 came out. The DX – 7 used a breath control device to add realism to certain types of sound such as brass and woodwind instruments. The birth control or itself is a small device that connected to a proprietary port on the back of a DX7. Musician could inserted into the mouth like a whistle and blow through it. The air velocity was measured and turned into control data inside the DX. The control data could then be used to open a filter or some other assign parameter to manipulate the sound by the player without having to do anything special with his or her hands or feet. Maddie was in its infancy at the time, and the DX-7 was an extremely popular and groundbreaking instrument in a number of respect. As such it seems likely that breath control would become a common way of manipulating synth parameters in real time, and so it made sense for a controller to have this function. In reality there is nothing unique about control the number two compared to most of the other controllers. It can be used for any common continuous controller command so long as you set up the transmitting and receiving devices accordingly. He will simply see that it referred to brass controller pretty frequently in documentation. While birth control‘s aren’t as popular today as we once thought they would be, there are quite a few players who use them. |
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Bridge |
A part of a string instrument such as guitar, bass, etc. Found at the opposite end of the guitar from the nut, down on the body. One of the functions of the bridge, in addition to simply holding the strings in place, is to transmit their vibrations to the top of the instrument, or more accurate, to the instrument sound board. Bridges come in many different shapes and sizes and may be made from a variety of materials depending on the instrument in question, and often come in significantly different shapes and sizes within one of instrument such a. Type of which is the part of the terminate and he. Question. Bridge is also known musically as a transitional passage connecting two sections of a composition. Someone defined it as a second melody in a song that separates the main melody from its repetition. |
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Bridge Pin |
The parts used to anchor the strings to the bridge in acoustic guitars are called bridge pins. The string is passed into a hole in the bridge, then the bridge pin is pushed into place to secure it there. The other end of the stream passes over the nut at the end of the fingerboard and is then Attached into the machine heads, where the string is then tuned to proper pitch. |
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Cabinet |
The portion of an amplification or sound reinforcement system that houses the speakers. In instrument amplification systems the cabinet usually refers to an enclosure of one or more speakers that does not contain any of the amplification devices, and amp and speaker cabinet as one unit is generally referred you as an amp or a combo amp. |
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Capo |
A capo, short for capotasto which literally means “head of fingerboard “in Italian quote… Is a movable bar attached to the fingerboard of a fretted instrument to uniformly raise the pitch of all the strings. There are several different styles of capo available, utilizing a range of mechanisms, but most use a rubber covered bar to hold down the strings fastened with a strip of elastic or nylon, cam operated metal clamp, or other device. |
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Carved Top Guitar |
The original card top electric guitar was the 1952 Gibson Les Paul “gold top quote. Because Gibson had the specialized tooling with which to create a countertop that was similar to the arch top of a fine violin, Maurice Berlin of Chicago musical instruments, or CMI, Gibson‘s parent company… Believed this would set the Gibson solid body guitar far ahead of the competition Which was chiefly fender at the time. Initially, the rough carving was done by machine copying a three dimensional pattern made of steel. The cutter marks were than smooth by Luthier using a stroke belt sander. The operator would hold a cushion pad against the running belt press to the top of the instrument in order to create the desired contour. Today, much of this is accomplished using computer controlled carvers, after which hand finishing as the final touch. |
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Case Candy |
Case candy is two words but this refers to all those little goodies that manufacturers put inside a brand new guitars case. For example, fender includes the vibrato arm, a genuine fender strep and guitar cable, extra parts such as additional tremolo Springs, users manual, hang tags and a whole bunch more. Collectors drool over the prospect of finding a vintage 1950s or 1960s guitar that still has the price tag and bill of sale included. |
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Chambered Body |
Septembers can be exceptionally heavy. In the original run of gabson less Paul’s, which had mahogany backs and Maple Tops, the weight could vary from just under 8 pounds, all the way to a whopping 11+ pounds. That’s because each piece of mahogany has a different density, and density equals wait. Do you help keep the weight down on some guitars with mahogany bodies, hollow chambers are sometimes Carved into the word before the top is glued on. Certain manufacturers use specially designed acoustic Chambers to help tune the residence of certain guitar bodies. |
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Coil Tap |
In general a coil tap is an access point somewhere along the wire that is wound in a coil or transformer. The tap could be anywhere along the wire, and the resulting voltage present at the tap will be related accordingly. Transformers may have their coils tap to provide different voltages in a power supply that may be required for the operation of some device, for example. A coil may be tapped at a to halfway point, which in effect produces two coils of equalsize. If the middle point is connected to ground, or some zero voltage re two and the coil will appear to, but in polarity, voltages with respect to that center tap. This Is one-way balanced or differential signals can be created. Similar results can be achieved by taking attack from a point between two identical coils wired in series with one another. In guitars, a coil tab is a case of the letter. Hum bucker’s or dual coil guitar pick ups generally produce a fatter, warmer sound and they’re single coil counterparts. However, single coil pickups are known for their crisp and bright sound, and for their propensity to pick up Stray EMI. |
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Combo Amp |
In addition to types of amplification such as solid State and tube, guitar amps come in different configurations. Combo amps short for combinations… Our self continue units contain the amplifier and speaker in one cabinet, as opposed to a separate amp head and cabinet. |
