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Up until 1981/1982, Nisshin Onpa made pickups were used in the Greco guitars including the "Super Real Series" and the guitars were made in a more luthier style with no CNC machines used. The Cor-Tek and Tokai guitar factories were also used to make some Greco models due to FujiGen not being able to make some lower priced Grecos in the late 1980s.
An acoustic 12-string guitar hand-crafted in 1977. A twelve-string guitar (or 12-string guitar) is a steel-string guitar with 12 strings in six courses, which produces a thicker, more ringing tone than a standard six-string guitar. Typically, the strings of the lower four courses are tuned in octaves, with those of the upper two courses tuned ...
Unlike its competitors' electric 12-string models which were simply existing 6-string guitars with six extra strings, the Fender Electric XII was a purpose-built 12-string designed to capture a part of the folk-rock market. The bridge has an individual saddle for each string making precise intonation possible.
Measurements of a typical Tune-o-matic bridge Schaller Wide Travel Tune-o-Matic a.k.a. Harmonica bridge on The Fool. Since its invention, different versions by Gibson have been used: • ABR-1 without retainer wire: 1954–1962 • ABR-1 with retainer wire: 1962–1975 • Schaller Wide travel Tune-o-Matic a.k.a. "Harmonica bridge": 1970-1980 (Kalamazoo plant) • Modern TOM a.k.a. "Nashville ...
3rd bridge preparation, the front and the back tone are in a reciprocal relationship and known as the bi-tone [1]. On a standard guitar, the string is held above the soundboard by two nodes: the "nut" (near the headstock) and the "bridge" (near the player's right hand on a standard guitar).
Urban Camouflage: Introduced with the 2005 catalog, the satin finish Urban Camo M-II includes neck-thru construction; 25.5” scale; alder body; 3-piece maple neck; ebony fingerboard with 12" radius; abalone dot inlays w/ESP at 12th fret; dual EMG 81 active pickups; a single volume control w/3-way toggle pickup selector; black hardware; Deluxe Gotoh tuners; Original Floyd Rose bridge; white ...
[10] [11] The doubleneck eliminated the need to switch guitars mid-song: [2] at the beginning of "Stairway to Heaven", he used the bottom 6-string neck for the intro and first verse, then switched to the top 12-string neck, then to the 6-string neck for the extended guitar solo, and back to the 12-string for the final chorus.
A vibrato system on a guitar is a mechanical device used to temporarily change the pitch of the strings. It adds vibrato to the sound by changing the tension of the strings, typically at the bridge or tailpiece of an electric guitar using a controlling lever, which is alternately referred to as a whammy bar, vibrato bar, or tremolo arm. [1]