| When most people think of electric
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| | guitar. In 1940, during his time at
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| guitars, they think of rock music. But
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| | Gibson Guitars, Les Paul attempted a
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| electric guitars are more versatile than
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| | solid-body instrument called the "log
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| you'd think. You can find them in jazz,
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| | guitar," so called because it was a
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| blues, country music, New-Age
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| | simple post equipped with neck, strings,
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| compositions, and even contemporary
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| | and pickups.
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| classical pieces. Electric guitars are
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| | The electric guitar did not hit
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| intimately associated with many famous
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| | commercial success until the 1950's, when
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| musicians of the twentieth century-and
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| | Fender released its first solid-body
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| may be the iconic musical instrument of
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| | model: the Esquire. The Esquire was
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| our time.
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| | followed by the Telecaster and finally,
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| The demand for electric guitars came
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| | in 1954, the Stratocaster. The "Strat"
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| during the Big Band Era in the 20's and
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| | was hailed in professional musical and
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| 30's. The big brass bands of the time
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| | luthier circles alike, and became a
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| were very loud, and other instruments had
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| | signature instrument of such famous
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| to be artificially amplified to stand up
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| | musicians as Jimi Hendrix, George
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| to their powerful sound. Performers
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| | Harrison, David Gilmour, Eric Clapton,
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| experimented with attaching microphones
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| | Jimmy Page, and many others.
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| to acoustic guitars. The first
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| | The electric guitar produced an
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| manufactured electric guitars were made
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| | aggressive sound very different from the
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| in 1931 by the Electro String Instrument
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| | melodic and lyrical tones of its
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| Corporation.
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| | ancestor, the acoustic. The sound of the
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| The first time an electric guitar is
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| | electric guitar became characteristic of
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| known to have been used in performance
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| | rock and roll in the 60's and 70's. It
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| was in 1932. Bandleader Gage Brewer of
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| | was a high-profile instrument during this
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| Wichita, Kansas, received two electric
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| | time, appearing on stage with hundreds of
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| guitars directly through Electro String
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| | famous bands and musicians.
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| Instruments, possibly for publicity
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| | This created demand among the general
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| purposes. Brewer wrote about the guitars
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| | public for affordable electric guitars.
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| in an article in the Wichita Beacon
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| | In the 60's and 70's, electric guitars
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| before the performance.
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| | were very expensive-too pricey for a
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| The earliest known recording of an
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| | buyer who wasn't a famous musician.
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| electric guitar performance was produced
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| | Although some companies attempted to fill
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| in 1938. George Barnes, a jazz
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| | the gap with cheap imitations, the sound
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| guitarist, recorded two songs with the
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| | of these guitars did not compare to the
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| guitar, called "It's a Lowdown Dirty
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| | real thing.
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| Shame" and "Sweetheart Land."
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| | It wasn't until the 1980's that Japanese
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| The earliest electric guitars were
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| | manufacturers stepped forward with
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| essentially hollow-bodied acoustic
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| | affordable electric guitars capable of
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| guitars equipped with Tungsten pickups.
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| | professional-quality sound. This put
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| The problem with hollow-body electric
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| | pressure on American companies such as
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| guitars is that the hollow space within
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| | Gibson and Fender to provide their own
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| the guitar produces vibrations when the
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| | affordable lines. Electric guitars became
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| strings are plucked or strummed. These
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| | more and more successful in the consumer
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| vibrations account for the unique tone of
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| | market as quality improved, and prices
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| an acoustic guitar, but they produce
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| | went down as new manufacturers entered
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| harsh feedback when they interact with
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| | the market. Soon, electric guitars were
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| the pickups in an electric guitar. Early
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| | more accessible than they had ever been.
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| electric guitar players used to stuff
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| | Today, the electric guitar is one of the
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| rags and newspapers into their
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| | most prolific instruments in popular
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| hollow-body instruments in an attempt to
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| | music. You can find it in a wide variety
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| get rid of the feedback.
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| | of genres, from metal to New Age. You
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| One of the earlier solid-body guitars was
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| | can also buy an electric guitar like the
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| an aluminium instrument known as the
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| | rock stars have-without paying the prices
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| "Frying Pan" or "Pancake Guitar." These
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| | they pay. Because it's so common in
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| guitars were said to have produced a
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| | contemporary music and in the hands of
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| sound similar to that of modern electric
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| | amateur musicians, there's little doubt
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| guitars.
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| | that the electric guitar is one of the
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| Several other well-known luthiers
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| | most successful instruments of the
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| experimented with solid-body guitars
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| | twentieth century.
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| during the early history of the electric
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