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Compound Radius |
A compound radius neck has a smaller, round a radius at the nut, and a larger, flatter radius at the neck and body joint. As the neck gets wider, the footboard gets flatter, which is said to be an aid when soloing, especially when bending strings. The compound radius Accomplishes this with a continuously flattening shape beginning with, for example a 7.5 inch vintage fender radius at the string nut and flattening to a 12 inch Gibson radius at the highest for it. And Luthier named Dennie Rauen begin multi radius in fingerboards as early as 1978. Other Luthier‘s and manufacturers followed suit. Today most compound radius fingerboards are continuously varying fretboard radius drawn from a conical shape, retaining a tighter radius in the lower fingerboard area commonly used for rhythm and chording while flattening the upper fretboard area often used for string bening and lead playing. |
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Continuous Controller |
In midi-terms, a continuous controller is a midi message capable of transmitting a range of values, usually 0 to 127. The midi spec makes 128 different continuous controllers available for each Bendy Channel, although some of these have been preassigned other functions. Continuous controllers are commonly used for things like Midi controlling volume #7, pan # 10, data slider position # 6, mod wheel #1, and other variable parameters. |
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Core MIDI |
CoreMIDI refers to the built in midi support available in Mac OS X. It allows for you to set up what devices are attached to any interfaces with macOS drivers. You can assign device names and attributes such as which channels they can work with, and what other features they may support such as midi clock and/or machine control. CoreMIDI is basically a built-in system that gives you the power and flexibility in your Mitty system as OMS and/or free midi does under OS9. Another advantage is that currently any CoreMIDI enabled application under OSX can utilize midi times damping MTS without any of the mo to midi interfaces. |
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COSM |
Abbreviation for composite object sound modeling. Composite object sound modeling is a powerful modeling technology that Roland premiered in 1995 with the BG – 8V guitar system, and continues with the newer VG – 88 system. It enables guitars to emulate a range of classic and modern guitars, amps, cabinets, and microphones, plus it can produce futuristic sense like tones. Today composite object sound modeling can be found in keyboards, digital recorders, mixers, etc. It can moderate rotary effects, different speaker coloration, and can even approximate expensive microphones using just an ordinary dynamic mic. Its name comes from composite object because its core function revolves around breaking audio producing or reproducing devices down to their component parts in creating a set of instructions to emulate how these various parts of direct with each other to produce a new composite that can be dynamically controlled. Of course, that’s what all modeling is, but Roland coined this name to call attention to it. |
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Crash cymbal |
A type of symbol typically used for loud accent hits sometimes accompanied by simple chokes. Crash symbols come in various diameters and thicknesses, which affect the pitch and tone of the symbol. A rock, country, jazz, or pop drummer may use several different crash symbols in a drum kit, to provide a range of colors. The crash symbols used with a drum kit are usually single symbols, suspended from or mounted to a stand. The crash symbols used in orchestral or Windvane situations are usually dual crash symbols, which the drummer holds by straps in each hand clashing them together to create a crash or accent. |
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Cut Away |
A cut away is a body style of guitar that has an indentation near where the body and neck join allowing access to the upper Fred’s for expanded playing capabilities. Cutaways are either single – most commonly seen on less Pauls, Telecasters, and acoustic guitars – or double, like a Stratocaster |
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DCA |
Abbreviation for digitally controlled amplifier. Additionally controlled amplifier abbreviation has been used on and off by mostly synthesizer manufacturers to make a distinction from normal amp designs in their architecture, which historically are analog, in the form of VCA’d. A digitally controlled amplifier perform the same function, only its gain is under digital control. |
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DCF |
Abbreviation for digitally controlled filter. The digitally controlled filter abbreviation has been used on and off mostly bisynthesizer manufacturers to make a distinction from normal filter designs in their architecture, which historically are analogd, in the form of VCF‘s. A DCF performs the same function, only it is under digital control. |
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DCO |
Abbreviation for digitally controlled oscillator. A DCO serves the same purpose as a V CO in synthesizers, only it is under digital control instead of being controlled by an analog voltage. DCO‘s tend to be much more stable and less susceptible to environmental conditions – especially with regard to tuning – then their analog counterparts, but some synthesiss complain they are too sterile and perfect sounding. |
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Diffraction |
A phenomenon in the propagation of Wave where the direction of a wavefront either sound wave or electromagnetic wave is altered when passing by an object or through a small aperture in a large surface. It’s shorter wavelength relative to the obstacle, sound and light will tend to reflect off the surface more invent around it less which partially explains why you can hear but not see at a concert when someone is standing in front of you. Waves will also bend to fill an opening behind a surface which partly explains why you can hear someone talking in the next room for an open door even though you can’t see them. |
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Diffusion |
Diffusion is the process of spreading or dispersing radiated energy so it is less direct or coherent. A diffuser is a device that does this. The plastic covers over fluorescent lights in many office environments are diffusers. They make the light spread out in a more randomized way so it is less harsh. In audio, diffusion is a characteristic of any enclosed space. It is caused by sound waves reflecting off of many complex surfaces. For example, A concrete wall produces a pretty distinct echo and the sound reflects off of it. However a a wall, while is pretty flective, reflections and a much is to. This is due to both the surface of the brick itself and the border between the bricks more specifically the edge diffraction of the joint between the two. All surfaces will of course differ but it is usually a variety of surfaces that create the most randomized diffusion of sound. Diffusion is a very important consideration in acoustics because it minimizes coherent reflections that cause problems. It also tends to make an enclosed space sound larger than it is. Diffusion is an excellent alternative or complement to absorption in acoustic treatment because it doesn’t really move much energy, which means it can be used to effectively reduce reflections while still leaving an ambient or live sounding space. |
