Electric Guitar
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The Fender StratocasterA solid-bodied electric guitar, the Fender Stratocaster has steel strings and three magnetic pickups, the back, middle and front pickups. The back pickup, situated closest to the bridge, has an offset angle of about ten degrees towards the fingerboard underneath the lower strings to give them more fundamental content. Its treble pole angles toward the bridge to give those strings more high harmonic content. This gives a gradual brightening of tone across the strings from bass to treble. The Stratocaster has a switch that operates these pickups as individuals or in combination. This guitar is noted for its high pitched screams produced by the shape of the body and the single coil pickups. |
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Guitar Pickups and Harmonic Content |
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The use of a 5-position control switch allows a quick selection of pickup combinations. You can choose front pickup only, front and middle, middle only, back and middle and back only. |
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The Electric BassTuning of four string electric bass is E-A-D-G, tuned in fourths with the lowest note being E1 at 41.2 Hz. This is the same tuning as the acoustic bass. The highest note produced is about G4 at 392 Hz. Tuning of the five string bass is B-E-A-D-G with lowest note B0=30.87 Hz. Six string tuning is B-E-A-D-G-C. The fretboard is longer than that of the ordinary electric guitar (about 90 cm compared to about 65 cm). Note the wire-wound strings. Winding additional wire around a solid wire core makes possible the increasing of mass without adding excessive stiffness. This keeps the string frequencies closer to the frequencies of an ideal string . |
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