Kamis, 09 Juli 2009

Gibson Guitars

By Peter Gitundu
The Gibson guitar, a solid body guitar which costs nearly $2,300, is manufactured by Gibson Corporation who are prominent manufacturers of acoustic and electronic guitars. Based on Gibson robotic technology, these guitar can be configured within 2 seconds and there are many Gibson guitars available today. It has a revolutionary 6-way pick up switch with three white blade single coil pick-ups and its rotary selector gives flexibility for six pickups - Bridge, Middle Bridge, Middle and Middle Neck, Neck and Bridge Neck.

The Body of a Gibson Guitar is made from swamp ash wood and the neck specifications, whose joint location is 19, are based on mahogany. It has a profile based on SG with a width of nut of 1.695 degrees. The fingerboard, which contains dot inlays, has a scale length of 24 with 22 frets. Its bridge is based on tune-matic and the knobs, which have gold inserts are based on black top hat while the machine head, (tuners), are based on green keys. Both the neck and middle pickups are built of single blade coils. The bridges pickup, which are formed by single blade coils, contain controls for volume, tone and have a rotary switch with white pick guard wires of .010 - .046mm thickness. The Gibson guitar case has a plush white interior, a black reptile-pattern exterior and its silkscreen bears a silver Gibson logo.

Use of the Gibson guitar gives you full control of the rhymes and sounds. It eliminates tuning problems because it is based on automatic A440 tuner allowing you to play across six commonly used tuning presets by push of the button. It saves guitar tone time and allows you to change strings, truss rods and make other adjustments.

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