| The electric guitar was invented by a
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| | start thrashing. Paul's first original
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| very talented man who when by the name of
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| | guitar he made was nothing to brag about.
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| Adolph Rickenbacker. The first complete
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| | It consisted of nothing more than a
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| setup was back in the 1930's, which was
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| | rectangular body attached to the neck and
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| only a mere 70 years ago. On the other
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| | six steel strings. However, a modern day
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| hand, the Classical guitar and the
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| | Les Paul is simply a thing of beauty.
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| Acoustic Guitar have been around for many
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| | It was in the 50's that Gibson hooked up
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| centuries. There is evidence that dates
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| | with Les Paul and presented the Gibson
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| back to 1800 B.C., that shows the
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| | Les Paul to the world. From that day
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| presents of guitars, or similar
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| | there was no turning back. The Gibson Les
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| instruments. There is really no
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| | Paul has been a major success for over 50
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| comparison between todays electric
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| | years, and is considered the most popular
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| guitars and the past. The evolution of
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| | selling electric guitar on the market.
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| electric guitars has been nothing short
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| | One guy very partial to the Gibson is
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| of amazing. This article will give you a
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| | Slash from Guns n' Roses.
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| brief history of the electric guitar.
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| | Leo Fender soon became the next big thing
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| Adolph Rickenbacker manufactured his fist
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| | in solid-body guitars. Leo invented the
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| electric guitar in the early 1930's, and
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| | Fender Broadcaster in the late 40's. The
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| equipped it with tungsten pickups. These
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| | Broadcaster was introduced to the public
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| pickups would sense the vibrations from
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| | in 1954, but instead of Broadcaster, it
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| the strings and convert them into
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| | was named the Fender Stratocaster or
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| electrical currents. The currents are
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| | Fender "Strat". The Fender Strat guitar
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| relayed into the amp and produces sound.
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| | was very different from the Gibson in the
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| Semi-hollow body are what the older
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| | fact the the Strat had a different body
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| guitars were know as. They were called
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| | shape, used different hardware, and was
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| this because they had sound holes in the
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| | much lighter. Despite these differences,
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| body of the guitar. This style of guitar
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| | the Fender has become the second favorite
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| is still very popular today.
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| | guitar among musicians. Musicians such as
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| As the Big Band era approached in the
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| | Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and many
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| 30's and 40's, the use of electric
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| | others play the Fender Stratocaster.
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| guitars became more popular. Plugging the
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| | Today, there are many other guitar
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| guitar into an amplifier would give the
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| | manufactures that produce solid-body
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| much needed sound levels to be heard over
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| | guitars. Here are a few:
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| the loud surroundings of the bands.
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| | 1. Washburn
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| A guy by the name of Les Paul is an
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| | 2. Ibanez
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| excellent musician, but if for some
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| | 3. ESP
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| reason you don't know this name, he is
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| | 4 .Jackson
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| the inventor of the solid body electric
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| | 5. Paul Reed Smith
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| guitar. Les Paul invented the fist solid
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| | 6. Kramer
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| body in 1941.
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| | 7. Dean
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| This type of guitar is made of one piece
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| | 8. Epiphone
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| of wood and has no sound holes. You are
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| | 9. Peavy
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| able to simply plug into an amplifier and
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| | 10.
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