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Switch Music Company
Switch was a brand of electric guitars and bass guitar, electric basses that featured a one-piece body-and-neck construction, made by injection moulding of a patented polyurethane resin-based synthetic material called Vibracell, very similar to Cort Guitars, Cort's Luthite. The brand belonged to the short-lived Switch Music company in the mid-2000s (decade), 2000s. The primary designer of the various Switch models was Trevor "Trev" Wilkinson, later of Fret-King. The company first presented their guitars at the 2004 NAMM Show. The instruments weighed roughly the same as comparable wooden instruments. The sustain was described as excellent. Fretboards are of either rosewood or synthetic Ebonol (material), Ebonol. The front and back of the guitar body were sculpted.{{cn, date=May 2018 The design often employed garish neon colours as well multicoloured designs, in glossy finishes. Manufacturing was in the Far East. The tuning mechanisms (machine heads) were Grover Musical Products, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electric Guitar
An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar (however combinations of the two - a semi-acoustic guitar and an electric acoustic guitar exist). It uses one or more pickups to convert the vibration of its strings into electrical signals, which ultimately are reproduced as sound by loudspeakers. The sound is sometimes shaped or electronically altered to achieve different timbres or tonal qualities on the amplifier settings or the knobs on the guitar from that of an acoustic guitar. Often, this is done through the use of effects such as reverb, distortion and "overdrive"; the latter is considered to be a key element of electric blues guitar music and jazz and rock guitar playing. Invented in 1932, the electric guitar was adopted by jazz guitar players, who wanted to play single-note guitar solos in large big band ensembles. Early proponents of the electric guitar on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
