Kamis, 24 Februari 2011

sejarah gitar acoustic

Gitar adalah suatu alat musik tradisional Spanyol sehingga dipercaya bahwa alat musik petik ini berasal dari spanyol. Tapi ada juga yang mengatakan bahwa sejarah gitar dimulai jauh sebelum Masehi yaitu pada jaman Babilonia. Pada awalnya alat musik ini bentuknya kecil dan memiliki empat dawai yang masing – masing berpasangan.

Selama jaman Renaissance, alat musik gitar tidak populer dan tidak diminati masyarakat. Namun setelah Alonso Mudarra mulai memperkenalkan alat musik ini melalui karya-karyanya maka dengan segera orang-orang mulai tertarik untuk mendengarkan dan memainkan gitar. Dan pada saat itu gitar mulai populer dikalangan masyarakat.

Pada abad 17 atau periode Baroque dawai (string) gitar ditambahkan menjadi lima yang masing-masing berpasangan, ini memungkinkan para pemain memainkan musik yang lebih kompleks dan luas.

Pada akhir abad 17 dua perubahan penting dibuat pada alat musik ini yaitu:
1.sebelumnya tiap-tiap dawai berpasangan (ganda) maka sekarang digantikan oleh senar tunggal.
2.sebelumnya memiliki lima senar maka sekarang ditambahkan menjadi 6 senar tunggal yang dipakai hingga hari ini.

Periode klasik sekitar tahun 1750-1775 banyak melahirkan komposer-komposer gitar terkenal diantaranya Fernando Sor, Mauro Giuliani, Matteo Carcassi, D. Aguado dan Fernando Carulli. Mereka menulis musik dan sering mengadakan konser-konser gitar di berbagai tempat.

Pada saat itu gitar sangat populer dan diminati setiap orang.

Pada akhir abad 19 instrumen gitar mengalami penurunan dan banyak orang tidak mengenal alat musik ini, tapi kemudian di populerkan kembali oleh Francisco Tarrega yang adalah komposer besar gitar klasik. Banyak karya-karya musiknya menjadi sangat terkenal antara lain: Recuerdos de la Alhambra, Estudio Brillante, Capricho Arabe dan masih banyak lagi.

Ia juga banyak menulis dan menyusun suatu metode/sistem untuk pengajaran gitar dan metode pengajarannya ini menjadi standar pengajaran pada pelajaran gitar klasik sampai sekarang. Ia juga banyak mengajar dan tidak sedikit dari muridnya yang menjadi komposer besar seperti dirinya diantaranya adalah Miguel Liobet.


berikut gambar gitar sejak awal dibuat.
awalnya gitar dibuat pada 4 senar, seiring perkembangan dan kebutuhan nada yang tinggi maka gitar dikembangkan dengan memperbanyak senar (string), hingga pada saat ini gitar yang kitas kenal menggunakan 6 senar (string) atau gitar antonio torres.

 Pada tahun 1946 dawai/senar gitar yang sebelumnya terbuat dari Gut (tali yang terbuat dari usus binatang) digantikan dengan dawai yang terbuat dari nylon (string nylon). Dengan memakai string nylon maka suara yang dihasilkan lebih besar dan lebih bagus.

Alat musik gitar terus berkembang sampai sekarang dan sudah menjadi instrumen dunia. Jumlah para pemain, pengajar, komposer, dan pembuat gitar saat ini sangat banyak, sekolah-sekolah dan tempat kursus gitar juga mudah ditemui disetiap tempat bahkan sekarang juga terdapat majalah-majalah yang khusus membahas tentang gitar. Karena perkembangan ilmu dan teknologi begitu pesat, instrumen gitar juga terkena imbasnya dan sekarang kita telah mengenal yang namanya Gitar Listrik (Electric Guitar).

yamaha APX 500, (acoustic elektrik)


Merk:Yamaha
Tipe produk:APX-500
Harga sekitar Rp 1.592.000

If you're looking for a guitar with fantastic tone at a reasonable price, the APX500 is your choice. The cheapest of the three new APX guitars sports a spruce top and Nato back and sides, and comes in five amazing color variations. As for cosmetics, the APX500 features a beautiful mother-of-pearl sound hole ring inlay, white fingerboard binding, white/black body binding, mother-of-pearl APX & Yamaha headstock logos and position markers. The model features a revamped version of the tried and true System55T. This is a 1-way piezo pickup system that comes with a 3-band EQ and built-in tuner.


