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Stylish Christian Clothing for every size and taste!

There is an old hymn that goes, “All God’s children got a robe, all God’s children got a shoes.” However, modern Christians also go for Christian clothing, like Christian tshirts and hoodies. With your new Christian clothing, you can make a statement for Christ without even saying a word.

It can be difficult striking up a conversation with someone you do not know, yet you know you should in order to be a light out in the world. Sometimes it helps to have a little icebreaker, and that can be as simple as a statement printed on your clothing. Instead of advertising a corporation, why not advertise the King of Kings on your clothing? Now you can wear your religion not only on your sleeve, but also on your back, chest, arms and head, knowing that by doing so you are spreading the good news about God’s grace to everyone who sees it.

Christian clothing is available in sizes appropriate for babies all the way up to big and tall sizes. You can find attractive fitted Christian tshirts, long-sleeved tshirts, zippered sweatshirts, along with hats, beanies, cell phone covers, jewelry, belts, sweatbands, and even poker chips that let the world know that you are a Christian with a sense of humor and proud of it.

 

 

Christian tshirts are available for bikers and people who want to dress like bikers. You will discover bold graphics focusing on the symbol of the cross, as well as thought-provoking statements that let everyone know where you stand.

Everyone loves baseball-style caps, and now you can wear one that announces your faith to everyone around you. Subtle ones that feature the numbers 3:16 might cause people to ask you what it refers to, and then you can lead them to your favorite Bible verse. Fishers will get a kick out of a hat reading “Fishers of Men”. Those who are into the military will love Christian clothing that combines a cross on a camoflage cap, or a cross on a flat-top hat styled after those worn by soldiers.

Christian hoodies are also very popular. Guitar lovers will be thrilled to don a hoodie with the funny “Pick Jesus” line emblazoned on a guitar pick. There are other humorous hoodies that feature Christian takes on myspace and popular clothing lines as well.

Christian clothing not only sets you apart from the crowd, it helps other Christians identify you. You could wear your Christian clothing to the mall or grocery store, and other Christians will spot it and talk to you because they know you are one of them. Something as simple and beautiful as the Christian clothing you wear can help you meet new friends in the faith, as well as make a statement to the unsaved all around you.

Author: Susan Slobac

 

Father’s Day T-Shirt

Father’s Day is here again and what better way to show dad how much you love your dad than to get him an awesome Father shirt.

Canonical licences ’satanists’ selling Ubuntu-esque t-shirts

There are, of course, many Linux distros based on Ubuntu out there (Shift Linux was, for a time, one of them). Among the religious in Canonical licences satanists selling Ubuntu-esque t-shirts.  Among the religious derivatives, we have seen the Ubuntu Christian Edition, the Ubuntu Muslim Edition, and the Ubuntu Satanic Edition. Normally the Ubuntu spirit of mutual respect keeps most people happy.

Daisy under water tshirt design

Faveur is a indie Christian Clothing company that bring a original, progressive, cool and unusual look to Christian clothing and apparel. Offering unique Christ centered T-shirts, shirts, hoodies, jackets, belts; buckles, stickers.

 

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There are many definitions of the term “rock star” but all these definitions agree in one concept: a rock star is rich, most of the time attractive, and famous. What exactly does it take to be a rock star? What is it about them that attract us to want to become like them?

Rockstars are usually the leaders (in most cases, vocals or lead guitar) of a successful Rock and Roll band group. The stereotype of a rockstar is handsome, charismatic, creative, and adventurous. Their wardrobe consists mostly of t-shirts that are usually in the color black, denim jeans, and fanciful accessories such as spikes, leather straps, and belts. But this is the stereotype of the rockstar in this century. Years ago, the apparel of these lead musicians went through transitions of creative bursts of energy mixed with fabrics and colors. And what is the outcome of all this? Psychedelic patterns, bell bottom jeans, white pants, brightly printed t-shirts, leather jackets, and a personal favorite of mine, spandex. Who could ever forget Freddie Mercury (from the band Queen) running around stage, singing his heart out to “I Want to Break Free” in white spandex pants tucked into boots that were almost knee length? Now that took guts and bravery.

