Loog Booklet

32 Pages·2016·1.68 MB·English

Hello,
rockstar.

Thank you for choosing Loog.
Playing an instrument is a wonderful thing.
Maybe you’ll practice every day and become the next Hendrix.
Maybe all you want is a fun little guitar to play when you feel like it.
Whatever the case, you just filled your home with music
and that’s awesome.
We hope you love your Loog
as much as we do.
History of the Guitar
The modern guitar we know and love was preceded by the gittern, the
vihuela, the renaissance guitar, and the baroque guitar. Clay plaques
from Babylonia (from more than 3000 years ago) show people playing
an instrument that has a strong resemblance to the guitar, indicating a
possible Babylonian origin.
Classical Spanish guitar Cigar box guitar
The first guitar to become universally Born in rural America, these were
played for both classical and folklore instruments made with -you guessed it- a
music. Classical guitars used gut cigar box. They usually had only 3 strings
strings until they were replaced and are enjoying a modern revival thanks
by synthetic materials (particularly to the DIY movement and roots music
nylon). aficionados. We at Loog obviously love
cigar box guitars and their whole 3-string,
open tuning, DIY awesomeness.
Electric guitars Processed electric guitars
Electric guitars were born to amplify The world of guitar effects has shaped a
guitars in jazz but ended up igniting vast sonic universe. Hendrix and his use
the rock & roll revolution. Genius Les of fuzz, wah wah and even feedback,
Paul built one of the first solid body The Edge and his ultra-processed guitars,
prototypes which evolved to become Robert Fripp and his soundscapes or
a key part of popular music in the 50s Jack White and his distinctive guitar
– and all the way until today! attack are just some of our favorites.
Know Your Parts
Pickup
Nut
Volume knob
Guitar body Neck
This is one of the most important factors in shaping This long piece of solid
the tone, volume and sustain of the guitar sound. maple holds the rosewood
fretboard and its frets:
Pickup those metal strips that
This transducer captures the mechanical conveniently divide the
vibrations of the strings and converts fretboard into semitones
them into an electrical signal that can be
and allow us to play a
amplified and recorded. We use a single-
coil magnetic pickup, similar to the one chromatic scale in each
Danelectro introduced in the 60s. string.
Volume knob
Nut
You know what this does.
Along with the bridge, the nut
marks one end of the guitar scale
and sets the spacing and height
of the strings. In most traditional
guitars (including ours) this piece is
made out of cow bone.
Pro tip:
When we say “low/high string” we’re referring to pitch, which
happens to be opposite to its physical placement. So the high string
is actually the one closer to the floor. A bit confusing, we know,
but it’s good to know your lingo.
Bridge Plate Tuners Strap-buttons
+ Screws + Screws + Felt washers
Its main purpose is to
+ Screws
allow the strings to
Tuners, or machine
sit at a relative height
heads, are used to
from the fretboard:
adjust the tension
high enough to avoid
of the strings and,
buzz (that ugly metallic
in that way, raise
noise that happens
and lower their
when the strings vibrate
pitch. Pitch gets
against the frets), and
higher as you
low enough to be
tighten the string,
comfortable to play.
and lower as you
This relative height is
loosen it.
what we call “action”.
Note that you can set
Tailpiece Strings
the action on a Loog by
adjusting the screws on + Backing
the bridge. + Screws
Build Your Loog
Pro tip:
A little soap on the screw
threads will make driving easier
1 2
Insert tuners in headstock Insert strap-buttons and
tailpiece in guitar body
3 4
Insert neck in guitar body Insert bridge in guitar body
String Your Loog
Watch
video
on app
1 2
Tie a knot at one end of the Wrap around the tuning peg twice and pass
string. Pass the string through its the string through the hole.
corresponding tailpiece hole.
Thicker Thinner
G B E
3 4
Turn the tuner counter-clockwise Use the screws in the bridge to adjust its
to tighten the string. Make sure height and set a comfortable playing action.
the string wraps downwards You want the string to be as close to the
around the peg. fretboard as possible, but not close enough
to touch a fret and buzz when played.
Tune Your Loog
Watch
video
on app
Playing in tune is a must and you One thing you need to know
should, by all means, get a tuner. about tuning: new strings need to
We, ahem, sell one, but know stretch before they can hold their
that any tuner will work with your pitch, and this can take a while -
Loog. We also offer a free tuner even days. This means that you’ll
in our Loog Academy app, which tune your Loog, play a little, and
was especially developed for your then you’ll have to tune up again.
Loog. It’s a bit of a drag, but this happens
with every guitar - at least with
your Loog you’ll only have half the
strings to tune :)
Pro tip:
If you already own a guitar, you might want to try
something different on your Loog. Use strings 3, 4 and
5 and tune them to Open A: AEA. This power-chord
mode is especially suitable for playing riffs and slide-
guitar. It is also a great way to discover new ways to
play guitar.