Bucking - Bucking is characterized by the cancellation of one frequency component or signal by another signal that has the equal amount of amplitude but an opposite polarity.
Capo - Short for capotasto, a Capo is a moveable bar that is attached to the finger board of any fretted instrument which allows the pitch of all of the strings to be uniformly raised.
Compensation - When it comes to the guitar, compensation refers to the increase in the tension of the string which occurs when a string is pressed down to the fret board. This causes the fretted note to be slightly sharper in comparison to the open string note.
Compressor - Compressors are devices that reduce the dynamic range of audio signals after first establishing a threshold.
Damping - When it comes to physics, damping relates to the decrease in the amplitude of a wave, whether it is represented mechanically or electrically. In acoustic instruments the mechanical context is that which is referred to when the vibration of strings on a guitar, bass, piano or similar instrument is dampened or reduced.
Dreadnought - This is a word that was once used to describe large-sized acoustic guitars that offered formidable volume in conjunction with booming bass sound.
Fingerboard - This is a thin piece of wood that forms the guitar neck's smooth playing surface on stringed musical instruments like the violin, the guitar and the bass, against which the strings are pressed when the instrument is played. Some fingerboards are fretless, such as with the violin, while others are fretted, such as with guitars, banjos and other similar instruments. Fingerboards are most commonly constructed from wood like ebony and rosewood or other dark woods like maple.
Fret - This is a bar or a ridge that is usually made of metal and stretches across the fingerboard or the neck of a musical instrument. When the string is stopped or pressed by a finger at the point of the metal bar, a note of the desired pitch will be produced.
Half Step - A half step is the smallest commonly used musical distinction interval in most forms of western music. Octaves are divided into twelve of these intervals.
Harmonic - In audio, a harmonic is the opposite of a fundamental. Harmonics are waveforms that are multiples of their fundamental frequencies.
Headstock - This is the part of the guitar at the other end from the body. The headstock is used to support the mechanical assemblies that are used to wind the strings on the instrument, although sometimes the winding is done at the bridge of the guitar.
Hi-Z - This refers to high impedance.
Hum - The hum is a low pitched noise that is undesired when it can be heard in an audio signal.
Humbucker - This is a type of guitar pickup that sports two coils of wire and two magnets, rather than a traditional single coil pickup. The humbucker was designed so that the two coils of wire are out of polarity with one another, and each is wound around a magnet featuring an opposite polarity.
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