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Pearloid, the Glossary

Pearloid is a plastic that is intended to resemble mother of pearl.^[1]

11 relations: Abalone, Accordion, Celluloid, Cultured pearl, Electric guitar, Gibson Brands, Imitation pearl, Nacre, Pickguard, Retro style, Solvent.
Pearls

Abalone

Abalone (or; via Spanish abulón, from Rumsen aulón) is a common name for any small to very large marine gastropod mollusc in the family Haliotidae, which once contained six subgenera but now contains only one genus Haliotis.

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Accordion

Accordions (from 19th-century German, from —"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed in a frame).

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Celluloid

Celluloids are a class of materials produced by mixing nitrocellulose and camphor, often with added dyes and other agents. Pearloid and Celluloid are Cellulose and Thermoplastics.

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Cultured pearl

Cultured pearls are pearls which are formed within a cultured pearl sac with human intervention in the interior of productive living molluscs in a variety of conditions depending upon the mollusc and the goals. Pearloid and cultured pearl are pearls.

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Electric guitar

An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar.

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Gibson Brands

Gibson, Inc. (formerly Gibson Guitar Corporation and Gibson Brands Inc.) is an American manufacturer of guitars, other musical instruments, and professional audio equipment from Kalamazoo, Michigan, and now based in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Imitation pearl

Imitation pearls are man-made faux pearls. Pearloid and Imitation pearl are pearls.

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Nacre

Nacre, also known as mother of pearl, is an organicinorganic composite material produced by some molluscs as an inner shell layer. Pearloid and Nacre are pearls.

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Pickguard

A pickguard (also known as a scratchplate) is a piece of plastic or other (often laminated) material that is placed on the body of a guitar, mandolin or similar plucked string instrument.

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Retro style

Retro style is imitative or consciously derivative of lifestyles, trends, or art forms from the past, including in music, modes, fashions, or attitudes.

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