LPboco Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 it's obvious how the type of wood effect the sound on an acoustic, but why does the type of wood influence the sound of an electric guitar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 everything alters the sound to some degree because the guitar is one whole vibrating mass - the pickups catch the vibration of the string that is influuenced by everything else.... so it all makes a difference. controlling those differences is the hard part Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fryovanni Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 +1 to what WezV said. I was reading a reply from Rick Turner on this subject over at the OLF, and thought his analogy was very interesting. A pickup and amplifier act to see and magnify what the strings do. Small changes make a greater difference because they are magnified. The analogy seemed to make sense to me. If you are maginfying something(significantly) your picture will only be as accurate as the lenses you are using, which will be a huge factor in what you see. Of course what you are magnifying is the strings. The way the strings move are directly effected by the player, the strings themselves, and how/what they are anchored to. An acoustics string energy is magnified also, but with a "much lower zoom factor" so to say. With the magnification produced by the box. Peace,Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPboco Posted December 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 thanks alot guys Peace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolfan88 Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 since im kinda new here, what is OLF? iv hurd it a few times but dont no what it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolfan88 Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 since im kinda new here, what is OLF? iv hurd it a few times but dont no what it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 www.luthiersforum.com, the Official Luthiers Forum. 99.9% acoustic guitar building talk, so if that's your thing, or you're curious about that, come on over. If you only care about electrics it's frankly not worth your time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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