Saturday, April 2, 2011

The Evolution With the Classical guitar

By Alisa White


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 first various guitars had sound holes in your body that have been small compared to the sound holes of conventional guitars. In 1924 Lloyd , an engineer using the Gibson factory, used a magnet to alter guitar string vibrations into electrical signals, which could be amplified through a speaker.

Now it was possible to build guitars that did not possess sound holes but could be heard clearly through an amplifier. Amateur guitar players were able to get their hands on electric guitars through the efforts of Paul Barth, George and Adolph Rickenbacker who founded the String Company in 1931. Their guitars resembled steel guitars, and were played 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 is usually a more appealing wood to offer your guitar an enjoyable appearance, as well as the other layers are of a wood which gives a great tone including poplar or ash. The usage of laminates endows the instrument with all the robust body and tonal quality that could be impossible without trouble of wood.

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




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