What Gives The Guitar It's Sound? Only The Picks? Or The Wood? |
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What Gives The Guitar It's Sound? Only The Picks? Or The Wood? |
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Dec 4 2007, 11:50 PM |
Hello all,
Since a long time ago I ask myself this question, and though I believe I know the answer sometimes I can't help but to wonder if the wood gives any special sound to an electric guitar. Given the fact that they are not hollow, why would it make any difference what material the guitar is made of? It's not the same thing as an acoustic guitar. But I believe the wood *must* be important, the materials of the guitar have to be important and have to affect the sound that a good guitar produces. I'm aware that the sound comes from the picks, which generate an electric current with the movement of the strings. But I suspect that the movement of the strings must somehow be related to the overall construction and materials of the guitar. Now if someone with a better knowledge of these facts can clarify it a little bit more, I'll be happy to learn some facts about how an electric guitar gets it's sound. Thanks in advance! -------------------- Guitars:
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Dec 5 2007, 12:17 AM |
Great topic ! Yes wood is very much important , different woods produce different sounds..Wood transfers the vibrations from the strings..And also wood tends to dry out over time , thats why people like old guitars I would like to see some more in depth answers to this topic because I'm interested to know more about it..Also I know that wood is a little more important in overall sound in guitars which have passive pickups and electronics rather than with the active ones..
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Dec 5 2007, 10:29 PM |
Every part of the guitar has the role in making a sound of that guitar. IT is very complicated and precise-built instrument wiht a lot of parts. THe most important parts are obviously:
- WOOD : The dryer the better. Would resonates along with the strings and transfers vibrations from itself back to the strings. IT is a two-way very complex process that goes on every time you pluck the string. But it happens so fast we don`t even notice it, because strings vibrate at very high frequency rates. Quality wood has the best tonal characteristics in terms of transfering vibrations on strings. When this wood gets dry it transfers those vibrations even better, so the more qulaity wood and the more dryer it gets it is more likely that it will make a great tone. Every part of the guitar must be made out of qulaity wood. THe whole guitar transfers this string vibrations, including, fretboard, neck and the body. - PICKUPS: the pickups have to pick up the vibrations that strings "send" in order to get the sound from it. - STRINGS: Quality of the strings is very important. On a quality made guitars you can really hear the difference beetwen bad and good strings since that guitar transfers the sound from strings better. -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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Dec 6 2007, 12:44 AM |
It's all of great matter,absolutely.
But please,don't forget the player,yeah,I know,might sound stupid to someone -------------------- Youtube
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Dec 6 2007, 02:55 PM |
True, True, the player (human) is THE most important part of music - but not of the guitar.
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Dec 7 2007, 05:52 PM |
There are pages on Warmoth.com all about different woods and their tonal qualities.
http://www.warmoth.com/guitar/options/options_bodywoods.cfm hope it helps -------------------- “You have to go on and be crazy. Craziness is like heaven.” |
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Dec 7 2007, 06:25 PM
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i've heard that 90% of tone do the pick-ups and only 10% do the wood......but i dont really know if thats true!
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Dec 8 2007, 11:00 AM |
And it's supposed to be the same idea with amps - put a bad player through a Marshall stack and they will just sound like a very loud but still bad player.
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Dec 8 2007, 05:48 PM |
True, on a Marshall stack you can hear ALL the mistakes clearly Only the true master can play the stack hehe
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