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 Twanger, Inc.
Standard models for guitar (steel string, nylon string, dobro), bass (4 or 5 string), banjo and mandolin.
Models for Guitar (steel or nylon strings), Bass (4 or 5 string), Banjo, and Mandolin
Like half a travel guitar at less than half the price, and twice as convenient.
www.twanger.com

  
 Guitar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Guitars usually have six strings, although there are variations on this, the most common being a twelve-string guitar; the seven string guitar; the ukulele, which has four strings; and the bass guitar, which usually has four strings but also exists in five, six, eight, and twelve-string versions.
The main purpose of the bridge on an acoustic guitar is to transfer the vibration from the strings to the soundboard, which vibrates the air inside of the guitar, thereby amplifying the sound produced by the strings.
Archtop guitars were immediately adopted upon their release by both jazz and country musicians and have remained particularly popular in jazz music, usually using thicker strings (higher guaged round wound and flat wound) than acoustic guitars.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Guitar   (5298 words)

  
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Acoustic bass guitars also have steel strings, and match the tuning of the electric bass, which is likewise similar to the traditional double bass viol, the "big bass", a staple of string orchestras and bluegrass bands alike.
There are several subcategories within the acoustic guitar group: classical and flamenco guitars, both of which use nylon and composite strings, and steel string guitars, which includes the flat top, or "folk" guitar, the closely related twelve string guitar, and the arch top guitar.
Archtop guitars are steel string, acoustic instruments which feature a violin-inspired design in which the top and back of the instrument are carved in a curved rather than a flat shape.
www.guitarlessons.bizhosting.com   (1442 words)

  
 Dobro and Non-Pedal Steel Guitar Players, Tunings and Techniques
The advantage of open G for the standard guitarist switching to steel guitar is that strings 4,3,2 are exactly the same as standard guitar tuning, which helps give you bearings on the new note layout.
This page deals with dobro, a generic term for 6 or 8 string acoustic resophonic guitar, not to be confused with the brand name Dobro currently owned by Gibson Guitars; and non-pedal steel electric guitar, anywhere from 6 to 12 strings, 6 or 8 being the most common.
Like standard guitar, the touch used on the electric is generally lighter than the touch used on acoustic, due to the lighter string gauges.
www.johnmcgann.com /dobro.html   (1879 words)

  
 Muriel Anderson Guitarist and Composer
Her harp guitar is built by Del Langejans, her nylon string harp guitar is built by Mike Doolin, and her steel string guitar is built by Kevin Ryan.
She is host and originator of the renowned "Muriel Anderson's ALL STAR GUITAR NIGHT®" and founder of the Music for Life Alliance, a non-profit organization to put musical instruments in the hands of underprivileged children by providing instruments and funding for music education to schools and grassroots programs nationwide.
Muriel's classical guitar is "The Muriel Model" made by Paul McGill.
www.murielanderson.com   (1879 words)

  
 StartUp Steel
Fender pedal steels are phenomenal sounding guitars but--the older ones are cable operated rather than rod driven and are 8 string instruments--these are not really recommended as a primary instrument unless you inherited one, it fell off a truck, or you just can't live without that sound.
The birth of the modern Pedal Steel Guitar occurred when someone (Bud Isaacs in particular but no doubt many others in their living rooms) used the sound of bending the string with the pedal as a musical sound.
There are more starting steel guitarists who started with Mavericks, got inspired and frustrated and went on to higher level steel guitars than there are starting steel guitarists who started with a Maverick, got frustrated, and quit.
www.angelfire.com /ny/lightsound/startup.html   (1879 words)

  
 StartUp Steel
Fender pedal steels are phenomenal sounding guitars but--the older ones are cable operated rather than rod driven and are 8 string instruments--these are not really recommended as a primary instrument unless you inherited one, it fell off a truck, or you just can't live without that sound.
The birth of the modern Pedal Steel Guitar occurred when someone (Bud Isaacs in particular but no doubt many others in their living rooms) used the sound of bending the string with the pedal as a musical sound.
There are more starting steel guitarists who started with Mavericks, got inspired and frustrated and went on to higher level steel guitars than there are starting steel guitarists who started with a Maverick, got frustrated, and quit.
www.angelfire.com /ny/lightsound/startup.html   (1610 words)

