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The SST was a design that combined Gibson's steel-string acoustic and electric guitar technology. [2] The guitar had a solid spruce or cedar top and a mahogany body. Unlike most acoustic-electrics, the SST had no resonating chamber or soundhole. The acoustic sound came from a bridge mounted transducer manufactured by L.R. Baggs for Gibson with ...
The steel-string acoustic guitar is a modern form of guitar that descends from the gut-strung Romantic guitar, [1] but is strung with steel strings for a brighter, louder sound. Like the modern classical guitar, it is often referred to simply as an acoustic guitar , or sometimes as a folk guitar .
Alvarez Artist Series has won several awards, including a 5/5 rating in Acoustic Guitar Magazine and a nomination for best guitar series from The Music and Sound Retailer. [13] In 2017, Artist Series began adding new key features and models including armrests, [ 14 ] travel guitars like the Delta DeLite and LJ2, [ 15 ] and ATR (Advanced Tonal ...
Their products include classical guitars, 12-string guitars, arch top guitars, electric guitars and acoustic bass guitars. Eko gained high popularity during the rock 'n' roll craze of the 1960s, becoming the largest guitar exporter in Europe. Their electric models were often highly ornamented with pearl, featured 3 or 4 pickups and recognizable ...
The Santa Cruz Guitar Company is an American manufacturer of acoustic guitars, located in Santa Cruz, California. The company was started in 1976 by luthier Richard A. Hoover , who is reputed to have "trained some of the most accomplished contemporary luthiers in his workshop", and investors Bruce Ross and William Davis. [ 1 ]
Takamine Musical Instruments Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (株式会社 高峰楽器製作所, Kabushiki-gaisha Takamine Gakki Seisakusho, pronounced [takaꜜminé] ta-ka-mee-ne) is a Japanese guitar manufacturer based in Nakatsugawa, Gifu, Japan. It's considered to be one of the world's major brands of steel-string acoustic guitars.
The addition of pedals made steel guitar a country music staple, while blues and jazz musicians adopted the slide guitar, which utilized a similar gliding technique while holding the guitar upright.
Maestro Guitars is a guitar manufacturing company based in Singapore. It is best known for creating custom-made acoustic guitars and ukuleles. The founder is Ho Zen Yong, a former Singapore Management University (SMU) graduate. [2] Their instruments are used by professional Italian musician Franco Morone and were also used by guitarist Paul ...