This is what being a rockstar is all about. Adventure. Rockstars aren’t made overnight. In the world of Rock and Roll, one must have something, a gimmick or a look, that sets him/her apart from all the rest. Because, let’s face it, there are several rockstars that are emerging for the darkness. But they have noticeable similarities such as the ever famous rugged look, the common t-shirt and jeans outfit that never ever seems to die, and of course, the screaming fans that follow them around almost everywhere. There is also the fans that seem to worship the very ground that these stars walk on. They follow the trends that they set, buy the copies of the clothes that they wear, and there are some that go to the extent of wearing the same stage make-up as their idols wear. Talk about support. The fashion sense of these musicians is simple but yet stands out in a way. There are even some members of Rock bands that go on stage with nothing on but a pair of hipster jeans, a black vest and a fedora hat. This promotes the saying “The less clothes on, the better” which was probably made to show off the chiseled abs and glistening bodies of these rock musicians. If of course, that is their cup of tea.

All in all, the apparel of the rockstars of today may not be unique but is still attractive and eye catching, even if it’s just a t-shirt with fancy printing on it. Though people say that the appearance of a person is not important, it actually is. For a celebrity to keep on being a celebrity, they have to be good, look good in order to stay at the top. It doesn’t seem like a big struggle but in a world where one day you’re in and the next you’re out, even the smallest of details can manage to keep these rockstars and their trends up their with the rest of the immortal celebrities for a very very long time.

Author: Matt Brooke

 

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Select clothes to rock stars wear in concert. How to play? Young rock stars in concert to use your mouse to select clothes to wear, and wear it to rock stars on the move.

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Rock Star Style

There’s nothing hotter than the “rock star” look right now, and we love the company that can get you looking your favorite celeb rock star  Fender Clothing! They offer really cool shirts, tees, hoodies and watches, for both men and women.

 

 

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So, you’ve gone ahead and bought yourself that swanky brand new electric guitar, which by the way cost you an arm and of course a leg, and now you are feeling like a heavenly cross between Joe Satriani (His Highness) and Steve Vai (His Majesty)! Of course, you are probably asking for too much if you wish to play like them, but that shouldn’t stop you from enhancing your guitar playing skills! This is where a guitar amplifier would come into play!

So, what exactly is a guitar amplifier? Having made their first appearance in the early 30’s, Guitar amps have been in existence for well over 70 years now. The first few amps to come had very poor bass responses. However, over the years, the treble and bass responses were improved drastically and today, the guitar amplifier is greatly evolved what with guitar artists of the 60’s deliberately experimenting with their amps to create that special distortion effect.

From there on, amps have always been provided with certain preamp distortion controls. Distortion playing is considered to be one of the most important aspects of playing the electric guitar.

Different Types of Guitar Amplifiers

There are two basic types of amps, namely the vacuum tube amp and the solid-state amp. In addition, there are other types of amps that use a combination of the vacuum tube and solid-state technologies.

Most guitar amps, especially the cheaper ones, tend to use the solid-state technology, as they are easier and lighter to get repaired when compared to the vacuum tube type. On the other hand, many professional guitarists will tell you they prefer using the vacuum tube type because of its analog sensitivity that helps make the amp sound better.

Vacuum tubes and solid states are available either in a combo package or can either be packed separately. So, if you are not one of those overtly choosy guitarists, then the combo package should do for you. But if you happen to be looking for the right ’sound’, then you should probably ‘mix and match’ your speakers and heads for the perfect sound experience.

Working of a Guitar Amplifier

As the name suggests, a regular guitar amplifier would amplify the sounds that are fed into by the guitar, while at the same time driving the guitars loudspeakers. With the help of a guitar pick, the sound waves that are formed by the guitar strings are converted or transformed into tiny electrical signals and are eventually fed into the amp.