  
 Pedal Steel Guitar
The pitch of the string therefore can be altered by means of moving the bar or, in the case of the Pedal Steel, by pressing a pedal or moving a knee lever which in turn stretches or loosens the string.
A pedal steel guitar for those who don't know, evolved from the Hawaiian guitar, the slide guitar, the Dobro, the electric lap steel guitar.
With several strings and usually multiple necks, the strings are "fretted" with a steel bar.
www-personal.umich.edu /~pagliere/subtopics/music/pedal.html   (389 words)

  
 Ernie Ball Lime 7-String Guitar String Set - SameDayMusic.com
These Ernie Ball strings are made from nickel-plated steel wire wrapped around tin plated hex shaped steel core wire.
General > Guitars > Electric Guitars > Electric Guitar Strings > Electric Guitar Strings - 7 String
General > Guitar Strings > Electric Guitar Strings > Electric Guitar Strings - 7 String
www.samedaymusic.com /product--ERN2621   (389 words)

  
 Harmos Steel Guitars: Robert Randolph, Sacred Steel, Calvin Cooke, Marcus Randolph, Campbell brothers, Chuck Campbell, Darick Campbell
Since the first Harmos prototype was unveiled at the 2001 Sacred Steel convention, we have been very fortunate to be able to work with many in that community to develop the Sacred Steel guitar, one that supports the powerful rhythmic and vocal style of steel guitar music performed there.
It was his desire to have a fixed string steel that he could strap on quickly and perform with standing up and moving around (as only he can).
Because the Harmos is not a Supro, it doesn't sound identical but it does have a very in your face steel guitar sound, if you can imagine the supro with a mix of classic pedal steel in there.
www.harmosmusic.com /musicians.htm   (389 words)

  
 guitar anatomy
The raw acoustics of the electric guitar aren't quite as interesting as the acoustic guitars (although you may be interested in Dan Russell's work); the body is essentially a good-looking hunk of wood to counterbalance the weight of the neck and to keep the strings vibrating a longer time.
Nylon guitars usually have rather rounded bodies and the neck joins the body at half the effective string length (12th fret).
Note that guitar terminology is by no means fixed or completely standardised---The soundboard is often called the 'top-plate', and the sides are often called the 'ribs', for instance.
www.phys.unsw.edu.au /music/guitaracoustics/anatomy.html   (389 words)

  
 West Coast Steel-Products
West Coast is introducing it's new 8-string Hawaiian model steel guitar.
West Coast Steel Guitars share design elements of conventional lap steels and modern electric guitars.
This guitar is sure to please those of you who have been asking for a guitar with legs.
www.pedalsteel.com /westcoaststeel/products.html   (389 words)

  
 Pedal steel guitar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The lap steel guitar and the dobro are usually played in similar fashion in that they are laid horizontally and the string's pitch is controlled by a slide or bar rather than by pressing them to frets.
The lap steel, dobro (often played with a steel or slide) and pedal steel guitars are most closely associated with country music, country swing and bluegrass, although some players have used them in jazz, blues, jùjú, a form of music from Nigeria, Africa that uses pedal steel extensively and other musical genres.
A Concerto for Pedal Steel Guitar and Orchestra has been written by Los Angeles composer Michael A. Levine [3][4] It was premiered on April 16th, 2005, in a performance by the Nashville Chamber Orchestra[5], and with Gary Morse[6] (of Dierks Bentley and Dwight Yoakam's bands) as soloist, and Paul Gambill[7] as conductor.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pedal_steel_guitar   (984 words)

  
 Hawaiian Steel Guitar
The steel guitar can be a 6-string wooden or metal acoustic guitar.
All of these are "Hawaiian style" as opposed to the pedal steel guitar which has foot pedals and knee levers.
It is played with a steel bar in one hand and finger picks on the other.
members.shaw.ca /steelguitar   (984 words)

