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2. Guitar bracing - Wikipedia

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   The tops of most steel string acoustic guitars are braced using the X-brace [6] system, or a variation of the X-brace system, generally attributed to Christian Frederick Martin between 1840 and 1845 for use in gut string guitars. [7] [8] The system consists of two braces forming an "X" shape across the soundboard below the top of the sound hole ...

3. Vibrato systems for guitar - Wikipedia

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   A vibrato system on a guitar is a mechanical device used to temporarily change the pitch of the strings. It adds vibrato to the sound by changing the tension of the strings, typically at the bridge or tailpiece of an electric guitar using a controlling lever, which is alternately referred to as a whammy bar, vibrato bar, or tremolo arm. [1]

4. Classical guitar accessories - Wikipedia

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   A strap lock is a device that prevents the guitar strap from slipping off the strap peg. Several companies make these, and players also improvise various devices that fit over the part of the strap peg that protrudes through the strap end—rubber washers, plastic bag closures, etc. Dunlop Ergo Lok; LOXX Strap Lock

5. Floyd Rose - Wikipedia

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   Floyd D. Rose first started working on what became the Floyd Rose Tremolo in 1976. [3] He was playing in a rock band at the time, inspired by Jimi Hendrix and Deep Purple.He frequently used the vibrato bar but could not make his guitars stay in tune using traditional approaches like lubricating the nut, or winding the strings as little as possible around the tuning pegs.

6. B-Bender - Wikipedia

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   A B-Bender is a guitar accessory that enables a player to fluidly alter the pitch of a guitar's B-string. This works by mechanically bending the B-string through the use of a series of levers and/or pulleys attached to an external lever that is controlled by the player.

7. TransTrem - Wikipedia

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   His TransTrem guitar was the third one made. David Torn uses the TransTrem extensively and has demonstrated its use on his Painting With Guitar instructional videos. David Gilmour used a Steinberger GL with TransTrem bridge and Active EMG Pickups while recording the 1987 Pink Floyd album A Momentary Lapse of Reason.