So, depending on how well the amp can work along with the signals emanating from the guitar, a guitarist can decide whether or not he needs to feed the signal into a pre-amplifier and then use the output of the pre-amplifier for feeding the amp.

Simply put, the guitar amp works in four different stages, which are:

• The Input Stage – This is the stage where the amp accepts the input signal from the electric guitar or even from the pre-amp. Under normal circumstances, with the help of an input signal cable, there are input jacks that are installed into the amplifier. So, if the signals are too weak to be fed directly into the amp, the signal will first be made to pass through the pre-amp.
• The Signal Modulation Stage – As opposed to common misconceptions, plain in and plain out is not the way that most guitarists like their sound quality to be. Everyone wants their guitar to sound funky, twangy, jazzy and even heavily distorted! To get these sounds, the input signal has to undergo modulation before it can actually be amplified. So for instance, if you want your guitar to sound heavily distorted like a heavy metal rock sound would be, the input signal would have to be fed directly into the modulation stage where it would probably undergo the necessary yet controlled distortion process. The same would apply for other sound effects like the reverb or even the ‘wah-wah’ sound.
• The Signal Amplification Stage – To me, this stage is something like the ‘business’ stage of the amp. This is the place where the real sound amplification takes place! A good amp will diligently magnify any signal emanating from the Signal Modulation Stage. Thus, it is the ‘business’ or job of the amp to amplify the incoming signals.
• The Output Stage – The last and final stage of a regular amp, the Output Stage is where the outgoing signal from the Amplification Stage is fed directly into the guitar’s loudspeaker.

Overdriving your Guitar!

The overdrive is a type of sound that is generated from a valve power amp and is a highly desirable sound. With so many output designs being created, there us a wide variety of trademark sounds being designed, and can be heard on many of our modern recordings. However, the only drawback of the valve powered amp is that it can only produce an overdriven sound in one volume, which is usually pretty loud!

So, if you are looking to be a good guitarist, you better do your homework on the guitar amps out there. Getting the best guitar amp is extremely important, that is if you want to have a predictable and reliable sound output while you are strumming away!

By Natasha Bantwal

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As touched on above there are many hardware and software solutions for this – you can actually plug a microphone into your recording interface and use it to record your guitar amp – or you can use a hardware unit like the POD XTL.

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More and more often these days, an instrument originally designed for one purpose or musical genre will be adopted for and adapted to a completely different area. This has been the fate of the resonator guitar, which was originally designed to be louder than a conventional acoustic guitar in order to ensure that the instrument could be heard above the horns and percussion instruments in dance orchestras. The resonator guitar, however, is possessed of a very distinct and original sound, and because of that, it has been adopted and integrated into the musical genres of bluegrass, country and blues music.

 

The resonator guitar, or resophonic guitar as it is occasionally called, is an acoustic guitar that uses one or more metal cones (resonators) instead of the traditional wooden soundboard. These instruments can be divided into two subcategories, these being square-necked guitars and round-necked guitars. The former are designed to be played like a lap steel guitar (with a slide), while the latter can be played as either a conventional classical guitar or as a steel guitar. In addition to this division, there are also three main types of resonator designs: the “tricone,” the single inverted cone, and the spider-less single cone.

 

The original resonator guitar was developed during the early 20th century and in 1927, the first instruments were manufactured under the brand name National. These guitars were of the tricone variety, which means that they had three conical resonators joined by a T-shaped piece of aluminum called a “spider” that supported the bridge. A year later, one of the founding members of National split and began his own label, Dobro. That company released a competing resonator guitar that featured a single resonator under a distinctive circular perforated metal cover plate. The bridge rested at the center of this plate on an eight-legged aluminum spider. Finally, National countered with its own take on the single resonator model. This instrument used a wooden “biscuit” at the cone apex to support the bridge, rather than the traditional spider.