  
 Guitar Builder Wood and Supplies
Although we produce thousands of high quality, inexpensive tonewoods each year for the traditional classical and steel string guitar, we also support independent producers searching for that very special wood that will create new standards for beauty and sound.
Our selection is the largest available anywhere for the custom guitar builder, and the success of our company rides on the quality of the dozens of species of tonewood and hardwood we offer.
These woods are the stuff of legend and the guitars that will be built from them will undoubtedly become sought-after collector's items.
www.lmii.com   (984 words)

  
 Campbell Brothers Sacred Steel Guitars
His single string passages that imitated the African-American singing and shouting voices remain the signature sound of the Keith Dominion steel guitar style.
The goal of a good steel player in the church is to use the guitar to mimic voices, to sing lines of the hymns, and to provide praise music that pushes the congregation closer to feeling the Holy Spirit.
The steel guitar was introduced to church services by Willie Eason in the late 1930's.
www.campbellbrothers.com   (984 words)

  
 Custom Handmade Acoustic Guitars Santa Cruz Guitar Company
By 1976 his focus was on the modern steel string guitar.
The task of becoming a master at all aspects of guitar making is a lifelong pursuit, and Richard has patiently refined his craftsmanship and knowledge as his boutique company has grown.
His handmade custom acoustic guitars are played by some of the world's best players, including Eric Clapton, Doc Watson, Tony Rice, Warren Haynes, Elvis Costello, and many others.
www.santacruzguitar.com   (984 words)

  
 Musica Viva: The Encyclopedia of Music
A steel-string guitar with double strings giving it a fuller sound.
The twelve-string guitar was probably invented in the USA, possibly inspired by the mandolin or some of the descendants of the vihuela that it is still used in some Latin-American countries today.
The twelve-string guitar was used by many early blues musicians and became popular again during the 60's folk revival.
www.musicaviva.com /encyclopedia/display.tpl?phrase=twelve-string-guitar   (114 words)

  
 Ken Emerson - Resophonic Steel, Slide, and Slack Key Guitar
Slack and Steel, third in a series of Hawaiian roots albums released by traditional label Liko Records,this album features Ken playing both slack key and steel guitars on classic and original compositions.
Joining Ken on this album is blues harmonica legend Charlie Musselwhite, fingerstyle guitar great Richard "Duck" Baker, innovative guitarist Henry Kaiser, and respected string specialist, Steve Van Gelder.
Ken played guitar for Donald Fagen's new solo album scheduled to release late fall 2005.
www.kenemerson.com   (114 words)

  
 Seven-String Guitar
For a nylon-string guitar, Breau discovered a particular brand of fishing line effective, but to avoid breakage on steel-string he either had to tune down or employ a custom-built instrument with a shorter-than-usual scale-length.
Usually the extra string extends the pitch range on the bass side, tuned to a low B or A. Unfortunately, this low of a pitch at the usual scale-length of a guitar begins to become "muddy"-sounding, owing to increased inharmonicity.
An extra string on your guitar can extend your harmonic capabilities.
www.lilytears.com /arts/music/guitar/7string   (214 words)

  
 Kika Kila - Hawaiian Steel Guitar
Both are played with a steel bar; however, the tuning of each string of the non-pedal guitar is fixed while it is being played, while the tuning on many of the strings on the pedal steel guitar can be changed with a system of pedals and linkages while the guitar is being played.
Steel guitar = a guitar (kika) with strings raised above the fretboard played with a steel bar (kila) manipulated with the left hand.
Over the more than one hundred years that have passed since its inception, the guitar has evolved into two basic types, 1) the original Hawaiian style or non-pedal and 2) the instrument most identified with American country music, the pedal steel guitar.
home.insight.rr.com /steelgtr   (191 words)

