Kika uila - nā ʻāpana a me nā hana
ʻAʻole he ʻāpana lāʻau wale nō ke kīkā uila. Paʻakikī loa ka hana ʻana o kēia mea kani. E kūkākūkā au i nā mea e pili ana i ke kani a me ka ʻoluʻolu o ka pāʻani.
ʻO nā mea hoʻololi
E hoʻomaka kākou me nā ʻohi. He ʻāpana koʻikoʻi lākou o ke kīkā uila no ka mea hoʻomaikaʻi iā lākou e hoʻouna ke kīkā i kahi hōʻailona i ka amplifier. Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā pickups i hoʻokahi-coil (hoʻokahi) a me nā humbuckers. ʻO ka hoʻopuka maʻalahi, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kani ʻana o nā mea hoʻokahi a ʻeleʻele nā humbuckers. Ma waho aʻe o kēlā, ʻo nā kāne hoʻokahi, ʻoi aku ka ikaika o ka distortion, hum (hana lākou i kahi kani mau, makemake ʻole ʻia). ʻAʻole loaʻa kēia drawback i nā Humbuckers. Makemake au e kuhikuhi i kekahi mea ʻē aʻe e pili ana i ke kūkulu ʻana i ke kīkā ponoʻī. No ka laʻana, inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi kīkā me ʻekolu mau puʻupuʻu, ʻoi aku ka nui o ʻekolu mau puka hoʻokahi i loko o ke kino. Inā makemake ʻoe e hoʻokomo i kahi humbucker maʻamau ma lalo o ke alahaka, no ka laʻana, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hana me ka ʻole o kahi groove hou i loko o ke kino, he pilikia loa. ʻOiaʻiʻo, hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokomo i kahi humbucker kūikawā kūikawā ma laila, akā naʻe, e kani iki ke kani ma mua o ka mea me ka nui maʻamau.
He mea kūpono ke hoʻololi i nā transducers, ʻoiai inā ʻaʻole i hoʻokō nā mea i hoʻokomo ʻia i ka hale hana i kā mākou mau manaʻo sonic. Hiki i nā pickups mai nā mea hana kaulana ke hoʻololi loa i ke kani o kekahi kīkā. Inā paha iā mākou ʻo Les Paul a makemake mākou e pāʻani metala. ʻO ka Les Paul kahi kīkā maʻalahi loa a maikaʻi no ka metala. ʻO kā mākou kumu hoʻohālike, aia nā transducers me ka mana hoʻopuka haʻahaʻa. Hiki iā mākou ke pani iā lākou me nā mea i ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe. A laila e ʻoi aku ka ikaika o kā mākou kīkā ma ke kahawai distortion. He kūlana ʻokoʻa. E manaʻo mākou he Flying V kā mākou me nā pickups ikaika loa, a makemake mākou e kani maikaʻi kā mākou kīkā i ka blues (Ua hoʻohana ʻia ʻo Flying V, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, e ke kanaka bluesman koʻikoʻi ʻo Albert King). Ua lawa ia e hoʻololi iā lākou me nā mea me ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa. Ua like ia me ke kani, eia wale nō mākou e heluhelu i ka wehewehe ʻana o nā mea hoʻololi i kau ʻia e nā mea hana. Inā nalowale ka lalo, koho mākou i ka transducer me ka wehewehe ʻana LOW: 8, MID: 5, HIGH: 5 (ʻokoʻa paha nā kaha).
laau
E neʻe kākou i ka pilikia lāʻau. ʻO ka mea i hana ʻia ai ke kino kīkā he mana koʻikoʻi i ke kani. Inā mākou e ʻimi nei i ke kaulike ma nā pūʻulu a pau, e koho kākou i kahi alder. Inā ʻoluʻolu ke ʻano o ka "bele" a me ka bass paʻakikī a me ka waena, ka lehu a i ʻole ka maple māmā. Hoʻoikaika ka linden i ka midrange, aʻo ka poplar e hana like, e hoʻonui iki i ka bass. Hoʻoikaika nui ka Mahogany a me ka aghatis i ka lalo a me ka waena.
He liʻiliʻi ka hopena o ka lāʻau o ka fingerboard i ke kani. ʻOi aku ka māmā o ka maple ma mua o ka rosewood. Eia naʻe, ʻokoʻa ka manaʻo ʻana iā lākou ma ke kaomi ʻana i nā kaula i ka manamana lima o kekahi ʻano lāʻau i hāʻawi ʻia, akā he mea nui loa ia. ʻO kahi koho hoihoi ʻo ka fingerboard ebony. Manaʻo ʻia ka lāʻau ebony he ʻano lāʻau nani.