This quick succession of instrument innovations occurred over the course of about five years. At the end of that time, in 1932, the owners of Dobro gained control of National and formed the National Dobro Corporation. However, with the entry of the United States into World War II in 1941, all production of resonator guitars by the company ceased for a time. Since the end of World War II, the Dobro label has passed through various hands, all of which have used it to produce resonator guitars. Dobro is currently the possession of the Gibson Guitar Company. Today, common terminology uses Dobro to refer to an instrument with an inverted cone, while National generally means an instrument with a non-inverted cone.

 

 

As mentioned, bluegrass, country and blues are the usual territory of the resonator guitar. The first generally utilizes square-necked Dobro guitars, while the latter two favor round-necked National instruments. Because both styles of guitar may be played as a lap steel guitar, this is the most common position used by artists. However, round-necked guitars may be played in the traditional guitar position.

Author: Victor Epand

 

Acoustic Guitars – Variations On A Theme

In the resonator guitar the sound is produced by metal cones instead of by the wooden body of the guitar. The resonator did not help much with amplification but its distinctive sound has made it a favorite with bluegrass and blues.

National Delphi Resonator: Picking With Luke Winslow-King

The old school resonator cone technology has been helping guitar players be heard over horn bands for about a century now. It’s also nice for more intimate finger picking passages. Metal Finger picks can give you an extra edge too.

 

Best Thing In Town

The vibe of this song is laid back and even has an island music tinged feel to it complete with resonator guitars and even a mandolin! Something true punks I’m sure are shaking their head at, but then again Rancid defied that logic long.

 

 

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You want to play electric guitar but you have a limited budget. Your first electric guitar needs to be cheap so you need to get some idea which is the best brand to buy. If you do not buy a good quality electric guitar your guitar playing learning curve is going to be that much more steep, and you are going to feel like a prize dumbbell telling people that your playing would be much better if your guitar was not such a pile of junk.

Let us set some ground rules. Do not buy a cheap guitar online unless the vendor is in your local area. Also, when we talk about cheap guitars we should be talking cheap brands, not old guitars of dubious quality and unknown condition. If there is a music shop or two somewhere close to where you live, they should be able to cater to your needs. There are a lot of deep mysteries connected with guitar playing but finding a cheap guitar is not one of them.

To start with, there are big brand name guitars that you may not be able to afford, and indeed it would be silly to pay a fortune for your first electric guitar, but there are copies of these famous guitars which you CAN afford. Amongst these copies of the big name guitars made by various guitar makers, are good and bad quality guitars, and you need to be familiar with the better quality makers of cheap guitars. Any guitar factory in Outer Mongolia can churn out realistic looking electric guitars but they may not be able to hold together for longer than five minutes.

So, let us first look at a few big name guitars. Fender, Gibson, Washburn. You recognize those names, right? Squier, Ibanez, Yamaha, Crafter. Do you recognize those names? They make cheap electric guitars some of which are copies of more expensive models. The basic difference between cheap guitars and expensive guitars is quality of materials. The reason you need to be aware of which cheaper brands to buy is that you do not want to go too far into the realms of cheap and nasty. Without wanting to influence you unduly, I think you could do a lot worse than buying a Squier Stratocaster for a first electric guitar. It is made by Fender, the makers of the original Strat.

Another thing you need to consider is the type of music you want to play. Once you start looking around at guitars you need to be aware of the sound. Right from the first day as a guitar player you should be listening to yourself making a sound that you are happy with.

One really cool thing you should be taking with you when you go looking to buy a cheap electric guitar is a guitar player. Even if it is one of the neighbors who bought a guitar years ago and never did anything with it, it is better than nothing. And then there’s the color. Your neighbor may be able to give you some advice on the construction of electric guitars or the benefits of this or that pickup, but only YOU can decide what color you want. When Mark Knopfler decided to buy his first guitar he knew he wanted a red one. It is an important consideration. You will not feel comfortable posing in front of the mirror with the wrong color guitar!

