electric guitars

The History of the electric Guitars

When most people think of electric guitars, they think of rock music. But electric guitars are more versatile than you'd think. Performers experimented with attaching microphones to acoustic guitars. The first manufactured electric guitars were made in 1931 by the Electro String Instrument Corporation.

Bandleader Gage Brewer of Wichita, Kansas, received two electric guitars directly through Electro String Instruments, possibly for publicity purposes. The earliest known recording of an electric guitar performance was produced in 1938. The earliest electric guitars were essentially hollow-bodied acoustic guitars equipped with Tungsten pickups. The problem with hollow-body electric guitars is that the hollow space within the guitar produces vibrations when the strings are plucked or strummed. One of the earlier solid-body guitars was an aluminium instrument known as the "Frying Pan" or "Pancake Guitar." These guitars were said to have produced a sound similar to that of modern electric guitars.

Several other well-known luthiers experimented with solid-body guitars during the early history of the electric guitar. This created demand among the general public for affordable electric guitars. It wasn't until the 1980's that Japanese manufacturers stepped forward with affordable electric guitars capable of professional-quality sound. Soon, electric guitars were more accessible than they had ever been.

Today, the electric guitar is one of the most prolific instruments in popular music.

Source: Paul Morris

An Introduction to the electric guitars

Electric guitar is a type of guitar that uses electronic pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cord strings into electrical current. Custom electric guitars

Onyx Forge custom electric guitars based in California, USA is the one stop for all the custom electric guitars. Their ideal custom guitar includes 6, 7 and 12 string standards guitars. Acoustic electric guitars

History of the electric guitar

Adolph Rickenbacker invented the electric guitar.

In 1935, a Soviet scientist working separately from his western colleagues was known to have produced an electric Russian guitar called Kuznetsov electromagnetic guitar.

The first recording of an electric guitar was by jazz guitarist Beddie Durham in 1937.

Electric guitar strings

Guitar strings are strung parallel to the neck, whose surface is covered by the fingerboard. Electric guitar cases

• The AME-30 is designed to fit Archtop guitars. • Calton Electric Guitar Cases will accommodate most electric, acoustic electric and electric hollow body guitars. Electric bass guitar

The electric bass guitar is an electrically-amplified fingered string instrument.

Source: Samantha Clark