| Due to artists' eagerness during the 1930s to | | | | hollow-bodied, solid-bodied, and the semi-solid |
| learn about guitar playing, a science of studying | | | | electric guitar. Hollow-bodied guitars accompany |
| impedance problems, microphone techniques, | | | | jazz music. Solid-bodied guitars are well suited for |
| amplifying, and certain speaker and tube kinds, | | | | rock, while a semi-solid electric guitar mixes the |
| was introduced. It was then that electric guitars | | | | qualities of both the hollow and the solid. It has a |
| were brought in onto the music scene. Alder, | | | | center block that forms the pickup. It also has an |
| mahogany, walnut, maple and ash are the | | | | ""f"" hole design, representing this trait. |
| commonly used types of wood used for making | | | | Electric guitars have pickups set in them so the |
| the body of electric guitars. | | | | instrument can produce the best sound possible. |
| The quality of the sound produced by electric | | | | These parts can be used separately or in |
| guitars is affected by the kind of wood, the | | | | combination with one another. They are bent to |
| construction, the type of strings, the quality of | | | | attain the exact volume or effect for either lead |
| the components used, and the overall condition of | | | | or rhythm guitar playing. Originally electric guitars |
| the environment. Electric guitars are used in a | | | | were constructed with only a single pickup. Today |
| wide range of musical styles-from country to | | | | they have two or three, creating a more flexible |
| rock and roll, jazz, and blues. | | | | musical instrument. One pick-up is positioned near |
| The electric guitar contains almost the same parts | | | | the bridge, the second just before the bottom of |
| as an acoustic guitar, and is also played by | | | | the neck, and the third, is usually added in the |
| plucking and strumming. In fact, they are easier to | | | | middle of the other two pick-ups. The guitarist |
| play than the acoustic guitar. Playing this | | | | then, having these supplementary parts, acquires |
| instrument requires an electric amplifier to produce | | | | more alternatives for generating a range of |
| sound. Most electric guitars were made of not | | | | musical experiences and becomes more versatile |
| only a single layer, but of many layers of | | | | in tonal quality. |
| different laminated good sounding woods. For | | | | Electric guitars have begun a revolution in sound |
| appearance, the top layer is usually a nicer wood | | | | and technology that carries on to this day. They |
| coated with plastic. | | | | have become one of the most famous musical |
| There are three main types of electric guitars: the | | | | instruments of all time. |