You will not be posing in front of the mirror? Oh . . . okay.

Author: Ricky Sharples

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Make sure to do you research before buying an electric guitar. Some inexpensive electric guitars are of great quality,but is the seller going to give you.

 

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Have you ever played an “air guitar”?

I have.

Many times when listening to my Sex Pistols, Sham 69, or Stranglers records (Yeh, I know, I’m showing my age now).

But playing the “air guitar” has often been looked upon as a bit “geeky”, yet it’s something most of us have done and still do.

Well, Guitar Hero brings the art of playing the air guitar literally screaming and kicking into the 20th Century and out of the closet.

Playing the air guitar is now actually seen as cool and hip, especially if your good.

I was first exposed to the game at my local Mall when I saw groups of teenagers round a video game machine thrashing away on a “guitar” shaped “instrument”.

So what is Guitar Hero?

In the “game” players flail away on guitar-shaped controller and try to replicate the moves of the guitarist playing a popular song.
In essence its a bit like guitar karaoke.

What makes it unusual and unique is it comes packaged with a guitar peripheral modeled after a black Gibson SG rather than using the console’s standard controller.
The game’s guitar has no strings; its fret board features five colored buttons that you press with your left hand as you hit a plastic strumming bar with your right.
Its appeal is in the ease of playing and “learning” to play the guitar to recreate your favorite bands and songs.

It “makes you feel like you’re a guitar player without having to practice for years and years,” says Ted Lange, an associate producer and in-house guitar expert at Red Octane, the company that makes “Guitar Hero.”
Published by Red Octane in partnership with Activision it has become a huge success and has achieved cult status already amongst its many loyal “followers”.

The development of Guitar Hero was inspired by Konami’s Guitar Freaks arcade game, which at the time had not seen much exposure in the North American market.
In total, four games have been released for video game consoles, while games have been released for mobile phones and the Nintendo DS hand held gaming system.

But I predict there is more to come as the game garners mass appeal.

The Heroes

Another popular element of the game is its characters, or the Guitar Heroes featured.

Each character has been given a rich and believable history making the characters more “real” and “alive”. Add to this some real Guitar Heroes such as “Slash” and suddenly the line between real and unreal becomes blurred.

Popular characters included Johnny Napalm, a punk rocker looking not to dissimilar to Sex Pistols lead singer Johnny Rotten.

Then there’s God of Rock, Axel Steel (any guesses to his “true identity?), Izzy Sparks, Slash, Judy Nails, Lou, and Metalhead to name a few.

What makes it different?

Guitar Hero is different because guitar playing is seen as a showy and flashy thing to do.

It’s always been revered and the worlds top guitarists are adored and emulated by their millions of fans who aspire to play like them.

Everyone has, at some time, played the “air guitar” usually locked away in your bedroom with just you and your records.

This is what has given the game its mass appeal and popularity.

It has tapped into this and dragged the practice of playing the air guitar out into the open and made it mainstream and “acceptable”.

Add to that alcohol, members of the opposite sex, or the same sex, and it becomes like going to a party in your parents’ basement

In New York Guitar Hero nights have quickly become a hit in some bars and pubs and competitions are a regular event.

In fact McFarlane Toys, makers of the Guitar Hero action figures, recently sponsored a Guitar Hero competition prior to the Metallica concert at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Ariz.

The competition was open to everyone and took place near the fountains adjacent to Jobing.com Arena on the huge video board.

There were loads of cool prizes given away, including t-shirts, Guitar Hero video games and McFarlane’s own Guitar Hero action figures.

There is already a huge amount of merchandising surrounding the game with custom guitar consoles, soundtracks, statues and now action figures.

McFarlane Toys, one of the USA’s biggest toy manufacturers, has announced that they have signed a deal in partnership with Activision to produce action figures based on the hit video game.

