Burns Electric Guitars

Burns Electric Guitars

An electric guitar is an instrument that converts string vibrations into electric signals through the use of pickups. Different body and pickup styles produce a wide array of resonance, tones and vibrations. When choosing your Burns guitar, consider the body types, pickup styles, and body materials.

• Solid: This is the most common type of electric guitar body. It is made from a single piece of wood and weighs the most of all guitar bodies. It's not as resonant as other types.
• Semi-hollow: This Burns guitar body has more resonance than the solid guitar body, but less than the hollow one. It features a solid center block of wood with hollow sides that reduce weight. It is played in a variety of different music styles.
• Hollow: These electric guitar bodies are completely hollow, like acoustic guitars. They produce the most resonance and feedback of all body types. Hollow body guitars are preferred by jazz and blues players.

• Single-coil: This Burns pickup is made from a single magnet with a thin wire wrapped around it. That creates a magnetic field that amplifies the string vibrations into an electronic signal.
• Humbucker: These pickups were designed to eliminate humming. They have two single-coils wound together that magnetically face in opposite directions. Humbucker pickups have a louder tone than that of a single-coil instrument.
• Piezo: These pickups utilize mechanical vibrations instead of magnets to convert sounds into electric currents. They provide a tone similar to that of an acoustic guitar. Piezo pickups can also mimic digital sounds similar to those of electric keyboards.

• Mahogany: This wood is very strong and dense. It emphasizes the midrage bass frequencies and provides a smooth guitar tone. It is not used in fretboards or necks because they need harder wood for support.
• Maple: Most commonly used in Burns guitar necks and fretboards due to its density, maple wood has very detailed grain patterns. It is usually covered in laminate to show detail and keep the sound pure.
• Ash: This common body material for Burns guitars is harder than mahogany. Ash is resonant. It is often covered with a transparent finish.
• Alder: Usually light tan in color, alder wood sounds similar to ash. It’s typically found in solid body electric guitars and covered with an opaque finish.