What Is a Guitar Case and How Many Types Are There (Hardshell and Gig Bags)

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Have you ever noticed a hard case where guitarists keep their guitars? Well, that’s pretty much a guitar case. It’s usually made of wood, gig bags, or heavy-duty ABS plastic and provides protection, storage, and safe transportation of musical instruments. Some guitars come with them as a complete package, while others don’t. Therefore, you’ll have … Leggi tutto

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF GUITAR PICKGUARD?

The first thing you should know about your guitar, its construction etc. is that it has a number of protective guards to prevent damage from happening while playing it in any way (except for string breaking). The most important one is called pickguard which actually covers over half of the strings area. This guard protects … Leggi tutto

WHAT IS A MIDI PICKUP AND HOW DOES IT WORK

MIDI pickups are being used both for electronic music and for “normal” guitar music today , but how do they work? And, maybe even more importantly, what can they actually do for a guitar’s sound? In this article we’ll see a quick introduction about those pickups, as well as what does MIDI mean. WHAT IS … Leggi tutto

A MAGNETIC SOUND: HOW DOES A PICKUP WORK

Pickups are the most important factor in a guitar’s sound (together with the amp), but how does these pieces with round grey dot actually work?In this article we’ll see how they produce sound and which parts constitute the actual pickup WHAT IS A PICKUP? An electric guitar pickup is a transducer (a complex name that … Leggi tutto

HOW TO HAVE SMOOTH-MOVING GUITAR TUNERS

Playing your beloved old guitar is fantastic, but what about the sloppy-moving-parts when you tune the guitar and the awful sensation that you get when tuners are stiff and you need a solid method for how to clean those rusty guitar tuners? Feeling some resistance when you turn the button (aka machine head, aka that … Leggi tutto