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Valve Valve amp Veneer Vibrato Vibrato bar Vibrato bar bends Vibrato springs Vibrato system Vintage voicings Violining Volume control Volume swell |
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| Valve | Another term for electron vacuum tube |
Valve |
An amp that, instead of transistors, uses circuitry in conjunction with electron vacuum tubes. Syn - Tube amp |
| Veneer | A thin slice of wood that is used to cover a surface to create the impression of 'solid wood construction' |
| Vibrato | A wavering sound produced by shivering a fretted note up and down rapidly Full article on Vibrato |
| Vibrato bar |
The removable metal bar that can be attached to the bridge. The bar is depressed to cause a drop in pitch and raised to cause a jump up in pitch. Also can be used for vibrato. Syn - Whammy bar and Tremolo bar |
| Vibrato bar bend |
A technique where a note is sounded then the vibrato bar is raised/lowered to bend the note to the desired pitch Syn - Whammy bar bends and Tremolo bar bends |
| Vibrato springs | Springs attached to the bridge that counter the pull of the Vibrato bar. They can be located in a cavity in the back of the guitar. |
| Vibrato system | The method in which a vibrato bar is attached to the guitar. The two dominant methods are the locking tremolo system and the 'normal' fixed bridge system. |
| Vintage | A guitar that was made roughly between mid 1940's and the 1970's may be considered vintage, however there is no precise definition of 'vintage'. Vintage guitars may have hand built, single piece bodies and may include woods that are not often used today (Brazilian rosewood). |
| Voicings | Alternative formations of a specific chord. For example, the open C major chord and the C major barre chord contain the same notes but in a different voicing. |
| Violining | Another term for volume swell Full article on Volume swells |
| Volume control | A knob found on the body of the guitar that controls the signal level being sent to the amplifier. Some guitars have a separate volume control for each pickup but not many. Full article on Amplifiers |
| Volume swell | A technique where the guitars volume control is used to 'fade in' whilst playing a note or riff. A common technique involves having the pinkie of the picking hand wrapped around the volume control to allow the rest of the hand free to pluck the strinsgs. Syn - Violining |