Some of the most popular characters in Guitar Hero are to be represented in McFarlanes series of Guitar Hero’s action figures and they will even be producing packs of individual, customizable guitars for them.

So it looks like 2009 could be the year to brush the dust off your air guitar break out that old pair of torn jeans and t-shirt and head to the local Mall.

If you haven?t seen or heard of Guitar Heroes yet you will.

Because, with the right marketing and product placement I predict this could become as big as Karaoke was in the 80?s.

Until next time

Keep rockin’

Author: Colin Dorman

 

 

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Guitars can be divided into two broad categories namely acoustic and electric. But you can make an acoustic tone in an electric acoustic with the help of a processor. Once you plug in the instrument with the amplifier, you will get a perfect sound, actually you do not have any unplugged sound. The instrument can be electric as well as acoustic. And can be played acoustically or electronically. Pegs hold on to the acoustic strings and keep it attached. The saddle is situated on the bridge. Pickups The electrical sound on an electric and acoustic electric are produced by the pickups.

 

You can play, where the sound is produced by vibrating the strings, which is further modulated by the hollow body of the guitar. Many of the notes repeat themselves in several locations. Unlike the piano, the acoustic guitar is laid out in a way that is not linear. The strength and dexterity that the acoustic guitar demands is at first, alien to the fingers. The spanish guitar, also called the classical guitar, with six nylon or gut strings that resembles the Flamenco. You can buy a 6 string or a 12 string acoustic.

 

Solo pianists and solo acoustic guitarists have taken their lead from pioneers in the field like Mason Williams, George Winston, Michael Hedges and others. Vocals are usually recorded in mono, acoustic instruments could be recorded in stereo. Aside from the strain on the fingertips, another reason to begin playing with an acoustic instrument is that you are more likely to learn how to play correctly. If you decide to begin with an acoustic model, by the time your fingers have hardened sufficiently on the softer strings, you well be well on the road to knowing your chords.

 

 

After school, there would be ample time to discover all the chords and enjoy the resounding flavor of notes that are emitted from the bass. Acoustic electric guitars use acoustic amplifiers, and, of course, acoustic instruments do not use amps. If you are interested in acoustic music, for example, then an acoustic instruments would be the correct item to purchase. An acoustic is that one that is not dependent on any external device rather uses a soundboard fixed on the front part of the body.

 

Sound Hole The sound hole can be found on the top center of the body of an acoustic or acoustic electric. The entire journey of learning how to play can turn out to be an absolutely enthralling experience provided you have the right kind of motivation and devotion. Whether you will opt for an acoustic or an electric largely depends on the what suits your needs best. There are also many tip books, which provide a storehouse of knowledge to the beginners. Many of the tips come handy and are quite helpful in making beginners learn the basics.

 

Some of the remarkable qualities of acoustic guitars are as followed Beautiful sound quality. There are several kinds of acoustic guitars, which come with different price tags. So it makes sense to go through some of the important acoustic playing tips that are going to make the learning of the basic techniques an absolutely fun filled experience. Learning the basics can also be an engaging process provided you take lessons from the right institution or person. Electric acoustic In these pickups do not produce a signal directly from the vibration of the strings, but rather from the vibration of the top or body.

 

Manufactures of acoustic and electric instruments, bass guitars and accessories, amplifiers, live studio sound equipments, microphones and lighting gears. The acoustic guitars was quite large and deep in contrast to most instruments and gave more volume, especially in the low register. The acoustic bass was introduced in 1972. Conclusion Acoustic instruments, which are an indispensable part of folk music and country music as well, are available in different types.

 

 

By: Ronald W. Firquain

 

 

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How Do Electric Guitars Work – All You Need To Know.

 

Guitars come in various shapes, sizes, looks and design. The music world has classical acoustic guitars, semi-acoustic guitars, electric guitars, hollow body guitars, jumbo guitars, ‘S’ hole guitars etc. Each of these guitars has its own characteristic generic looks, characteristic sound and tonality, which attract their own respective following. Overall, guitars can be classified into two broad categories: acoustic guitars and electric guitars.

