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What is a boutique guitar?

Defining Boutique. As a rule of thumb, a boutique guitar company would be one that does not mass produce instruments in large quantities. Typically, these builders are making guitars one at a time, or in very small runs.

Do bass players use the pentatonic scale?

A pentatonic scale is a five-tone scale. … This scale is very versatile, is easy to play on the bass, and contains a very pleasing-to-hear group of notes. That’s why it is such a commonly used scale.

Which acoustic guitar has the widest nut?

Classical guitars have the widest nut of any six-string acoustic guitar. They tend to come in at 2 inches wide. Even 12-string guitar nuts are shorter than classical guitars. 12-string nuts tend to be about 1.87 inches in width.

What guitars have a 24 inch scale?

Fender does have short-scale models – namely the Jaguar, Mustang, and Duo-Sonic (which we review below) – which are all 24″. The interesting thing is the Gibson full-length guitars are shorter by default.

What is it called when you slap the guitar strings?

In this lesson we’ll go over what is commonly referred to as the strum slap (… or “slap strum,” “acoustic slap,” “percussive guitar technique,” or “percussive slap” – while googling the interweb, I discovered about 5 different names for this technique, so we’ll just keep it simple and call it a “slap” from here on).