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TATTOO DESIGNS & SYMBOLS - GUITAR TATTOOS
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As a musical instrument the guitar has a history which goes back
nearly three thousand years. Guitars come in two varieties, the
first of which is the acoustical guitar having a flat-backed rounded
body that narrows in the middle, a long fretted neck, and usually
six strings, played by strumming or plucking. The body of an
acoustic guitar is hollow and the sound is produced by the
reverberations of sound produced when the strings vibrate.
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An electric guitar usually has a solid body with a device known as a
pickup - a magnet surrounded by wire - which picks up the vibrations
of the guitar strings and sends them to an amplifier which is then
sent to the
speakers where they are converted into sound.
A Guitar tattoo design is a favorite of musicians, with designs of
electrical guitars far out-numbering their acoustical brethren.
Electric guitars tend to be more popular with rock musicians,
acoustic guitars with Country & Western music enthusiasts and
classical musicians, and lovers of Folk Music and Flamenco. |
Similar in nature but with very different sounds, are musical
instruments like the lute and the banjo. These instruments speak to
the long and romantic history of troubadours and musicians, who
often lived a nomadic existence traveling between country and market
fairs all over the world when not performing in the courts of the
nobility or the taverns and meeting places of the local people.
In times without literature, or places without books and an educated
audience, musicians had a rich repertoire of songs and stories that
told the histories of their peoples and cultures. A musician's life
has never been an easy one, but it has long symbolized freedom and a
love of music, poetry and the romance and adventure of the open
road.
Guitar Tattoos
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