ELECTRIC GUITARS- 16 mark question A LEVEL
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- Created on: 17-01-17 10:16
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- ELECTRIC GUITARS
- single coil pickup
- uses one coil to convert the vibration of strings into an electric signal
- humbucker pickup
- uses two coils to cancel out interference picked up by single coil pickups
- neck
- the neck of the guitar- the long bit with the fret board and strings etc
- strings
- the strings on the guitar
- frets
- bits of metal all the way up the fret board that separate the pitches
- picking
- strumming
- pickup selector
- a switch on the guitar that lets you choose what pickup you want to use
- quarter inch jack socket
- a jack socket that's 1/4 of an inch, standard jack socket
- Floyd rose
- type of vibrato (whammy bar) created by Floyd rose
- whammy bar
- also known as tremolo arm- adds vibrato
- nut
- guides strings to tuning peg
- locking nut
- stops strings going out of tune after using the whammy bar
- truss rod
- pole that runs through the neck- stabilizes it
- body
- what the guitar looks like e.g Gibson les paul
- single coil pickup
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