Specifications
Top : Spruce
Sides / Back : Nato
Neck : Nato / 22 Frets
Scale : 650mm
Fingerboard : Rosewood
Bridge : Rosewood
Pickups : System 55TA
Controls : 3-Band EQ, Volume, Tuner
Machine Heads : Chrome
Colours : Natural, Old Violin Sunburst, Dark Red Burst, Oriental Blue Bust, Black
Finish : Hi-gloss

Rabu, 23 Februari 2011

Agile AL-2000



This guitar (Agile AL-2000 Wide with a Rootbeer finish) as many people probably can guess is a Les Paul copy. I'll give you a moment to let that sink in and those of you who are now biased can go read another review. The guitar is made with quality materials, and craftsman ship. Though its a Les Paul Copy it can beat any Epiphone like it were a red-headed step child. I'd say Gibson is the only one who could make a Les Paul of this quality. Here are the actual specs.

# Real Flame Maple top and single cutaway solid Mahogany arch top body
# High quality wax potted ceramic humbucker pickups
# Full body and neck binding
# Set-in Maple neck with Rosewood fretboard and trapezodial inlays
# 22 Jumbo 2.7mm frets and a 13.7" (350mm) radius neck for fast play
# Grover Die Cast tuners
# Two volume & two tone controls and a 3-way pickup selector Switch help you find your sound
# Stop-Bar tailpiece transfers string vibration to the body of the guitar and produces superior sustain
# Amber Flame Finish
# Made in Korea
# Width of the neck at the nut: 1 5/8"; at the 22st fret: 2 3/16"
# Neck Taper is 21.5 mm at the 1st fret and 23.5 mm at the 12th fret
# Thickness of neck at the first fret approx 11/16"
# Overall length, including the strap button: 40"; Scale length: 24.7"
# Bridge pole spacing is 3", and the Tail piece pole spacing is 3 1/4"
# Width at the widest point: 13"
# Body thickness 2" at edge
# Actual Weight is only 10 lbs

What makes the quality of this instrument so high is the fact that it is made in Korea (I hope south Korea). Does that mean its a bad guitar? Hardly. Epiphone Les Pauls are made in either Korea or China and yet nobody seems to realize that. // 9
Sound: I play a fairly wide range of rock music. I play 3DG, Metallica, SOAD, Papa Roach, Seether, Manson, and Disturbed. It handles them all very well. I'm sure it could handle anything within reason. Classic rock should be no problem on this thing and neither should blues. This is the link to a very bluesy sounding player. (This is not me) // 10


Action, Fit & Finish: When I got this guitar it was set up pretty well for a mailed item. It was actually in tune and the action was set low which I like. There was a small amount of fret buzz toward the lower notes, which would the the higher frets (1st and 2nd or so) to any new players. Otherwise the thing shined and played great right out of the box. // 8

Reliability & Durability: I cannot express how much I love this thing. It is pretty solid and heavy which suggest that it could withstand some abuse. I do my best to keep any kind of harm coming to it, as I do with all my guitars. With that said some mishaps have happened, the strap fell off (I'm getting some strap locks soon) which caused it to fall a short distance to the floor (which was hardwood). After some polish and buffing though you can't see a scratch on it. Its got Grover tuners which I've stated above, which means the thing stays in tune! Though I'm sure they're the cheaper versions that grover has to offer they are none the less great in quality. Everything on it seems solid and great. I haven't had any problems with it and unlike some of the more expensive Epi lp's this copy doesn't have any pickup switching issues or anything. // 10

Impression: I've been playing guitar to long to suck as much as I do lol, but long enough to know quality when I see it. Just around 5 years. My previous guitars include an ESP LTD EC-200Qm, an ESP LTD EX-50, a Epiphone Les Paul 100, and a Squire Bullet. Hands down its better than all of them. The EC-200Qm had non active EMG's in it and I think this thing does a better job replicating some Metallica riffs. I did look up alot of reviews and video prior to purchasing this guitar so I was well informed and felt very confident in my choice. For a relatively unkown brand you'll find alot of information about them. I got mine in a root beer finish and a wide neck and everytime I pick it up I take a minute just to admire how pretty the thing is. With those Les Paul curves I'm wondering why I keep my wife around... lol. For I think like $75 more you can get a tremelo bar with a floyd rose, but for me I like it the way it is. // 10