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Electric Guitars Have Come a Long Way!

If you think you know the electric guitar,In the mid-1950s, Fender introduced its
think again! Today's guitars are varied in'Stratocaster', a deluxe model of the
style, size, and capability and are used byoriginal electric guitar it had produced
all  kinds  of  musiciansearlier. The 'Stratocaster' is still one of
the most respected and copied electric
The electric guitar uses 'pick-ups' toguitars. In the early 1950s Fender also
convert vibration from its strings intoproduced the Fender Precision Bass, which was
electrical current that is amplified toto become the first commercially successfully
produce sound. Today's electric guitars canelectric  bass  guitar.
produce an electronic sound or a sound that
is  more  acoustic  in  tone  and  timber.In addition to Les Paul's time working at
Gibson, he went on to influence the Gibson
The hollow body electric guitar can be anbrand and its success by helping to design
archtop with a full sound box or it can havethe Gibson Les Paul Guitar in the early
a  thin  body.1950s.
While steel guitars are electric, they areWith its burgeoning success in the electric
not really considered 'electric guitars' byguitar market, Gibson developed the
most musicians. Musicians use electric'Tune-o-Matic' bridge and by the late 1950s
guitars to play everything from rock and rollit put the finishing touches on the Les Paul
to country, pop, blues, jazz, and rap.Guitar  it  still  produces  today.
Today's classical composers and orchestrators
even include electric guitars among theirToday's electric guitars are still designed
instruments  of  choice.much like the Gibson and Fender guitars of
the  1950s.
The electric guitar was originally designed
in the 1930s by the Electro String InstrumentIn the 1960s, effects boxes or stomp boxes
Corporation. That electric guitar was madebecame popular, adding effects like
out of solid wood. One of the most famousreverberation, delay, fuzz and the famous
and well-renowned guitarists of the forties'wah wah' sound to the repetoire of the rock
and today, built a solid body electric guitarand roll musician. Using a foot pedal to
for his own use, after working at the Gibsonturn the box off and on, the electric
Guitar Factory. Les Paul's famous inventionguitarist could create and use sounds
was built with handmade pick-ups andaudiences  had  never  heard  before!
hardware, and a four by four wooden post to
which the neck was attached. He finished theIn the late 1980s and 1990s, the computerized
body with hollow Swedish body halves and theage of electric guitars arrived, and
rest  is  history!musicians began to use software and digital
sound to create effects. Gibson introduced
It is interesting to note that there was athe first digital guitar in 2002. This
lot of research and experimentation going onguitar can deliver digital signals using an
during this time period by guitarEthernet cable and is capable of processing
manufacturers  and  musicians  alike.independent signals from each string. The
guitar is equpped with its own integrated
It wasn't until the 1950s that the electriccomputer and it can modify sound to mimic
guitar really came into its own! The firstmany old and new electric and acoustic guitar
Fender electric guitar was called themodels.
'Broadcaster'. But that name was changed to
the 'Telecaster' when the Gretsch drumThis new capability has opened up a new world
manufacturer challenged Fender's use of theirof creativity and innovation for musicians
'Broadkaster'  copyright.and orchestrators to explore!



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