Beaker
ʻO ka mea mua, pili ka lōʻihi o ka unahi i ka pili ʻana o nā paepae i kekahi i kekahi. Ma nā kīkā me kahi pālākiō pōkole, ʻoi aku ka pili o nā frets ma mua o nā kīkā me kahi unahi lōʻihi. Ma waho aʻe o kēia, ʻoi aku ka mahanahana o nā kīkā me ka unahi pōkole, a ʻoi aku ke kani ʻana o nā mea ʻoi aku ka "bele". Ma nā kīkā me ka pālākiō pōkole, pono ʻoe e hoʻokomo i nā kaula mānoanoa ma mua o nā kīkā me kahi unahi lōʻihi, no ka mea ʻoi aku ka pōkole o ka unahi, ʻoi aku ka palupalu o nā kaula, pono e uku ʻia e ko lākou mānoanoa. ʻO ia ke kumu i ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o nā kīkā ʻehiku a i ʻole nā hiʻohiʻona i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i nā kani haʻahaʻa, no ka mea, ʻoi aku ka puna o nā kaula mānoanoa o ia mau kī.
ʻUkuhi manamana lima
ʻO kahi ʻāpana koʻikoʻi no ka ʻoluʻolu o ka pāʻani ʻana ʻo ka radius fingerboard. ʻO nā radius liʻiliʻi, e like me nā mea i loaʻa i nā kīkā Fender (7,25 "a me 9,5"), ʻoluʻolu loa i ka pāʻani mele. Hiki iaʻu ke hana maʻalahi iā lākou, e laʻa me nā pā paʻa. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, hoʻomaʻamaʻa nā manamana lima me ka radius nui aʻe i ka pāʻani alakaʻi, ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki loa, ʻo ia ke kumu i kapa ʻia ai nā kīkā me kēlā mau manamana lima he mau kī "racing". ʻO ka nui o ka radius, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka heihei ʻana o ke kīkā.
ki
ʻAʻole pono e hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia kēia mau ʻāpana o ke kīkā. ʻO lākou ke kuleana no ke kani ʻana o ka mea kani. I kekahi manawa ua hoʻokomo ʻia ka guitar me nā kī maikaʻi ʻole. Ua hōʻole paha nā kī i ka hana ma muli o ka ʻaʻahu a me ka waimaka. Eia nō naʻe, inā ʻaʻole lākou e paʻa maikaʻi, mai kānalua e hoʻololi iā lākou. ʻAʻole paʻakikī ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā kī a kōkua pinepine. Pono nā kī paʻa e noʻonoʻo. ʻOi aku ke kumukūʻai ma mua o nā mea maʻamau no ka mea he ʻano laka lākou e hiki ai ke hoʻopaʻa i nā kaula i ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi.
alahaka
I kēia manawa, ʻo ka mea kaulana loa he 3 ʻano o nā alahaka: paʻa, hoʻokahi ʻaoʻao hiki ke neʻe a ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua hiki ke hoʻoneʻe me kahi noho paʻa (me Floyd Rose). Hiki i kēlā me kēia ʻano alahaka ke hāʻule, no laila pono e nānā inā ʻaʻole ʻo ia ke alahaka e hoʻopau ai ke kīkā. ʻO ka manawa pinepine, ʻo ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke alahaka ʻaʻole wale e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka lōʻihi o ka paʻa ʻana o ka mea kani, akā hoʻonui pū i ke kākoʻo. I ka hihia o nā mea hoʻoneʻe ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, hiki i nā alahaka ke hoʻohana wiwo ʻole i ka lever me ka hopohopo ʻole e pili ana i ka detachment.
paepae hale
Hiki i nā paepae ke ʻano like ʻole. Mahalo i nā frets nui, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana i ka ikaika liʻiliʻi e hoʻopaʻa i nā kaula, a hoʻomaikaʻi i nā frets liʻiliʻi, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa ka manaʻo no ka manamana lima. He kumuhana kumuhana. ʻO kēlā me kēia paepae, ua pau i ka wā. E ʻimi i nā hōʻailona e hōʻike ana ua pau nā frets. ʻO ka pinepine, ʻoiai ke hoʻonohonoho pono ʻana o ka pālākiō (ʻokoʻa ke kani ʻana o ke kaula kaʻawale a me ka fret ʻumikūmālua ma o ka octave), me nā frets kahiko, ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o nā kani ma nā fret haʻahaʻa. I nā kūlana koʻikoʻi, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā lua i nā sills. A laila pono loa e wili a pani paha iā lākou. ʻAʻole pono ke hoʻokani maikaʻi i kahi mea kani ke hāʻule nā frets. ʻO ia ke kumu nui loa.
Loaʻa
Nui nā ʻāpana o ke kīkā uila e pili ana i ke kani a me ka ʻoluʻolu o ka pāʻani. Pono ʻoe e hoʻolohe i kēlā me kēia ʻāpana o ke kīkā, no ka mea, ʻo lākou a pau e hana i kahi mea kani e hiki ai iā mākou ke hoʻopuka i kā mākou leo punahele.