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Electric Guitar Parts
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Physics of Electric Guitars
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What Are Electric Guitars Made of
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Summary: Electric guitars are made of a variety of materials. Find out about some common materials that electric guitars are made of with expert tips from a professional musician in this free video about electric guitars.
Floyd Kunz has been playing instruments since he was 12 years old. He has played in several bands. Kunz has worked for the Acoustic Musician for a few years.read more
"Hi, my name's Floyd, I'm talking to you today from theacousticmusician.com in Sandy, Utah, and we're answering the question what are guitars made of. Guitars, for the most part, are mode of wood, and but different manufacturers use different combinations of woods for the resonance of that particular instrument. For example the majority of set neck guitars, kind of like something like this on right here, is usually a mahogany back, a mahogany neck with a maple cap on the top, and that's how it gives the voicing of that particular instrument. Other instruments will have maybe an alder body or an ash body, with a maple neck and possibly a rosewood fingerboard. There are other different combinations. Sometimes they're made out of koa, sometimes I have seen electric guitars made out of maple, not very often. The most common used woods again are mahogany, ash, and alder. Some use what they call a basswood, and there are some believe it or not made out of carbon fiber, so there are a lot of different ways, but the majority instruments are made out of wood. Some electric guitars are just a satin finish, you know they put a stain on it and then just put a very thin coat so it's not glossy. Now other ones, they'll put a high gloss coat and buff it and how it shines, and this is a maple top but it's been stained red. Most solid, solid color instrument guitars, this one's a bass, usually uses some form of automotive paint, but is still very, very thin because you want the wood to be able to vibrate."
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