 

How Does a Guitar Work?

To know how guitar work, let us first see what is common to the working of any guitar. Every acoustic guitar has a minimum of six parts – the guitar neck with guitar nut and headstock, fret board, tuning keys, Guitar Bridge, sound box and guitar strings. Each of these parts is crucial to the good working of the guitar and plays its own roles to dole out music.

The guitar strings are long strands of metal or nylon wire, which stretch along through the major length of the guitar. There are normally six strings in a guitar (for the most common six-string guitar). All of these six strings run parallel to each other and are interspersed with a small gap between them. There are the sound generators of the guitar.

Strings generate sound for the guitar by vibrating along their vibrating length. The guitar bridge on one end and the guitar nut on the other end fix the vibrating length of a guitar string. The strings are tied onto a guitar under tension. The strings are plucked by fingers or with a pick. The tension in the string (varied about with the help of tuning keys) makes the string to vibrate.

 

Up to this point, the working of all guitars is the same. What happens next is what categorizes whether the guitar is an acoustic guitar or and electric guitar.

 

Acoustic Guitars

All guitars have strings that vibrate which are the principal sound generators of the musical instrument. If you pluck a string tied under tension (no, no! not on a guitar!) you will find that the sound produced is not what you will want to hear again and again as you would like to hear the sound of a good guitar.

 

Moreover, the sound from bare strings is very soft and you will barely be able to hear them. The sound has to be amplified so that people far and near can hear them. This is where the sound box from the acoustic guitar comes in. The sound box of an acoustic guitar is made as an hollow body constructed out of wood. It uses the ‘acoustics’ of the shape of the hollow body, material characteristics etc to amplify the sound generated by the string. The sound box of a guitar gives it its characteristic sound.

 

How Does An Electric Guitar Work?

Electric guitars amplify the sound generated by the guitar strings electronically. Instead of the sound box of an acoustic guitar, an electric guitar has pick-ups and other electronic components. The pick up from an electric guitar picks up the sound waves generated by the strings and converts them into their corresponding minute electrical signals. There are different types of pickups. Commonly used ones are magnetic pickups, piezo electric pickups, condenser pick ups etc.

The converted electric signal then passes through the various electronic components mounted on the guitar and finally into the sound amplifier which electronically amplifies the sound. The electronic components on the guitar modulate the converted electric signal to suit the guitarist. Most commonly found components on guitars are the volume control knob (which enables the guitarist to control the volume of the guitar sound) and tone control knobs (which enables the playing guitarist to determine the sound tonality).

 

 

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 Originally guitars were all acoustic, and the volume achievable by such guitars was quite enough for the environments in which they were played. However, as music developed and the locations in which it performed grew larger, and with the introduction of accompanying instruments, it became necessary to increase the volume and sound of the guitar. Especially with jazz gaining in popularity, the brass instruments would simply drown out the guitar, and so solutions had to be found.

 

It was Les Paul, a major innovator in the world of guitars, experimented with attaching microphones to guitars, and this led to some of the earliest electric guitars, although these were generally simply hollow acoustic guitars with tungsten pickups. In 1931 these were being manufactured by the Electro String Instrument Corporation, and the design of an acoustic guitar with a hollow body and a tungsten pickup was devised by Harry Watson, and this model was called the Rickenbacker. This was officially the very first electric guitar, although still a very long way off the ones we see today. Although they were used, and popular, straight away, the first documented record of an early electric guitar being used in a public performance was in Kansas in 1932, when Gage Brewer helped to publicise this new type of guitar in a special Halloween performance.

 

The first recording of an electric guitar is often attributed to Eddie Durham, but in fact this is incorrect, and fifteen days earlier George Barnes, a jazz guitarist, recorded Sweetheart Land and It’s a Low-Down Dirty Shame in Chicago in 1938. It was Durham, however, who introduced the early electric guitar to Charlie Christian, who became one of the most significant influences for many decades on electric guitars in jazz music.