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Dovetail |
A method of joining two pieces of wood using interlocking flaring tenon and mortise a notch and tab that slides into a notch in Layman‘s terms… Which fit tightly together. This is a common method of a fixing set necks to acoustic guitar bodies. |
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Dreadnought |
A term used to describe large sized acoustic guitars that were known for their formidable volume and booming bass. While considered a generic term today, the dreadnought guitar was an original creation of CF Martin and Company. The first Dreadnought guitars were named for a class of World War I era British battleships… And they were manufactured by Martin for the Oliver Ditson company, a publishing firm based in Boston that was also a leading music retail chain in the area. The Ditson company went out of business in the late 1930s, and Martin incorporated the dreadnought into its lineup guitars. Today, the model is a dominant factor in the Martin line, and every maker of acoustic guitars, both domestic and foreign, has introduced a version of the original Martin design. |
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Drop D tuning |
Drop D tuning means that you are tuning the low eastern on an acoustic or electric guitar a whole step down, to a D. This is one of the simplest alternate tuning you can use, and one of the most versatile. Songs as evers as “deer prudence ““Blackwater “and “I love this bar “all use drop D tuning. Guitar suit use this often replace the standard eas string with heavier gauge to keep this drink from being loose and, the, prone to go out of tune. If you use a .046 E string, replace it with a .052 and you should be fine. |
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DXi |
Abbreviation for direct X instrument. A platform for virtual synthesizer and sampler plug-ins that integrate with sequencer programs using windows direct X drivers. The instrument plug-ins are launched from within the sequencer and can be played via an external metisaurus from recorded midi tracks. They can also be subsequently patched through effect plug-ins available to audio tracks of the sequencer from its mixer window. |
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Dynasonic Pickup |
Originally known as the Gretsch the Armand Fidelatone, the Dynasonic single coil was the Gretsch standard pick up beginning in the late 1940s. Dynasonic pick ups were among the first to offer individually adjustable Pole pieces, and featured glossy highs and tight bass response. According to Gretsch Literature “Dyna sonic pick ups yield a tone of incomparable power and Fidelity.” In 1957, the filterTron electric guitar head was introduced at the summer NAMM show in Chicago. These were true Humbuckers and by 1958, they had effectively replaced all the DynAsonics. The use of the word head rather than pick up was most likely Gretsch trying to make their specific design seem different or better than others. |
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Early Reflections |
According to standard definitions, early reflections are sounds that arrive at the listener after being reflected maybe once or twice from parts of listing space, such as walls, ceilings and floor. They arrive later than the direct sound, often in a range of 5 to 100 ms, but can arrive before the onset of full Reverberation. The early reflections give your brain the information about the size of a room, for the sense of distance of sounds in a room. They have an important role in determining the general character of sound in a room. |
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E-Bow |
An E-Bow Is a handheld device used to create the effect of going on an electric guitar string. The earliest examples only worked on the low Estring but today the E-Bow works on any string. The E-Bow is powered by a 9 V battery and produces a magnetic field that sets the string it’s held over into motion without having to plug it. The unit is fairly easy to use, but developing a technique for moving between different strings requires practice. |
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Effects Loop |
A signal path out of one piece of gear, through an effects unit and back to the first device. It effectally is a loop, with an effect processor in the middle. When you send a signal out of her mixer on an ox send it to a reverb, then bring that signal back to the mixer you have created and effects loop, that we rarely call it that in these circumstances. Most of the time this is the verbiage used in the context of guitar or bass amps, or guitar or bass preamps. Many of these have a dedicated inside point designed to be used with some outboard processor. In most cases they work just like the insert of a mixer: plugging something in breaks the internal signal routing to send the signal through the external loop. |
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Envelope |
In sound and synthesis, the envelope is the variation that a sound exhibits overtime – basically how a sound starts, continues and disappears. It is comprised of concepts such as attack and decay, but other sonic distinction such as transient and sustain may be also applied in some circumstances. Pitch, timbre, and harmonic content can also change overtime and in some cases are considered part of the overall envelope making up a sound. |
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Envelope Generator |
The envelope of a sound can be explained as a variation that occurs to it overtime. How a sound starts, continues, and disappears in terms of pitch, harmonic content, and loudness is a function of its envelope. And envelope generator is a circuit or algorithm found in most synthesizers that provide a means to apply these kinds of changes to a sound over time. |
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Event List |
In midi sequencers and event list is a way to look at a written index of all the recorded midi messages or events. Well not used often in today’s graphic heavy software sequencer environments, events list provides users with the ability to edit midi events precisely and comprehensively. It can be argued that event lists are one of three ways to view or edit messages; the others are graphic editing, which is most commonly used by today’s standards, and notation editing, not in all sequencers. |
