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The Gibson Nighthawk was a family of electric guitars manufactured by Gibson.Introduced in 1993, the Nighthawk represented a radical change from traditional Gibson designs. . While its maple-capped mahogany body and set neck were reminiscent of the classic Gibson Les Paul, the Nighthawk incorporated a number of characteristics more commonly associated with Fender guita
The length, width, thickness and density of a fingerboard can affect timbre. Most fingerboards can be fully described by these parameters: w 1 — width at nut (close to the headstock) w 2 — width at half of scale length (if fretted, usually the 12th fret) h 1 — profile height (thickness) at the nut; h 2 — profile height (thickness) at ...
Specifications during 1958–60 varied from year to year and also from guitar to guitar. Typical 1958 Les Paul Standard necks had a thicker neck, thinner frets and lower fret height, which changed during the course of 1959 to develop into typical 1960 necks with a thinner cross-section and wider, higher frets.
Epiphone also produced an Explorer Bass in ebony black and velvet natural finishes with two humbucking pickups and a 34"-scale 22-fret dark rosewood fingerboard. The Explorer Bass employs a set-neck design rather than the bolted-neck construction used in the Epiphone version of the Gibson Thunderbird. (Gibson produced some 32"-scale Explorer ...
The neck of a guitar includes the guitar's frets, fretboard, tuners, headstock, and truss rod. The wood used to make the fretboard will usually differ from the wood in the rest of the neck. The bending stress on the neck is considerable, particularly when heavier gauge strings are used, and the ability of the neck to resist bending is important ...
Les Paul built the model using a recycled 4x4 fence post as the neck and body core, and mounted the disassembled parts of an Epiphone and Gibson archtop guitar onto it. Neck-through construction on an early Ibanez Studio guitar. Despite its neck-thru construction, it has a bulky heel with little or no chamfering. This greatly negates the ...
112 - Identifies how “high end” the guitar is: 1 indicates basic parts, but an alder body 112 - Identifies how many humbuckers the guitar has (one by the bridge) 112 - Identifies how many single coils the guitar has (one at the neck; one in the middle) V - Indicates other features: indicates the guitar is equipped with alnico-V pickups.
Squier classic vibe Duo-Sonic, it copies the appearance of the first generation of Fender Duo-Sonic. The Fender Duo-Sonic was introduced in 1956. Like the Musicmaster introduced a few months earlier, it featured basic but effective construction and a 22.5 inch scale length (standard Fender guitars feature a 25.5 inch scale) and cost $149.50 (equivalent to $1,675 in 2023). [1]