
• The Rewards of Playing an Acoustic Electric Guitar
by Jim Konerko
Picking out what you want for your very first guitar is a difficult and tricky choice. You probably do not know a lot about guitars to begin with, and with the thousands of selections available, it is easy to be confused.
The first decision involves choosing between either an electric or acoustic guitar. Once you have made that choice, the next thing you have to do is to determine the budget that you are comfortable with. If you are really serious about learning, it is re ...
• History of Electric Guitars
by Seth Miller
Electric guitars have grown enormously in popularity since th 1970's. Prior to that time period, guitars were less expensive. However, in recent years, the cost of buying guitars has risen because the quality has improved. The quality has improved because the cost of guitar manufacturing has also improved. Most electric guitars are solid body guitars, though some are more hollow than others and composed of multiple pieces of wood.
Owning a new electric guitar can cost a goo ...
• Vintage Electric Guitars
by Seth Miller
Electric guitars are some of the most popular instruments used in the majority of musical genres, including rock, country, blues and jazz. The electric guitar made its first appearance in the 1930s in jazz music and big band performances. Electric guitars cannot be heard without amplification. Electrical components called pickups send the vibration of the strings to an amplifier in order to produce sound.
In order to help produce adequate vibration, electric guitars feature ...
• How Can I Learn To Play The Electric Guitar
by Douglas Taylor
If you are looking for cheap electric guitars there is a lot of choice out there. You can buy a cheap electric guitar from as little as £70 and there are a number of brands making cheap guitars.
Don't spend under £90 on a guitar
If you are buying your first electric guitar, I wouldn't recommend spending under £90. Most of these guitars are built with very cheap materials to bring the production costs down, hence the retail price. The guitar's sound will be comprom ...
• Electric Guitars - Rock On With This Versatile Instrument
by Dennis Becker
Electric guitars are strongly associated with famous musicians of the twentieth century-and may be the iconic musical instrument of our time. Here's a brief history of their rise in popular music.
During the Big Band Era in the 20's and 30's, performers experimented with attaching microphones to acoustic guitars in order to amplify the sound. Most electric guitars were hollow-bodied acoustics with electric pickups. But the hollow space within the guitar produced vibrations ...
• How Electric Guitars Work
by Seth Miller
Electric Guitar
Electric guitar is a type of guitar that uses electronic pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cord strings into electrical current. The signal may be electrically altered to achieve various tonal effects prior to being fed into an amplifier, which produces the final sound which can be either an electrical sound or an acoustic sound. Distortion, equalization, or other pedals can change the sound that is emitted from the amplifier.
The electric ...
• Tips For Learning to Play the Electric Guitar
by Anthony Lee
The Electric guitar hasn't been around nearly as long as the Acoustic and Classical guitars. In fact, the Electric guitar was created just 70 years ago (the 1930s) by Adolph Rickenbacker. Since that time, the Electric guitar has greatly evolved to the where it is today. In this article, we'll go over the history of the Electric guitar.
The History
Guitars, or similar instruments, have been around for thousands of years. The Electric guitar was first m ...
• Used Electric Guitars
by Seth Miller
Electric guitars are in tremendous demand in the music industry. Many musicians prefer to play the guitar rather than any other musical instruments. An electric guitar is an essential instrument at many musical events. The artists playing the electric guitar at concerts have an audience and fans of their own. It is one of the most important musical instruments at rock shows, jazz concerts, country music events, rap and blues concerts and even on pop albums. The function of a guit ...
• Electric Guitars
by Seth Miller
The guitar is the most known and popular musical instrument. It's an instrument that is played for almost all kinds of music, like rock music, country music, lounge music, pop music and contemporary classical music.
An acoustic guitar is hollow with a sound hole (a round hole in the face). An electric acoustic guitar is made up of wood and has six strings which produce a rhythmic, sweet, musical, yet loud sound. The difference between an acoustic electric guitar and an elec ...