Acoustics and musical family that goes back thousands of years, but the idea of a guitar using electric currents to amplify the sound had to wait until 1930 to begin to take root. Need was, perhaps the mother of invention here as the volume of the guitar, already used in blues and jazz, could not compete with the new sounds of Big Band and the cry of the horn. The first experiments with the simple addition microphones to guitars had only limited success, due in part to signal quality and partly because of feedback that might occur when they have reached a reasonable volume. The breakthrough came when Les Paul, a jazz guitarist, successfully tested a collection system that can convert vibrations magnetic strings into an electrical signal that is amplified and sent to the speaker. Soon, guitarists began to add trucks to their hollow body guitars, but really did not need an electric guitar for a hollow organ such as the pill could detect very subtle vibrations and extend anyway. In short, Fender, Rickenbacker, and of course, Gibson has produced solid body electric guitars.
Innovations unique to the electric guitar
Electric guitars allowed many innovations that shape their sound. First and foremost is the fact that the volume and tone can be added to the electronics between the chip and the cable, which means that the guitarist plays could set the tone and volume, while on stage. Second and third vehicles that have been added at several places along the body to use the difference in tone at various locations along the ropes, and these could be mixed with several controls. The tremolo arm appeared, allowing the notes to be bent downward or upward (previously in place can be folded by pulling the rope from its natural course, thus giving). The tremolo arm was part of the original rock ‘n’ roll, and could make a vibrato sound or create the long, sustained, wailing sounds associated with Jimi Hendrix. Other sound effects such as chorus, overdrive, vibration, wah-wah, reverb and delay (echo) could also be controlled via pedals by the player, further enhancing the variety of sounds available. The truck has also been applied to low, and is now presented in the violins, mandolins, cellos and many other stringed instruments.
The musical styles in using electric guitars
The genres of music that use electric guitars are too numerous for this article, but its origins date back to jazz and big band that became popular between the wars. Guitarist pioneer Blues sound “dirty”, which later became heavy metals and no band would be complete without at least one electric guitar. Bob Dylan was once called “Judas” by Heckler, when he traded his acoustic for an electrical installation on stage, a significant moment in the electric folk. The sixties saw the psychedelic pop groups and put in good use, and disco, punk, ska and reggae from the seventies used inherent rhythm of the instrument, live sound and prosperous Africa is one of the current flows guitar most innovative. Each time a new technology came along, especially the electronic revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, people have written to the electric guitar, but shows no sign of losing popularity.
Charlie Buquet wrote this article for Yamaha Electric Guitars.
