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1.) No More Virgins Left in Orange County
2.) Matt Costa Models Oliver Peoples Eyewear
3.) Listen to the Band: My Hollow Drum
4.) LMFAO brings Golden Era party rap to OC/LB
5.) LowBallVideoChatter: Fear, "Fuck Christmas"
6.) Metalocalypse Season 2 on DVD Today
7.) Album Review: Akon, 'Freedom'
8.) Another Show Announcement! Britney Spears in Anaheim
9.) The Pretenders Coming to House of Blues in March
10.) Snoop Dogg, Of Montreal Coming to Glass House
11.) LowBallVideoChatter: Rick Springfield, "Mission: Magic"
12.) Free Crap That Came In The Mail: Switchfoot, 'The Best Yet'
13.) Tim and Eric Coming to the Glass House Jan. 16!
14.) LowBallVideoChatter: Midnight Hour, "Running Away"
15.) Electrik Fridays at Alebrije are less than shocking
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A guitar is a musical instrument characterized by its visually dominant body and neck. Guitar strings are strung parallel to the neck, whose surface is covered by the fingerboard (fretboard). By depressing a string against the fingerboard, the effective length of a string can be altered, which in turn changes the frequency at which the string will vibrate when plucked. Guitarists typically use one hand to pluck the strings and the other to depress the strings against the fingerboard. The strings may be plucked using either fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick), thus creating the sound of notes or chords. The strings of a guitar produce little sound by themselves. Instead, their vibration must be amplified to audibly useful levels. In general, this amplication is achieved either mechanically or electronically, with the result being that there are two main categories of guitar: acoustic (mechanical amplification) and electric (electronic amplification).




