- Guitar
... of the strings and modulated by the hollow body, or they may rely on an [[amplifier]] that can electronically manipulate tone. Such [[electric guitar]]s were ...
... devices or the natural [[distortion]] of valves ([[vacuum tube]]s) in the amplifier. There are two main types of pickup, [[single coil|single]] and double coi ...
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- Lead guitar
To attain this prized sustain effect [[tube amplifiers]] such as [[Marshall]] are often utilized [http://www.premierguitar.com/a ...
... done correctly by holding the guitar pickups at precise distances from the amplifier speakers such can present a steady, undecaying sound. Electronic special e ...
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- Bass guitar
... lectric bass guitar is usually plugged into an [[bass instrument amplifier|amplifier and speaker]] for live performances.
... h active (powered) electronics. This amounts to an impedance buffering pre-amplifier on-board the instrument to lower the output impedance of the bass's pickup ...
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- Microphone
... hey require no polarizing voltage, but normally contain an integrated [[preamplifier]] which does require power (often incorrectly called polarizing power or b ...
... There are some new modern ribbon microphone designs which incorporate a preamplifier and therefore do require phantom power, also there are new ribbon material ...
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- Tremolo arm
... ct produced by the ''[[vibrato unit]]s'' built in to many classic [[guitar amplifier]]s.
... ally attributed to [[Leo Fender]] and the naming of the Fender 'Vibroverb' amplifier, which actually used tremolo (rapid volume changes) in an attempt to creat ...
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- Fender Stratocaster
... yer who also collaborated with Leo Fender in developing the Fender Showman amplifier. In the early 1960s, the instrument was also championed by [[Hank Marvin]] ...
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- Pull-off
... o the sound. With this type of electronic gear and a powerful [[instrument amplifier]] nearing the threshold of [[feedback]], pull-offs can even be used to pla ...
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- Gibson Les Paul
... and buttons, and a highly specialized cable for impedance-matching to the amplifier. Less noticeable changes included, but were not limited to, maple fingerbo ...
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- FM radio
... allowing the user to use an FM radio as an output rather than a dedicated amplifier and speaker.
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- Guitar Hero Trivia
... tary" ''[[Wikipedia:This Is Spinal Tap|This Is Spinal Tap]]'', in which an amplifier is discussed for its apparent ability to go to 11 rather than simply 10. F ...
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- Easter eggs
... tary" ''[[Wikipedia:This Is Spinal Tap|This Is Spinal Tap]]'', in which an amplifier is discussed for its apparent ability to go to 11 rather than simply 10. F ...
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- Rock Band 3
... ows the Fender guitar controller being played directly through an electric amplifier alongside other players on the other controllers while playing the game.<r ...
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