Guitars

Electro-Acoustic guitars are designed to have pick ups in the bridge and to be plugged into an amplifier. To this end they may have an onboard pre-amp to go with the pick-up, and some even have built in effects too.....

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The 6 string Acoustic was first developed in 1779 and since then has been used by Singer/Songwriters, and fingerstyle players. It comes in many styles from Classical through to Dreadnought shaped. An acoustic guitar does not need an amplifier...

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12 string guitars play the same as 6 string guitars. Beside each 'regular' string is another that is one octave higher. The combined effect of all the strings is a lovely 'full' sound used by many singer/songwriters to 'fill out' the sound.....

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For the 10% that need the neck the other way round....

Bar far the most common, 4 string bass guitars are typically tuned in EADG, matching the 4 lowest strings on a guitar accept they're an octave lower. They look similar in appearance to an electric guitar but have a longer scale length and the strings are much thicker in order to producer to lower tones.

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Solid body Electric guitars are made from a solid block of wood, and require Pick-ups to make a noise. As such they are very resonant instruments and there are very many styles to choose from....

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Semi Hollwbody guitars are sometimes known as Semi Acoustic guitars. They have sound holes as well as pick-ups and have a distinctive sound with more acoustic qualities, as opposed to a solidbody electric.

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For the 10% that need the neck the other way round.....

Important - Please Note: Guitar orders placed after 12 Noon will be set up and despatched on the next working day.

MIDI guitars are guitars that are capable of controlling other instruments via MIDI. The notes are converted from the guitar by a MIDI pick-up and then sent to another instrument, usually a synth or keyboard.

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DI boxes convert both line and instrument inputs into balanced outputs that can be used in any mixer or or device with balanced inputs.

If you're thinking of featuring a pedal in your set-up, or maybe even two or more, the chances are you're going to need some bits and pieces to help you get it all together…. We have connectors, extenders, fasteners, in fact pretty much everything you should need to get your sounds in order….