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F Hole |
Well the vast majority of acoustic guitars have round sound holes early Gibson arch top go acoustics such as the L5 and super 400 substituted F-shaped sound holes in the 1920s and 1930s, which are patterned after the sound holes found on traditional bowed string instruments such as the violin, Viola, and cello. |
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F Hole |
Well the vast majority of acoustic guitars have round sound holes early Gibson arch top go acoustics such as the L5 and super 400 substituted F-shaped sound holes in the 1920s and 1930s, which are patterned after the sound holes found on traditional bowed string instruments such as the violin, Viola, and cello. |
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FilterTron |
This is the Gretsch name for its humbucking pick up, which appeared in 1958, about a year after Gibson started putting humbuckers on their high and guitars. It replaced the single coil DeArmond pick ups on almost all of the Gretsch line. The filterTrons had two rows of adjustable Pole pieces versus Gibsons single row and this could be coaxed into delivering a slightly brighter zone. But the real innovation is one which most guitar is never saw: filter trons were connected to the wiring harness inside the guitars by a three prong plug. That’s right, no soldering necessary! |
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F Hole |
Well the vast majority of acoustic guitars have round sound holes early Gibson arch top go acoustics such as the L5 and super 400 substituted F-shaped sound holes in the 1920s and 1930s, which are patterned after the sound holes found on traditional bowed string instruments such as the violin, Viola, and cello. |
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FilterTron |
This is the Gretsch name for its humbucking pick up, which appeared in 1958, about a year after Gibson started putting humbuckers on their high and guitars. It replaced the single coil DeArmond pick ups on almost all of the Gretsch line. The filterTrons had two rows of adjustable Pole pieces versus Gibsons single row and this could be coaxed into delivering a slightly brighter zone. But the real innovation is one which most guitar is never saw: filter trons were connected to the wiring harness inside the guitars by a three prong plug. That’s right, no soldering necessary! |
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Fingerboard |
A thin piece of wood that forms the smooth playing surface on the neck of a stringed musical instrument such as guitar, base, violin etc. Against which the strings are pressed in playing. It can be fretless, as in the violin family, or fretted is in guitars, banjos, etc. Fingerboards are usually made of Woods like Rosewood, Ebony, or other dark woods, sometimes Maple is used. |
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F Hole |
Well the vast majority of acoustic guitars have round sound holes early Gibson arch top go acoustics such as the L5 and super 400 substituted F-shaped sound holes in the 1920s and 1930s, which are patterned after the sound holes found on traditional bowed string instruments such as the violin, Viola, and cello. |
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FilterTron |
This is the Gretsch name for its humbucking pick up, which appeared in 1958, about a year after Gibson started putting humbuckers on their high and guitars. It replaced the single coil DeArmond pick ups on almost all of the Gretsch line. The filterTrons had two rows of adjustable Pole pieces versus Gibsons single row and this could be coaxed into delivering a slightly brighter zone. But the real innovation is one which most guitar is never saw: filter trons were connected to the wiring harness inside the guitars by a three prong plug. That’s right, no soldering necessary! |
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Fingerboard |
A thin piece of wood that forms the smooth playing surface on the neck of a stringed musical instrument such as guitar, base, violin etc. Against which the strings are pressed in playing. It can be fretless, as in the violin family, or fretted is in guitars, banjos, etc. Fingerboards are usually made of Woods like Rosewood, Ebony, or other dark woods, sometimes Maple is used. |
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Flame Maple |
While flame maple also known as figured maple, curly maple, or fiddle back maple had been used to the backs and necks of guitars And other stringed instruments such as the violin, it was the use of the striking timber in 1958 to 1960 and Gibson Les Pauls that made it desirable when used to create two piece, bookmatch carved tops on these guitars. Flame maple is only found in a small percentage of maple trees and the really eye-popping examples come from less than 1%. Most people do not realize that the flame is not the actual green pattern of the word. It actually runs perpendicular to the grain direction, which is why some maple tops appear to have patterns running front back and side to side. The ripple 3-D look flame maple is caused by phenomenon known as chatoyancy. |
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F Hole |
Well the vast majority of acoustic guitars have round sound holes early Gibson arch top go acoustics such as the L5 and super 400 substituted F-shaped sound holes in the 1920s and 1930s, which are patterned after the sound holes found on traditional bowed string instruments such as the violin, Viola, and cello. |
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FilterTron |
This is the Gretsch name for its humbucking pick up, which appeared in 1958, about a year after Gibson started putting humbuckers on their high and guitars. It replaced the single coil DeArmond pick ups on almost all of the Gretsch line. The filterTrons had two rows of adjustable Pole pieces versus Gibsons single row and this could be coaxed into delivering a slightly brighter zone. But the real innovation is one which most guitar is never saw: filter trons were connected to the wiring harness inside the guitars by a three prong plug. That’s right, no soldering necessary! |
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Fingerboard |
A thin piece of wood that forms the smooth playing surface on the neck of a stringed musical instrument such as guitar, base, violin etc. Against which the strings are pressed in playing. It can be fretless, as in the violin family, or fretted is in guitars, banjos, etc. Fingerboards are usually made of Woods like Rosewood, Ebony, or other dark woods, sometimes Maple is used. |
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Flame Maple |
