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Q&A: Advice Pasal Equipment Untuk Beginners(Part 3 of 4)

Sorry for taking too much time since the last post in this series.

Electric Guitar

Basically ade dua jenis electric guitar: solid body and hollow body.

Solid Body Hollow Body

Well, aku takde experience sangat pasal hollow body ni. Yg aku taucuma body dia hollow la. Of course la kan. Pastu dia usually ade f-holes macam violin. I think this type of guitar is favored by jazz or

blues guitarists. Usually aku tengok orang main gitar ni sound dia clean,tak pon crunsh sket. Nothing heavy.

All I can talk about is solid body, since I know a little bit about that. Andmost of you are probably interested in that anyway.

Bile nak pilih electric guitar ni, ade beberapa benda penting yg kenaconsider. Antara soklan yg aku selalu terima ialah pasal bridge.

Bridge

Basically ade 3 jenis bridge: fixed, non-locking tremolo and locking

tremolo.

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Fixed ni yg macam kat Les Paul atau Telecaster. Kalo tak penah tengok,fixed bridge ni usually look very simple. And gitar yg bridge camni takdetremolo bar (but just because tak nampak tremolo bar doesnt mean itsfixed, since orang tu mungkin tak pasang tremolo bar dia). So gitar fixed

bridge ni tak leh la nak buat effect dive bomb ke. But that doesntmean its bad. I heard that fixed bridge ni transfer vibration tali tu ke

body gitar tu dengan baik, since from the string to the body iscompletely rigid. And bridge jenis ni tak yah pikir pasal bridge springs,that you have to worry about in other types of bridge.

Fixed Bridge

Non-locking tremolo ni macam kat gambar Strat kat bawah ni. Diadipanggil non-locking sebab nut dia tu tak dikunci. Bridge camni cuma

boleh tekan jek, tak boleh tarik. So its one way. Maknanya bile mainsatu note, boleh tekan tremolo bar tu kasi pitch tu direndahkan andrelease bar tu kasi return to the original pitch, but tak boleh tariktremolo bar kasi naik pitch. And since gitar camni nut dia tak dikunci,so kalo pakai tremolo bar tu, tuning akan lari sket sebab tension tali ni

dari bridge sampailah ke machine head berubah. But bridge jenis nioffers tremolo capability, and better sound transfer berbanding denganlocking tremolo. Lagi satu spring dia senang sket nak manage, becausetension spring tu mesti lebih tinggi dari jumlah tension tali gitar ni.

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Non-Locking Tremolo System

Locking tremolo, atau Floyd Rose is something else. Since aku selalu

dapat soklan pasal bridge ni, and aku more experienced dengan bridgejenis ni, Ill talk more about it.

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Locking Tremolo System

As you can see, nut dia lepas tuning kena lock pakai allen key. Thisensures that bile pakai tremolo tu, tali punya tension hanya akan

berubah dari bridge sampai ke nut jek. From the nut to the machinehead tak berubah. That way, the tuning will be more consistent. So kalo

pakai tremolo tu extreme gile pon the tuning will be ok. This kind ofbridge is favored by aggressive players I think.

Bridge dia pulak, as you can see, is more complicated than fixed bridgeor non-locking tremolo system. Bridge camni dikira floating, sebab

boleh tekan and boleh tarik. So, when you play a note, you can changethe pitch up or down by using the tremolo bar. And bridge camni, sincecontact point dengan body gitar kurang dari jenis bridge yg lain, soundtransfer to the body isnt so good. Sustain dia pon kurang sket since the

bridge is not rigid.

But thats the least of the problem with this kind of bridge. Kalo nak

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bridge camni, beginners kena amik masa untuk belajar and biasakandengan complications that comes with it. When all the strings are intune, bridge ni mesti parallel dengan body guitar ni. That way you haveclearance to push and pull it. So, nak kasi bridge ni parallel, spring kat

belakang gitar ni mesti diadjust kasi tension dia sama dengan jumlahtension semua tali ni. Because of that, bile ko tukar gauge tali, atauponnak guna alternate tuning ke, you have to readjust the springs. So gitarcamni tak praktikal kalo nak buat main macam-macam tuning. Pick atuning and string gauge, and stick with it. I dont find it so hard toadjust the springs because Ive had this kind of guitar forever. But still,its not worth the effort to play drop-D tuning or something. Kalo ade

banyak guitar thats fine. But dulu aku ade satu gitar jek, for like 10years.

Well, somebody recently brought up pasal device yg membolehkan kita

tukar to drop D quickly. The thing about it is that kalo kat floatingtremolo ni, first kena block dulu tremolo tu. That way tak boleh tarik, it

becomes a one-way tremolo. And then only buleh engage the device tolower the 6th string tension to make it a D instead of E. Kalau tak blockdulu tremolo ni, the tension of the springs will be higher than thecollective tension of the strings. Thatll mess up the tuning of otherstrings.

Lagi satu pasal gitar camni ialah bile tukar tali, kalo tak perlu cabutsemua tali skali gus, DONT. Baik cabut satu tali, pasang tali baru, tune

it. And then repeat for other strings. Lets say ko cabut semua tali tu,pastu tukar semua tali, tune the 6th String. Pastu tune the first string,pastu second string etc. By the time keenam-enam tali dah tune, the 6thstring will be way too flat. Youll have to do it so many times until theyconverge, meaning that the tuning stays the same. Any kind of guitarpon kena buat camtu. But its much harder dengan floating bridge ni.

Intonation pon leceh sket. Nak adjust intonation, kena longgarkan dulusatu tali tu, baru boleh access screw untuk tali tu. I dont wanna go toodeep into this. Lets just say that its not as easy as it is on a Strat.

