Glossary
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- G Brand
- G Clef
- G-Cadillac Tailpiece
- Gaffer Tape
- Gain
- Gain Before Feedback
- Gain Reduction
- Gain Stage
- Gain Structure
- Gain/Fader Riding
- Gap
- Gargle
- GAS
- Gasket
- Gate
- Gate Divide
- GateKeeper
- Gauge
- Gauss
- GB
- Gear Acquisition Syndrome
- GearFest
- GearFestive
- General MIDI (GM)
- General MIDI Lite
- General Pause
- General Standard
- Generation
- Generational Loss
- Genlock
- GEQ
- German Carve
- Germanium
- Germanium Transistor
- Gesture
- GFI
- Ghost Bend
- Ghost Notes
- GHz, Gigahertz
- GiB
- Gibibyte
- Gibson
- Gibson Brands, Inc.
- Gibson ES-335
- Gibson Explorer
- Gibson Firebird
- Gibson Flying V
- Gibson L5 Archtop
- Gibson Les Paul
- Gibson Maestro Fuzz-Tone
- Gibson SG
- Gibson Style O
- Gig
- Gig Bag
- Gigabit
- Gigabit Ethernet
- Gigabyte
- Gigaflop
- GigaFLOPS
- GK Pickup
- GK-Ready
- Glass Armonica
- Glass Master
- Glide
- Glissando
- Glissando Slide
- Global
- GM Reset
- GM2
- GNU
- GoBo
- Gobo
- Gold Master/Golden Master
- Gold-lip Pearl
- Golden Ratio
- Golpeador
- Goniometer
- Google Cast
- Gooseneck
- Gooseneck Microphone
- GOP
- GPI
- Grab It and Go
- Grace Note
- Grace Note Bend
- Grain
- Grand Central Dispatch
- Grand Rights
- Grand Staff
- Granular Synthesis
- Graphic EQ
- Graphic Equalizer
- Graphic User Interface
- Graphics Controller
- Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
- Graphite
- Graticule
- Gray Noise
- Green Book
- Green Noise
- Gretsch
- Gretsch 6120
- Gretsch Chet Atkins Hollow Body
- Gretsch Music Instrument Company
- Gretsch Ronnie Lee Model
- Gretsch White Falcon
- Grid
- Grid Mode
- Grille
- Grille Cloth
- Grot Box
- Ground
- Ground Bass
- Ground Lift
- Ground Lift Adapter
- Ground Loop
- Ground Wound
- Group
- Group Delay
- Group Fader
- Group Master
- GS
- GSIF
- Gtr
- Guard Band
- Guest Access
- GUI
- Guide Track
- Guild Thunderbird S200
- Guitar
- Guitar Amp Modeler
- Guitar Amplifier
- Guitar Controller
- Guitar Organ
- Guitar Synth
- Guitar Synthesizer
- Guitar-to-MIDI Converter
- Guitarist
- Guitarron
- Guitorgan
- Gut Strings
- GZ34