While flame maple also known as figured maple, curly maple, or fiddle back maple had been used to the backs and necks of guitars And other stringed instruments such as the violin, it was the use of the striking timber in 1958 to 1960 and Gibson Les Pauls that made it desirable when used to create two piece, bookmatch carved tops on these guitars. Flame maple is only found in a small percentage of maple trees and the really eye-popping examples come from less than 1%. Most people do not realize that the flame is not the actual green pattern of the word. It actually runs perpendicular to the grain direction, which is why some maple tops appear to have patterns running front back and side to side. The ripple 3-D look flame maple is caused by phenomenon known as chatoyancy. |
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Flat Sawn |
When a log is sliced to create lumber without being turned, the majority of the final pieces will be considered flat sawn. This tends to produce less permanent figuring, though if figuring is present, it’s often in the form of a cloud like flowing pattern. Some of the famous 1958 or 1960 less Paul’s had tops which way a combination of quarter sawn in the center and flat sawn at the edges. |
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F Hole |
Well the vast majority of acoustic guitars have round sound holes early Gibson arch top go acoustics such as the L5 and super 400 substituted F-shaped sound holes in the 1920s and 1930s, which are patterned after the sound holes found on traditional bowed string instruments such as the violin, Viola, and cello. |
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FilterTron |
This is the Gretsch name for its humbucking pick up, which appeared in 1958, about a year after Gibson started putting humbuckers on their high and guitars. It replaced the single coil DeArmond pick ups on almost all of the Gretsch line. The filterTrons had two rows of adjustable Pole pieces versus Gibsons single row and this could be coaxed into delivering a slightly brighter zone. But the real innovation is one which most guitar is never saw: filter trons were connected to the wiring harness inside the guitars by a three prong plug. That’s right, no soldering necessary! |
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Fingerboard |
A thin piece of wood that forms the smooth playing surface on the neck of a stringed musical instrument such as guitar, base, violin etc. Against which the strings are pressed in playing. It can be fretless, as in the violin family, or fretted is in guitars, banjos, etc. Fingerboards are usually made of Woods like Rosewood, Ebony, or other dark woods, sometimes Maple is used. |
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Flame Maple |
While flame maple also known as figured maple, curly maple, or fiddle back maple had been used to the backs and necks of guitars And other stringed instruments such as the violin, it was the use of the striking timber in 1958 to 1960 and Gibson Les Pauls that made it desirable when used to create two piece, bookmatch carved tops on these guitars. Flame maple is only found in a small percentage of maple trees and the really eye-popping examples come from less than 1%. Most people do not realize that the flame is not the actual green pattern of the word. It actually runs perpendicular to the grain direction, which is why some maple tops appear to have patterns running front back and side to side. The ripple 3-D look flame maple is caused by phenomenon known as chatoyancy. |
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Flat Sawn |
When a log is sliced to create lumber without being turned, the majority of the final pieces will be considered flat sawn. This tends to produce less permanent figuring, though if figuring is present, it’s often in the form of a cloud like flowing pattern. Some of the famous 1958 or 1960 less Paul’s had tops which way a combination of quarter sawn in the center and flat sawn at the edges. |
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Flat top guitar |
A flat top guitar is simply a guitar whose top is flat. The thickness of the top determines the tone of the instrument. The guitar top or soundboard, is a finally crafted and engineered element often made of spruce, cedar, or mahogany. |
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F Hole |
Well the vast majority of acoustic guitars have round sound holes early Gibson arch top go acoustics such as the L5 and super 400 substituted F-shaped sound holes in the 1920s and 1930s, which are patterned after the sound holes found on traditional bowed string instruments such as the violin, Viola, and cello. |
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FilterTron |
This is the Gretsch name for its humbucking pick up, which appeared in 1958, about a year after Gibson started putting humbuckers on their high and guitars. It replaced the single coil DeArmond pick ups on almost all of the Gretsch line. The filterTrons had two rows of adjustable Pole pieces versus Gibsons single row and this could be coaxed into delivering a slightly brighter zone. But the real innovation is one which most guitar is never saw: filter trons were connected to the wiring harness inside the guitars by a three prong plug. That’s right, no soldering necessary! |
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Fingerboard |
A thin piece of wood that forms the smooth playing surface on the neck of a stringed musical instrument such as guitar, base, violin etc. Against which the strings are pressed in playing. It can be fretless, as in the violin family, or fretted is in guitars, banjos, etc. Fingerboards are usually made of Woods like Rosewood, Ebony, or other dark woods, sometimes Maple is used. |
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Flame Maple |
While flame maple also known as figured maple, curly maple, or fiddle back maple had been used to the backs and necks of guitars And other stringed instruments such as the violin, it was the use of the striking timber in 1958 to 1960 and Gibson Les Pauls that made it desirable when used to create two piece, bookmatch carved tops on these guitars. Flame maple is only found in a small percentage of maple trees and the really eye-popping examples come from less than 1%. Most people do not realize that the flame is not the actual green pattern of the word. It actually runs perpendicular to the grain direction, which is why some maple tops appear to have patterns running front back and side to side. The ripple 3-D look flame maple is caused by phenomenon known as chatoyancy. |
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Flat Sawn |
When a log is sliced to create lumber without being turned, the majority of the final pieces will be considered flat sawn. This tends to produce less permanent figuring, though if figuring is present, it’s often in the form of a cloud like flowing pattern. Some of the famous 1958 or 1960 less Paul’s had tops which way a combination of quarter sawn in the center and flat sawn at the edges. |
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Flat top guitar |
A flat top guitar is simply a guitar whose top is flat. The thickness of the top determines the tone of the instrument. The guitar top or soundboard, is a finally crafted and engineered element often made of spruce, cedar, or mahogany. |
