Talk:Acoustic-electric guitar

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Wrong title[edit]

An acoustic-electric guitar is a hollow-body.

An electric-acoustic guitar is a regular acoustic guitar with a pickup.

This article has the wrong title.Martin Turner (talk) 21:19, 27 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Using an elecoustic guitar question[edit]

Should an elecoustic guitar be plugged into the mixer direct, or is it better to use a guitar amp in the middle? I didn't have much luck getting it to sound right going direct to mixer, not sure if I was doing something wrong!

Yehuda2001 (talk) 02:53, 5 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Picture could be improved[edit]

The picture on this article doesn't really show the amplification system; it just looks like an acoustic guitar with a wire in the middle. I'm going to change it unless anybody objects. Megacellist (talk) 15:36, 29 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Just did exactly this. Megacellist (talk) 00:52, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Usage[edit]

"They are commonly used in folk and sometimes classical music" - just a thought: they are even more commonly used in Rock, Pop and Country music. Maybe it would be better to emphasize the "on stage" angle, since micing an acoustic guitar in a live situation is a lot of trouble. Although pickups will also be used in the studio. What do you think? Mikadokratie (talk) 08:49, 29 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to add a history section[edit]

This article does an adequate job describing what an Acoustic-Electric guitar is, but it doesn't provide any history on how the acoustic-electric guitar came to be, and how it evolved separately from the solid body electric guitar. Therefore I propose adding a section that elaborates on the history of the Acoustic-Electric Guitar. Lyingninjaking (talk) 05:27, 20 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I Have created and finished my history section, in it I added where the Acoustic-Electric guitar originated from and who it was invented by. As well provided examples of early Acoustic-Electric guitars and Electric pickups. Lyingninjaking (talk) 05:54, 20 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Moving the brief mention of history into my history section[edit]

I am going to be moving the section of the original article's summary of the Acoustic-Electric guitar where it mentions some early history and experiments attempting to amplify an acoustic guitar into the history section I have created. The part I am going to be moving is "Various experiments at electrically amplifying the vibrations of a string instrument date back to the early part of the twentieth century. Patents from the 1910s show telephone transmitters adapted and placed inside violins and banjos to amplify the sound. Hobbyists in the 1920s used carbon button microphones attached to the bridge, but these detected vibration from the bridge on top of the instrument, the resulting signal was weak.[1]." As well I am deleting the sentence where it says "Commercially produced jazz guitars from the 1940s on were most commonly hollow body guitars with pickups." because with my reorganization it makes this sentence seem out of context. Lyingninjaking (talk) 05:35, 20 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

untitled[edit]

1. Does each sentence of the proposed edit lead back to a reliable source for a reference or citation? If not, point out which ones do not, and how they need to be fixed.

Yes, the sentences each have their own citation.

2. Is any of the language that the edit uses subjective or not-neutral? For example, "most popular pop singer" is a subjective criteria that is not neutral. However, "winner of 10 Grammy awards", when backed up by a reliable source, is acceptable as it makes use of verifiable information.

The information is straightforward and does not seem to suggest any subjectivity.

3. Does the language contain contains unsourced opinions and value statements, which are not neutral and should be removed? For example, instead of saying: “She was the best singer,” the text should say: “She had 14 number one hits, more than any other singer.” I would say when he said “Many different people had ideas for ineffective electric pickups to amplify the acoustic guitar; However, the first person to create the modern electric pickup for the acoustic is a tad bit subjective and deserves more specification. Maybe you should popular figures that had ideas or different strategies to amplify the acoustic guitar.

4. Does the information the student has added to the article add up to approximately 250 words or a full paragraph with at least 6 sentences of thorough content and do you see a minimum of four references added?

Yes, the information is plenty and thorough. The references are present.

C goes above and beyond and adds at least 12 sentences.

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