| In modern times, electric guitars are most often | | | | both string and body vibrations into an electrical signal. |
| associated with genres such as rock and roll, blues | | | | A semi-hollow body guitar is a combination of the |
| rock, and jazz. Vintage Guild Electric GuitarsHowever, | | | | solid and the hollow types, and it is generally held to |
| this instrument has its origins in the big band music of | | | | strike a balance between the attributes of the two. |
| the 1930s and 1940s. As the jazz orchestras of | | | | Then there are the metal body electric guitars. The |
| those days grew and their brass sections increased | | | | bodies of these models are chambered (due to |
| proportionally, the need for an amplified guitar | | | | weight considerations), but they are designed to be |
| became more and more pronounced. Adolph | | | | played as though made of solid wood. Finally, the |
| Rickenbacher, George Beauchamp, and Paul Barth, all | | | | electric guitar can sport anywhere from one to |
| of who eventually founded the Electro String | | | | twelve strings, which makes for, as one might |
| Company, are usually credited with the production of | | | | imagine, a plethora of sounds and potential musical |
| the first electric guitars around 1931. Whoever did it | | | | applications. |
| first, the eventual result was a guitar that used | | | | Play EXISTING riffs and patterns with speed and |
| pickups to convert the vibrations of its steel strings | | | | accuracy click here |
| into an electrical current, which was made louder with | | | | While there are any number of electric guitar |
| an instrument amplifier and speaker. | | | | manufacturers in the world, some are certainly more |
| As mentioned, an electric guitar's strings are always | | | | famous than others. Fender and Gibson, for example, |
| steel. This is, however, one of the few features | | | | established their reputations in the 1950s as makers |
| shared by all the various types. Electric guitars come | | | | of high-quality mass-produced guitars, and they |
| in a variety of models, including solid body, hollow | | | | remain some of the most well-known products |
| body, wood, metal, one- six-, seven-, eight-, nine-, | | | | available. Other reputable companies include BC Rich, |
| and twelve-string, and even double neck models. | | | | ESP, and Peavey. |
| The first of these, the solid body type, is the most | | | | The electric guitar has gained a certain notoriety over |
| common. They are generally made of some kind of | | | | the years, thanks to its association with a number of |
| lacquered wood, which can be anything from maple, | | | | high-profile artists, among them Chuck Berry, Jimi |
| to koa, to ebony. The average solid body electric | | | | Hendrix, and the irrepressible Keith Richards. |
| guitar has six strings, and the vibrations of this type | | | | Interestingly, there has been a movement over the |
| of guitar are produced by the strings alone. This is | | | | past few decades towards the use of the electrical |
| notable in comparison to the hollow body electric | | | | guitar in contemporary classical music. However, such |
| guitar. Although the two types work similarly, the | | | | compositions are by no means common, and the |
| body of the hollow body guitar vibrates along with | | | | genres of rock and jazz remain the primary territory |
| the strings, which means that the pickups convert | | | | of the electric guitar. |