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Flat Wound |
Flat wound strings feature a core that’s wrapped with flat as opposed to round windings. The result is a string that is smooth to the touch and produces a mellow, warm tone. Flat wounds are most commonly found on electric bases, but they’re also used by some players on guitars. Favored by some jazz bases because of their smooth tone, flat ones also reduce the amount of string noise produced. Flat wound strings are similar to the strings used on orchestral stringed instruments, such as double bass. |
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F Hole |
Well the vast majority of acoustic guitars have round sound holes early Gibson arch top go acoustics such as the L5 and super 400 substituted F-shaped sound holes in the 1920s and 1930s, which are patterned after the sound holes found on traditional bowed string instruments such as the violin, Viola, and cello. |
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FilterTron |
This is the Gretsch name for its humbucking pick up, which appeared in 1958, about a year after Gibson started putting humbuckers on their high and guitars. It replaced the single coil DeArmond pick ups on almost all of the Gretsch line. The filterTrons had two rows of adjustable Pole pieces versus Gibsons single row and this could be coaxed into delivering a slightly brighter zone. But the real innovation is one which most guitar is never saw: filter trons were connected to the wiring harness inside the guitars by a three prong plug. That’s right, no soldering necessary! |
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Fingerboard |
A thin piece of wood that forms the smooth playing surface on the neck of a stringed musical instrument such as guitar, base, violin etc. Against which the strings are pressed in playing. It can be fretless, as in the violin family, or fretted is in guitars, banjos, etc. Fingerboards are usually made of Woods like Rosewood, Ebony, or other dark woods, sometimes Maple is used. |
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Flame Maple |
While flame maple also known as figured maple, curly maple, or fiddle back maple had been used to the backs and necks of guitars And other stringed instruments such as the violin, it was the use of the striking timber in 1958 to 1960 and Gibson Les Pauls that made it desirable when used to create two piece, bookmatch carved tops on these guitars. Flame maple is only found in a small percentage of maple trees and the really eye-popping examples come from less than 1%. Most people do not realize that the flame is not the actual green pattern of the word. It actually runs perpendicular to the grain direction, which is why some maple tops appear to have patterns running front back and side to side. The ripple 3-D look flame maple is caused by phenomenon known as chatoyancy. |
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Flat Sawn |
When a log is sliced to create lumber without being turned, the majority of the final pieces will be considered flat sawn. This tends to produce less permanent figuring, though if figuring is present, it’s often in the form of a cloud like flowing pattern. Some of the famous 1958 or 1960 less Paul’s had tops which way a combination of quarter sawn in the center and flat sawn at the edges. |
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Flat top guitar |
A flat top guitar is simply a guitar whose top is flat. The thickness of the top determines the tone of the instrument. The guitar top or soundboard, is a finally crafted and engineered element often made of spruce, cedar, or mahogany. |
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Flat Wound |
Flat wound strings feature a core that’s wrapped with flat as opposed to round windings. The result is a string that is smooth to the touch and produces a mellow, warm tone. Flat wounds are most commonly found on electric bases, but they’re also used by some players on guitars. Favored by some jazz bases because of their smooth tone, flat ones also reduce the amount of string noise produced. Flat wound strings are similar to the strings used on orchestral stringed instruments, such as double bass. |
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Floating Bridge |
A floating bridge functions as any other bridge would with the exception that it’s not anchored to the top of the instrument, but rather is held in place by the string tension. Floating bridges are used on instruments that cannot physically have a bridge permanently mounted to it due to the thickness or composition of the top. For instance, banjos use floating bridges because the top of head is much like a drum head which obviously won’t hold screws for the bridge. Floating bridges are also used on instruments such as violins, double basses, and even some electric guitars and basses. |
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F Hole |
Well the vast majority of acoustic guitars have round sound holes early Gibson arch top go acoustics such as the L5 and super 400 substituted F-shaped sound holes in the 1920s and 1930s, which are patterned after the sound holes found on traditional bowed string instruments such as the violin, Viola, and cello. |
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FilterTron |
This is the Gretsch name for its humbucking pick up, which appeared in 1958, about a year after Gibson started putting humbuckers on their high and guitars. It replaced the single coil DeArmond pick ups on almost all of the Gretsch line. The filterTrons had two rows of adjustable Pole pieces versus Gibsons single row and this could be coaxed into delivering a slightly brighter zone. But the real innovation is one which most guitar is never saw: filter trons were connected to the wiring harness inside the guitars by a three prong plug. That’s right, no soldering necessary! |
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Fingerboard |
A thin piece of wood that forms the smooth playing surface on the neck of a stringed musical instrument such as guitar, base, violin etc. Against which the strings are pressed in playing. It can be fretless, as in the violin family, or fretted is in guitars, banjos, etc. Fingerboards are usually made of Woods like Rosewood, Ebony, or other dark woods, sometimes Maple is used. |
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Flame Maple |
While flame maple also known as figured maple, curly maple, or fiddle back maple had been used to the backs and necks of guitars And other stringed instruments such as the violin, it was the use of the striking timber in 1958 to 1960 and Gibson Les Pauls that made it desirable when used to create two piece, bookmatch carved tops on these guitars. Flame maple is only found in a small percentage of maple trees and the really eye-popping examples come from less than 1%. Most people do not realize that the flame is not the actual green pattern of the word. It actually runs perpendicular to the grain direction, which is why some maple tops appear to have patterns running front back and side to side. The ripple 3-D look flame maple is caused by phenomenon known as chatoyancy. |
