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How guitars work

Gordon · 2003-02-08 12:56:12

I was browsing howstuffworks.com and found an article on electric guitars. It may come in handy for some people. Howstuffworks...

08-02-2003 12:56pm

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Gordon

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I was browsing howstuffworks.com and found an article on electric guitars. It may come in handy for some people.

Howstuffworks...

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#2 08-02-2003 1:22pm

seamus

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It's a little-known fact that Mr. Hendrix used to wind the coils in his pickups tighter to generate more electrical signals, and give us the distorted/overdrive effect we now take for granted by pressing buttons on an amp/footpedal.

There ya go.

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#3 08-02-2003 10:01pm

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Yeah he increased the output, so if you have higher output pickups, they distort even when clean on higher volumes. Sounds cool though :>

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