The electric guitar is a plucked electric musical instrument. The vibrations of the metal strings of an electric guitar are converted by an electromagnetic pickup into an electrical signal. This signal can be processed by a guitar processor into various musical effects. If it is not possible to purchase an electric guitar, you can make it resemble an ordinary guitar, an acoustic one.
It is necessary
- - electromagnetic pickup;
- - guitar processor;
- -combo amplifier;
- -strings are ferromagnetic.
Instructions
Step 1
Examine carefully the structure of the electric guitar shown in the picture on the left. You can see that the electric guitar has a solid body, without resonator holes. On the top deck, under the strings of the electric guitar, pickups are mounted. If you play an unconnected electric guitar, you will hear a very quiet sound, unsaturated with musical harmonics.
Step 2
Now take a look at the acoustic guitar device in the picture on the left. The main difference from the electric guitar is the absence of pickups and the presence of a hollow body with a resonator hole. This body is the sound resonator of an acoustic guitar. There are a number of steps you need to take to turn an acoustic guitar into an electric guitar.
Step 3
Purchase an electromagnetic pickup from a music store. Purchase a phono cartridge with a shielded cord connected to it and a large jack plug at the end.
Step 4
Buy ferromagnetic strings for electric guitars in musical goods. Take your old strings off your acoustic guitar. Attach the cartridge to the top, closer to the saddle. Pull on new strings and tune your guitar.
Step 5
Get a guitar processor from a music store. Their assortment is huge. It is the guitar processor that converts the signal from the pickup into the desired musical effect. Choose a processor with 50-100 musical effects.
Step 6
To hear the loud sound of an electric guitar, purchase a combo amplifier of the required power. Plug the lead from the pickup into your guitar processor. Connect the guitar processor with a separate cord to the combo amplifier. Now power all your electronics from the mains. Play your guitar by pressing the buttons and pedal of the processor. Implement different musical effects in this way.