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Flat Sawn |
When a log is sliced to create lumber without being turned, the majority of the final pieces will be considered flat sawn. This tends to produce less permanent figuring, though if figuring is present, it’s often in the form of a cloud like flowing pattern. Some of the famous 1958 or 1960 less Paul’s had tops which way a combination of quarter sawn in the center and flat sawn at the edges. |
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Flat top guitar |
A flat top guitar is simply a guitar whose top is flat. The thickness of the top determines the tone of the instrument. The guitar top or soundboard, is a finally crafted and engineered element often made of spruce, cedar, or mahogany. |
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Flat Wound |
Flat wound strings feature a core that’s wrapped with flat as opposed to round windings. The result is a string that is smooth to the touch and produces a mellow, warm tone. Flat wounds are most commonly found on electric bases, but they’re also used by some players on guitars. Favored by some jazz bases because of their smooth tone, flat ones also reduce the amount of string noise produced. Flat wound strings are similar to the strings used on orchestral stringed instruments, such as double bass. |
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Floating Bridge |
A floating bridge functions as any other bridge would with the exception that it’s not anchored to the top of the instrument, but rather is held in place by the string tension. Floating bridges are used on instruments that cannot physically have a bridge permanently mounted to it due to the thickness or composition of the top. For instance, banjos use floating bridges because the top of head is much like a drum head which obviously won’t hold screws for the bridge. Floating bridges are also used on instruments such as violins, double basses, and even some electric guitars and basses. |
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Floating Pickup |
A magnetic pick up mounted to the end of the fingerboard or the pick guard on a guitar. Floating pick ups are sometimes used on arch top acoustic guitars so that adding a pick up won’t interfere Or change the vibration pattern of the top. Frequently the pick up Jack, volume, and Tom controls are mounted right on the pick guard making the guitars electronics entirely removable. |
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F Hole |
Well the vast majority of acoustic guitars have round sound holes early Gibson arch top go acoustics such as the L5 and super 400 substituted F-shaped sound holes in the 1920s and 1930s, which are patterned after the sound holes found on traditional bowed string instruments such as the violin, Viola, and cello. |
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FilterTron |
This is the Gretsch name for its humbucking pick up, which appeared in 1958, about a year after Gibson started putting humbuckers on their high and guitars. It replaced the single coil DeArmond pick ups on almost all of the Gretsch line. The filterTrons had two rows of adjustable Pole pieces versus Gibsons single row and this could be coaxed into delivering a slightly brighter zone. But the real innovation is one which most guitar is never saw: filter trons were connected to the wiring harness inside the guitars by a three prong plug. That’s right, no soldering necessary! |
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Fingerboard |
A thin piece of wood that forms the smooth playing surface on the neck of a stringed musical instrument such as guitar, base, violin etc. Against which the strings are pressed in playing. It can be fretless, as in the violin family, or fretted is in guitars, banjos, etc. Fingerboards are usually made of Woods like Rosewood, Ebony, or other dark woods, sometimes Maple is used. |
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Flame Maple |
While flame maple also known as figured maple, curly maple, or fiddle back maple had been used to the backs and necks of guitars And other stringed instruments such as the violin, it was the use of the striking timber in 1958 to 1960 and Gibson Les Pauls that made it desirable when used to create two piece, bookmatch carved tops on these guitars. Flame maple is only found in a small percentage of maple trees and the really eye-popping examples come from less than 1%. Most people do not realize that the flame is not the actual green pattern of the word. It actually runs perpendicular to the grain direction, which is why some maple tops appear to have patterns running front back and side to side. The ripple 3-D look flame maple is caused by phenomenon known as chatoyancy. |
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Flat Sawn |
When a log is sliced to create lumber without being turned, the majority of the final pieces will be considered flat sawn. This tends to produce less permanent figuring, though if figuring is present, it’s often in the form of a cloud like flowing pattern. Some of the famous 1958 or 1960 less Paul’s had tops which way a combination of quarter sawn in the center and flat sawn at the edges. |
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Flat top guitar |
A flat top guitar is simply a guitar whose top is flat. The thickness of the top determines the tone of the instrument. The guitar top or soundboard, is a finally crafted and engineered element often made of spruce, cedar, or mahogany. |
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Flat Wound |
Flat wound strings feature a core that’s wrapped with flat as opposed to round windings. The result is a string that is smooth to the touch and produces a mellow, warm tone. Flat wounds are most commonly found on electric bases, but they’re also used by some players on guitars. Favored by some jazz bases because of their smooth tone, flat ones also reduce the amount of string noise produced. Flat wound strings are similar to the strings used on orchestral stringed instruments, such as double bass. |
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Floating Bridge |
A floating bridge functions as any other bridge would with the exception that it’s not anchored to the top of the instrument, but rather is held in place by the string tension. Floating bridges are used on instruments that cannot physically have a bridge permanently mounted to it due to the thickness or composition of the top. For instance, banjos use floating bridges because the top of head is much like a drum head which obviously won’t hold screws for the bridge. Floating bridges are also used on instruments such as violins, double basses, and even some electric guitars and basses. |
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Floating Pickup |