The last thing pasal locking tremolo ni, kalau beli gitar yg murah tapiade tremolo jenis ni, expect problems. The thing is tremolo camnicomplicated sket. You cant expect cheap guitars tobe equipped withhigh quality bridge.

So, takde satu pon jenis bridge that offers everything. Kalo ade dua gitaryg sama, satu non-locking satu lagi locking tremolo, the locking one willcost more, just because its more complicated to make. But that doesntmean its the best for you. Kalo aku nak beli satu lagi gitar, its gonna be

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a fixed bridge, because I wanna have one like that. Actually sebelum akuangkut JS tu aku memang plan nak angkut fixed bridged guitar. But

because I love the JS so much I just had to get that one instead.

Pickup

Satu lagi soklan yg orang selalu tanye ialah pasal pickup. Generally adedua jenis: Single coil dengan humbucking pickups. Single coil ni macamkat Strat dalam gambar kat atas. Humbucker ni macam dalam gambarlocking tremolo tu.

Gitar Strat traditionally ade 3 single-coil pickups. Gitar jenis superStrat pulak, macam Ibanez RG sometimes ade dua humbucker jek, atau

dua humbucker plus one single coil in the middle.

Which one is better? Its a matter of need and taste.Single coil ni tonedia tend to be brighter and thinner. Kalo main clean or crunch, akumemang suka single coil. Humbucker pulak tone dia fat and heavy.Thats my choice kalo main heavy rhythm or solo. Sometimes aku pakaisingle coil untuk sound heavy yg hollow sket, macam dalam videoSeribu Tahun Takkan Mungkin tu. Dalam post aku sebelum ni pasalPickupsade ade demo sket beza sound dia.

Oh, one thing about single coil is that it tends to be noisier thanhumbucker. Without going too deep into the physics, humbucker nikedua-dua row magnet dia menyebabkan hum tu dicancel. Thatsactually why dorang invent fake single coil macam DiMarzio Area 58aku tu. That way you get the low noise quality of a humbucker, and getthe tone of a single coil.

Single coil ngan humbucker ni configuration pickup tu. There are alsoactive and passive pickup systems. So basically, ko boleh dapat passivesingle coil, passive humbucker, active single coil, active humbucker. Naktau pasal active and passive pegi tengok postPickupstu.

So bila beli gitar, ko kena decide nak pickups yg cammana. Maksud aku,nak yg S-S-S ke, H-H ke, H-S-H ke etc. The thing is, lepas beli gitar tu,nak upgrade single-coil to a better single-coil, or upgrade humbuckerdengan humbucker yg lain senang gak. But nak tukar single-coil tohumbucker, or vice versa is a little more work.

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Recommendation

Gitar ape yg aku recommend? Well, macam yg aku sebut kat atas, itdepends on your needs lah. Kalau minat main style blues ke, maybe aStrat is a good idea. Strats are versatile enough that main rock ponsesuai. Kalau nak main metal ke, shred ke, its probably better to find aguitar thats designed for that, yg ade humbuckers.

If youre looking for a Strat, aku suggest cari Squire. Squire is the

cheaper version of Fender, owned by Fender. Of course Fender knowshow to make good Strats, they invented it.

But kalo nak main rock, I think Id suggest an Ibanez. Ye la, aku ade 3Ibanez, I may be biased. But Ibanez is known to give you more value for

your money. Ibanez takde legendary status macam Fender or Gibson,but they make quality guitars for reasonable price.

But the best suggestion I can give you is to try them. Survey gitar-gitaryg within your budget, try them. Aku memang pentingkan comfort. You

have to feel comfortable playing the guitar. And you want to findsomething that makes you wanna keep playing. Sebab aku try la akufound out that Gibson Les Paul isnt for me. Everybody loves that guitar.But bile aku try sendiri, I like something else better. Maybe someday Ill

buy it for the sake of luxury, but its not what I need right now. Macamyg aku sebut sebelum ni, its not about what other people like. You haveto like it. Consider la orang lain punya review, but remember that notevery opinion is applicable to you. Selera lain lain.

Bab harga pulak, try spend more than RM1000. Kalau ko absolutebeginner, tak reti langsung main, you probably shouldnt spend thatmuch. But kalo dah reti gak, please spend more than RM1000. Its reallynot much. Aku ulang balik ape aku sebut dalam first post in this series.Think about what you spend on other stuff. Ko ade BlackBerry oriPhone or other smartphones? How much are those? In 5 years are youstill gonna use the same phone? Confirm tak. Sebulan bape ringgit abiskat bill? And phone mahal-mahal, bill tinggi sume, if you spend a lot oftime with your phone, will you be a better, more charismatic speaker? Idoubt it. But if you spend a lot of time on a good guitar, it is very likelythat youll be a better guitarist. Aku bukan nak masuk campur halkewangan korang. Just pointing out something worth considering.

And aku bukan nak cakap jangan beli iPhone or something. If you like

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those stuff and you have the money, go ahead. You know your priorities.Nak tau aku pakai phone ape? Bertaun-taun aku pakai Samsung cabok

yg dapat free with phone plan. Stok buat baling anjing punya (pleasedont abuse animals). Pastu taun lepas baru tukar Nokia 5310, tu pondapat free gak. Can I afford the latest iPhone? Yes. Can I afford to switchfrom one cool phone to another every 6 months? Yes. But thats not mypriority. I dont need to watch a movie on my phone, thats what my TVis for. I dont need internet everywhere I go, Im at home a lot. Id ratherspend my money on good guitars. You dont have to follow me, follow

your priorities. ;)

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