That you clip onto your fretboard. What are they called, and what do they do? I believe they change the key, but I may be wrong. Also, there's a guitar I fancy at the local shop, it's electric, but is a bit thicker and has little slits cut into it, and a hollow center. I've seen the Beatles use the like, and wondered what this type of guitar is called, and if it's used for anything special, or if its just for general use. EDIT: Like this, only with better coloring.
the clip on thing is called a K-po. Not sure about the spelling but that's how it's pronounced. I've heard the kind of guitar you're talking about called a "hollow body". Not sure what their made for specifically.
FRETS.COMIllustrated Glossary An electric guitar style Hollow Body Electric Guitar © Frank Ford, 2/7/01; Photos by FF Some dedicated electric guitars have bodies that look much like acoustic guitars, but are generally much thinner, front to back: This is a double cutaway hollow body electric. Yes, it does have a bit more of an acoustic "voice," but it is considered strictly an electric guitar. The hollow body contributes a good deal of tone "color" to the amplified sound. Like most hollow body electrics, this one is quite shallow: An electric jazz guitar with a body depth the same as an acoustic may be referred to as having a "full body" or "deep body."
A capo is used to change the key. It's mostly used on acoustics. Kinda works in place of barre chords.
exactly- but better then barre chords because you can then use open chord formations to play different chords then you would open- for instance, it is pretty much impossible to play an open c or an open g barred at the 5th fret, but a capo makes that all possible...
I think you're referring to George Harrison's Gretsch Tenessee Rose/Tennesean... or John Lennon's Epiphone Casino.
Well, it could have been one of John's Rickenbackers you were referring to, as well... I know George used primarily, strats, a Gretsch 62 Ebony, a Gretsch 6128 Duo Jet, a Rickenbacker 360/12, a Rickenbacker 325, anddd, as I said, the Gretsch Tennesseean, which eventually became the Gretsch Tennessee Rose. John used a few cheapo guitars in his early days... Hofners, a '58 Rickenbacker 325 Capri (with a Bigsby B-5 vibrato), an Epiphone Casino, and a '64 Rickenbacker 325 in Jetglo black.