A magnetic pick up mounted to the end of the fingerboard or the pick guard on a guitar. Floating pick ups are sometimes used on arch top acoustic guitars so that adding a pick up won’t interfere Or change the vibration pattern of the top. Frequently the pick up Jack, volume, and Tom controls are mounted right on the pick guard making the guitars electronics entirely removable. |
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FM Synthesis |
The generation of complex signal wave forms in electronic music by frequency modulation of one or more sign wave signals by other sign waves. FM synthesis is a method of generating complex musical waveforms and was pioneered by John Chowning at Stanford University, and has shown that an extremely wide variety of waveforms may be made this way. |
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F Hole |
Well the vast majority of acoustic guitars have round sound holes early Gibson arch top go acoustics such as the L5 and super 400 substituted F-shaped sound holes in the 1920s and 1930s, which are patterned after the sound holes found on traditional bowed string instruments such as the violin, Viola, and cello. |
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Frequency Modulation |
The changing of the frequency of a carrier in response to a modulating signal, usually an audio wave form. As the modulating signal voltage varies up and down the frequency of the carrier varies up and down from its nominal unmodulated value. In music, vibrato is a form of frequency modulation because it is a periodic variation in frequency pitch. An FM broadcasting the audio signal is used to modulate a high frequency carrier that is then transmitted. At the receiving and a special circuit called an FM detector, or discriminator is used to recover the audio from the modulated signal. FM is considered a better method of transmitting radio and TV signals because the FM signal is not as sensitive to amplitude variations caused by atmospheric interference. |
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FilterTron |
This is the Gretsch name for its humbucking pick up, which appeared in 1958, about a year after Gibson started putting humbuckers on their high and guitars. It replaced the single coil DeArmond pick ups on almost all of the Gretsch line. The filterTrons had two rows of adjustable Pole pieces versus Gibsons single row and this could be coaxed into delivering a slightly brighter zone. But the real innovation is one which most guitar is never saw: filter trons were connected to the wiring harness inside the guitars by a three prong plug. That’s right, no soldering necessary! |
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Fingerboard |
A thin piece of wood that forms the smooth playing surface on the neck of a stringed musical instrument such as guitar, base, violin etc. Against which the strings are pressed in playing. It can be fretless, as in the violin family, or fretted is in guitars, banjos, etc. Fingerboards are usually made of Woods like Rosewood, Ebony, or other dark woods, sometimes Maple is used. |
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Flame Maple |
While flame maple also known as figured maple, curly maple, or fiddle back maple had been used to the backs and necks of guitars And other stringed instruments such as the violin, it was the use of the striking timber in 1958 to 1960 and Gibson Les Pauls that made it desirable when used to create two piece, bookmatch carved tops on these guitars. Flame maple is only found in a small percentage of maple trees and the really eye-popping examples come from less than 1%. Most people do not realize that the flame is not the actual green pattern of the word. It actually runs perpendicular to the grain direction, which is why some maple tops appear to have patterns running front back and side to side. The ripple 3-D look flame maple is caused by phenomenon known as chatoyancy. |
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Flat Sawn |
When a log is sliced to create lumber without being turned, the majority of the final pieces will be considered flat sawn. This tends to produce less permanent figuring, though if figuring is present, it’s often in the form of a cloud like flowing pattern. Some of the famous 1958 or 1960 less Paul’s had tops which way a combination of quarter sawn in the center and flat sawn at the edges. |
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Flat top guitar |
A flat top guitar is simply a guitar whose top is flat. The thickness of the top determines the tone of the instrument. The guitar top or soundboard, is a finally crafted and engineered element often made of spruce, cedar, or mahogany. |
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Flat Wound |
Flat wound strings feature a core that’s wrapped with flat as opposed to round windings. The result is a string that is smooth to the touch and produces a mellow, warm tone. Flat wounds are most commonly found on electric bases, but they’re also used by some players on guitars. Favored by some jazz bases because of their smooth tone, flat ones also reduce the amount of string noise produced. Flat wound strings are similar to the strings used on orchestral stringed instruments, such as double bass. |
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Floating Bridge |
A floating bridge functions as any other bridge would with the exception that it’s not anchored to the top of the instrument, but rather is held in place by the string tension. Floating bridges are used on instruments that cannot physically have a bridge permanently mounted to it due to the thickness or composition of the top. For instance, banjos use floating bridges because the top of head is much like a drum head which obviously won’t hold screws for the bridge. Floating bridges are also used on instruments such as violins, double basses, and even some electric guitars and basses. |
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Floating Pickup |
A magnetic pick up mounted to the end of the fingerboard or the pick guard on a guitar. Floating pick ups are sometimes used on arch top acoustic guitars so that adding a pick up won’t interfere Or change the vibration pattern of the top. Frequently the pick up Jack, volume, and Tom controls are mounted right on the pick guard making the guitars electronics entirely removable. |
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FM Synthesis |
The generation of complex signal wave forms in electronic music by frequency modulation of one or more sign wave signals by other sign waves. FM synthesis is a method of generating complex musical waveforms and was pioneered by John Chowning at Stanford University, and has shown that an extremely wide variety of waveforms may be made this way. |
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Fret |
A bar or ridge usually made of metal across the fingerboard or neck of a musical instruments; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of desired pitch. Frets are arranged on instruments to produce a specifical musical pitches, usually some musical scale. On the typical guitar or base each fret represents one semi tone or half step. |
