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Summary

This is a picture of two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:electric_guitar" class="extiw" title="w:en:electric guitar">electric guitars</a>. At left is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Star_(guitar)#Rosa_Hurricane" class="extiw" title="w:en:Star (guitar)">Rosa Hurricane</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:solid_body" class="extiw" title="w:en:solid body">solid body</a>, date and country of manufacture unknown. Two high-output <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:humbucker" class="extiw" title="w:en:humbucker">humbuckers</a>, conventional three-position pickup change switch, passive volume and tone controls, built to be played loud to extremely loud and dirty. Originally equipped with a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Stratocaster" class="extiw" title="w:en:Stratocaster">Stratocaster</a> style <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:tremolo_arm" class="extiw" title="w:en:tremolo arm">tremolo arm</a>, this particular instrument has been converted to hard-tail ("blocked") which has improved tuning stability and provided even more sustain. This is an entry level student instrument, with good quality no-brand machine heads and pickups, and this example was originally sold with a major manufacturing defect, now corrected. The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.warmoth.com/guitar/bodies/bodies.cfm">body shape</a> of the Rosa is one of several known as <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.warmoth.com/guitar/bodies/radical.cfm?fuseaction=star">star</a>. It possibly originated at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Jackson_Guitars" class="extiw" title="w:en:Jackson Guitars">Jackson Guitars</a> and if so may be designed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Rob_Cavestany" class="extiw" title="w:en:Rob Cavestany">Rob Cavestany</a>, see <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.jcguitars.com/stardeath.htm">http://www.jcguitars.com/stardeath.htm</a> for some details and images. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Washburn_Guitars" class="extiw" title="w:en:Washburn Guitars">Washburn Guitars</a> have from time to time produced a superficially similar star body, but with an extended lower horn at the tailpiece end, similar in this respect to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Gibson_Flying_V" class="extiw" title="w:en:Gibson Flying V">Gibson Flying V</a>, and which favours the standing position for playing. On the other hand, despite its extreme looks the Rosa is an extremely playable shape both sitting and standing. Rosa is probably a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:house_brand" class="extiw" title="w:en:house brand">house brand</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Australia" class="extiw" title="w:en:Australia">Australian</a> musical instrument importer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Rose_Music" class="extiw" title="w:en:Rose Music">Rose Music</a>. At right is a 1969 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Maton" class="extiw" title="w:en:Maton">Maton</a> Freshman <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:archtop" class="extiw" title="w:en:archtop">archtop</a>. Two single pole pickups, similar passive electrics to the Rosa, built for low to moderate volumes and clean sounds. The Freshman is handmade, and is normally considered a low-end professional <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:jazz" class="extiw" title="w:en:jazz">jazz</a> guitar. No tremolo arm, but the open <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:tailpiece" class="extiw" title="w:en:tailpiece">tailpiece</a> responds particularly well to right-hand <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:vibrato" class="extiw" title="w:en:vibrato">vibrato</a>. This is an original photograph by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Andrewa" title="User:Andrewa">Andrew Alder</a>, taken on 18 September 2003. From <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Electricguitars.jpg" class="extiw" title="en:Image:Electricguitars.jpg">en wiki</a>: "(usun') (biez.) 12:18, 13 maj 2005 . . The Anome (Dyskusja | wk?ad) . . 250×402 (12 001 bajto'w) (Colour grading of previous image file to get better blacks, slight retouching to get rid of worst JPEG chroma artifacts.)
(usun') (przywro'c') 14:32, 18 wrz 2003 . . Andrewa (Dyskusja | wk?ad) . . 250×402 (7 812 bajto'w) (Two electric guitars)

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