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2. Acoustic guitar - Wikipedia

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   An acoustic guitar with pickups for electrical amplification is called an acoustic-electric guitar. In the 2000s, manufacturers introduced new types of pickups to try to amplify the full sound of these instruments. This includes body sensors, and systems that include an internal microphone along with body sensors or under-the-saddle pickups.

3. Martin D-28 - Wikipedia

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   The D-28 has been made in several variations over the years, including: HD-28: Has scalloped braces, [7] said to give the guitar a more "open" sound than a D-28. Also features the herringbone (or "pre-war") top border and a zigzag, or "zipper" backstrip. [8]

4. Outline of guitars - Wikipedia

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   There are two primary families of guitars: acoustic and electric. An acoustic guitar has a wooden top and a hollow body. An electric guitar may be a solid-body or hollow body instrument, which is made louder by using a pickup and plugging it into a guitar amplifier and speaker. Another type of guitar is the low-pitched bass guitar.

5. Dreadnought (guitar type) - Wikipedia

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   (The designation "steel guitar" is taken to clearly indicate that the instrument was intended to be played with a steel bar, that is, in the Hawaiian style which was popular at the time.) [4] The supplier of this information also states that Harry L. Hunt, the manager of the Ditson New York City Store, may have been inspired to order a guitar ...

6. String instrument - Wikipedia

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   The technique is mainly used on electric instruments because these have a pickup that amplifies only the local string vibration. It is possible on acoustic instruments as well, but less effective. For instance, a player might press on the seventh fret on a guitar and pluck it at the head side to make a tone resonate at the opposing side. On ...

7. Steel-string acoustic guitar - Wikipedia

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   Steel-string acoustic guitars are commonly constructed in several body types, varying in size, depth, and proportion. In general, the guitar's soundbox can be thought of as composed of two mating chambers: the upper bouts (a bout being the rounded corner of an instrument body) on the neck end of the body, and lower bouts (on the bridge end).