Wednesday, April 6, 2011

The Evolution With the Electric Guitar

By Armida Turner


The very first electric guitars were made in the 1930's in reaction to a demand from guitarists in bands whose rhythmic cannot be heard above another instruments. The major problem with these various guitars was that feedback was coming from the amplifier in the vibration of the guitar's body. This challenge began the evolutionary process of the solid body electric guitar.

The early electric guitars had sound holes in your body which were less space-consuming than the sound holes of conventional guitars. In 1924 Lloyd , an engineer using the Gibson factory, used a magnet to improve guitar string vibrations into electrical signals, which may be amplified via a speaker.

Now it was possible to construct guitars that failed to possess sound holes but tend to be heard clearly via an amplifier. Amateur musicians could actually get their hands on various guitars with the efforts of Paul Barth, George and Adolph Rickenbacker who founded the String Company in 1931. Their guitars resembled steel guitars, and were took part in the guitarist's lap using a slide.

Modern electric guitars are made of many thin layers of wood glued together. The very best layer can be a more appealing wood to provide playing the guitar an enjoyable appearance, as well as the other layers are of a wood which provides a good tone including poplar or ash. The usage of laminates endows the instrument using the robust body and tonal quality that would be impossible without trouble of wood.

The original solid body guitar was however, made from one piece of wood. In 1941 Les Paul turned a railway sleeper into an amplified stringed instrument. He called it "The Log". When production of his instrument began he stayed with the conventional guitar shape to give his market a familiar image to relate to. Les Paul's invention marketed as the Gibson Les Paul is still extremely popular.




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