The Shamray does neck dive, so I assume an Ovation does too. I can only presume the Shamray is about the same as an original Ovation standing up, which I never do, so I can’t comment on that. Les Pauls give me a lot of trouble too, the Shamray less so because it sits a little higher on my leg and the scale length is 3/4″ shorter. Since I play sitting down, the lack of an upper horn prevents me from leaning it against my torso like I do with Strat-shaped guitars. See PJ Doland’s Replica, Mats Erikson’s Klein Guitar as well as my own project guitar.Īnd, thanks to fellow guitar blogger JP at Stratoblogster for the heads up on this one. However, you can see examples of builds based on it throughout the site. ^Klein Electric Guitar – The Klein Electric Guitar is no longer in production. Michael Walker, who designed the “alligator” headstock, has been kind enough to share pictures of the build process so look forward to these in subsequent articles covering the guitar body and neck.ġ.
Vintage bakelite knobs (similar to 70’s Alembic knobs).Master volume, Master tone, 3-way pickup selector.Custom hand-wound Chernishev CCH-12 humbuckers with chrome covers.Grover “Automatic” self-locking tuners (chrome).Chrome 12-saddle hardtail bridge (Gotoh) with ebony surround.No fretboard markers, (for a clean, modern look!) but it does have convenient side dot markers.Figured AAAAA Sapele fretboard (lacquered) with AAAAA figured Sapele headstock overlay.Set neck – three piece AAAAA figured Sapele neck (opposing grains in each piece, for extra strength) with dual truss rods.12-string solidbody electric, 24.0 inch scale length.I highly recommend D'addario strings - EXL for electric guitars and Phosphor Bronze for acoustic - they have never let me down, they use corrosion-free packaging (not the paper wallets like other brands) and they are reasonably priced. The heavier the gauge, the more physical effort is required to press/fret the strings on the fretboard, but the meatier the tone! If you hear someone refer to using "10's", they will likely mean a set of strings of which the skinniest string is. 010 inch gauge high E string on my electric.
I'm sure you know what these are! Strings come in different gauges (thickness) and materials - steel for electric, steel, brass or bronze for acoustic and nylon for classical acoustic. Simply where each end of the strap attaches to the guitar, usually one at the base of the body, the other at the top of the body near the neck or even on the neck itself. There are three main headstock configurations for acoustic and electric guitars. To tune the strings up or down you turn the tuning pegs. On a standard six string guitar their are six tuning machines that provide the mechanism to tune each string. This is where we tune the guitar and where one end of the string gets attached to the guitar. Let's take a more in depth look at the individual parts of the guitar (acoustic and electric) from head to "tail". Individual Parts Of The Guitar - Detailed Breakdown
Guitars can have one or two cutaways and acoustic guitars can also have them (typically electro-acoustics).
These allow you to reach the higher frets without obstruction from the body. The electric guitar (on the right) pictured above has what are called cutaways in its design - scoops where the neck meets the body. The body is where you strum or pick the strings with your right hand (if you're right handed) or your left hand (if you're left handed).The neck is also where you press your fingers on the fretboard/fingerboard to create notes and chords. The neck is where you hold the guitar in your left hand (if you're right handed) or your right hand (if you're left handed).The head or headstock is where you tune the guitar.