Properties of Guitar Types Flashcards
Hollow-Body: Brightness character
Typically dark or acoustic guitar-like.
Hollow-Body: Sustain character
As long as, or slightly les than, a similar acoustic guitar.
Hollow-Body: Resonance character
About the same as, or slightly less than, a similar acoustic guitar.
Hollow-Body: Durability character
About the same as a similarly designed acoustic guitar.
Hollow-Body: Overall acoustic tone character
Round, rich, nearly as deep and full as a similar acoustic guitar.
Hollow-Body: Feedback resistance character
Little resistance to feedback.
Semi-Hollow-Body: Durability character
Nearly as durable as a solid-body.
Semi-Hollow-Body: Sustain character
Longer than an acoustic guitar.
Semi-Hollow-Body: Brightness character
Medium bright
Semi-Hollow-Body: Resonance character
Medium resonance
Semi-Hollow-Body: Overall tone character
Full, rich, with some acoustic guitar qualities, and some solid-body guitar qualities.
Semi-Hollow-Body: Feedback resistance character
Moderate resistance to feedback.
Solid-Body: Durability character
Very durable.
Solid-Body: Feed back resistance character
Good resistance to feedback.
Solid-Body: Overall tone character
Thinner compared to other types, but depends on species and densities of woods, any chambering or weight relief, and how the guitar is constructed.
Solid-Body: Resonance character
Little resonance compared to other types, but depends on species and densities of the neck and body woods, any chambering or weight relief, and how the guitar is constructed.
Solid-Body: Brightness character
Typically quite bright compared to other types, but depends on species and densities of the neck and body woods, any chambering or weight relief, and how the guitar is constructed.
Solid-Body: Sustain character
Long sustain