  
 Berklee Press - guitar manufacturers
Froggy Bottom Guitars - individually handcrafted steel string guitars where every guitar can be a tool that works with you in your quest for new voices.
Formentera Guitars - dreams in wood, made in the sun, custom guitars and luthier classes on an island in the Mediterranean.
Allen Guitars - supplying figured, unique tone woods, abalone shell inlay materials and offering specialty the music making industry well as exotic woods for crafts and hobbies.
www.berkleepress.com /links/guitar_manufacturers.htm   (191 words)

  
 Matthew Mustapick Guitars
They are a grand concert steel string and a concert nylon, both with bloodwood back and sides, Engelmann spruce top, and ripply koa trim.
All Mustapick guitars are lavishly appointed with carefully chosen wood bindings and trim, polished bone nut and saddle, bound fingerboard, and ebony bridge pins.
When you receive the guitar you'll be able to verify that it's wonderful and send the remaining balance.
www.mustapickguitars.com   (191 words)

  
 Twelve String Guitar - Compare Prices, Reviews and Buy at NexTag - Price - Review
Steel-String Guitar Construction: Acoustic Six-String, Twelve-String, and Arched-Top...
Twelve string guitars must endure a great deal of added stress on the neck.
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www.nextag.com /twelve-string-guitar/search-html   (98 words)

  
 Acoustic Guitar Central
Her extensive guitar collection also includes the Lady, a small-bodied classical made in 1975 by German luthier Hermann Hauser; a small-bodied acoustic-electric built by Danny Ferrington; a wood and a steel National; and vintage Fender and Gibson lap steels.
"The electric guitar is a totally different instrument to play, but you can get away with a somewhat similar feel to an acoustic if you play a Tele with heavier strings," she says.
Sometimes she strings the top E and B strings with double courses and leaves the rest of the strings as singles—a trick she picked up from Nashville.
www.acousticguitar.com /issues/ag81/gear81.shtml   (891 words)

  
 Dear AG
However, on steel-string guitars it is common to make the fingerboard curved as a section of either a cylinder or cone.
Although the seven-string archtop guitar has long been popular with jazz guitarists, it hasn't really caught on in the flattop world.
He found that adding the extra low string (which has a diameter of.066 and is tuned to B) gave him a fuller sound and allowed him to play without the backing of a bass player.
www.acousticguitar.com /issues/ag60/dear60.html   (728 words)

  
 Tom Bradshaw's Pedal Steel Guitar Products
Style 1: "International Steel Guitar Convention" This is a cartoon of Emmons riding a "chopper" steel guitar, holding on for dear life as this motorcycle-like instrument is hurtling off the shirt.
The cartoon is identical to the one on Buddy's CD, "Steel Guitar Jazz In Four Wheel Drive."
Surrounding the cartoon are the words, International Steel Guitar Convention.
www.songwriter.com /bradshaw/accessories.html   (1799 words)

  
 Brad's Page of Steel-Electric Steel Guitar Manufacturers
Smith Family Music and Melobar Guitars, famous for their Skreemr strap-on steel guitars, are back in business again making a wide variety of six, seven and eight string lap steels.
CruzTone steel guitars are stylistically influenced by the Gibson Ultratone lap steel.
The bodies are similar to the Weissenborn guitar in shape; the pickups are influenced by the Gibson Charlie Christian pickup; the bridge is influenced by the Fender lap steel line; the fretboards and overall decoration recall the National/Valco/Supro line of the 1950s.
www.well.com /user/wellvis/electric.html   (1795 words)

  
 Pedal Steel Guitar scale instructional products
The string is the same on any stringed instrument and the patterns that are created on a steel fretboard are the same as a guitar fretboard.
On a Universal guitar there are more possibilities and those are included.
It also shows pedal combinations in the key of C for all 20 scales.
www.pedalsteel.com /joe/sca/scale.html   (535 words)

  
 Pedal-Slide / Palm-Operated-Pedal Steel Guitar
Bigsby Palm Operated Pedal Steel guitar tail piece adds a 7th string tuner,
five palm operated pedals,  performing "A, B & C" pedal steel functions and
(depressed with the 1st and 3rd pedals for the
www.geocities.com /Nashville/6718/dbalde.html   (171 words)

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