 

 The electric guitar we know and recognise today usually has a solid body, although not always. The solid body electric guitar is made of wood – often a single piece where possible. The earliest solid body electric guitar was not made of wood however, and was in fact made of cast aluminium, with steel strings. This was officially named the Rickenbacker, but was more commonly referred to as the Frying Pan or Pancake Guitar for obvious reasons. The sound of this guitar was quite aggressive, with a very modern feel to its voice.

 

In the 1940s Les Paul was still developing ideas for the electric guitar, and in his own time he created the log guitar, which derived its name from the fact that it was constructed from a simple 4×4 wooden post, with a neck attached to one end. The pickups were home made, and there were two halves of the body attached purely for appearance sake. This guitar was patented, and was the first of its kind, although the Gibson Electric Guitar designed later by Les Paul shares no characteristics at all, and it seems to have been a one off.

 

The next major development in the world of the electric guitar was in the mid 1940s when Richard D Bourgerie, who was employed making electrical equipment during the second World War for the US military at the Howard Radio Company, created an electric guitar pickup and amplifier combination for George Barnes. Barnes in turn showed this new design to Les Paul who requested another be constructed for himself.

 

Today there seem to be as many different makes and models of electric guitar as there are players, and if you are entering the world of the electric guitar yourself for the first time, you may be slightly taken aback by the sheer range of options, features and designs available. Essentially, however, they all share more or less the same basic features, with a body that is either solid or hollow, usually six steel strings, and perhaps the biggest and most significant choice, the pickup. Depending upon the type of pickup, the guitar may well sound quite different, and this is perhaps the one place to look most carefully.

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One of the most unique makes of electric guitar you will ever see and always remember from being used by pop groups such as The Beatles or Rolling Stones, is the electric guitars made by a company called Vox.

Vox has a long history in the making of musical equipment including amps, guitars, organs and even accordions – but the guitars and amplifiers really stick out among the crowd and will carry on to be very desirable even now. The amps were used to propel artists and groups such as The Shadows and The Animals to the heights in the pop charts in the 1950s and 60’s. The 1st two Vox guitars named as The Stroller and the Clubman were both produced in 1961 and were copies on the standard guitars that were on sale at the time. Although this was the 1st outing for Vox into the electric guitar making business, they decided to play safe.

In 1962 after making the decision not to copy electric such as Gibson or Fender, the Vox design team hired the talents of EKO, the Italian electric guitar maker and designer to help them design something unique and special. The team produced the Vox Phantom which featured a totally unique trapezoid shaped body. The Phantom went on to become a very popular model of guitar for Vox, being played by the Rolling Stones and bands like The Hollies. Due to the amazing success of the Vox guitar range, it was expanded to include Bass models and 12 string models of the their very popular Phantom range. The 12 string Phantom model Phantom is probably the best 12 string electric guitars ever manufactured – even up to today. Vox also released signature models such as the Bill Wyman Bass, played by the Rolling Stones guitarist and produced other unique designs such as the mandolin inspired Vox Mando.

In 1963, the Vox Phantom MK3 electric guitar was created which ended up being a totally different shape to the predecessor. The unique format and design was known as The Teardrop Guitar due to its unique design and shape. The Teardrop shape and due to the fact that it was used and made popular by musicians such as Brian Jones and Bill Wyman from the Rolling Stones pushed the Vox Phantom MK3 into the history books.

Due to heavily investing money in their world class AC Vox amp models, the Vox company stopped production of guitars in the late 60’s which did not resume until 1982. Once they had restarted making electric guitars once more, Vox released the Vox Standard and Custom guitars which were perhaps the best guitars they had produced. Just three years later the Vox Custom and Standard guitars were re-branded and remade by a Korean manufacturer under the name of White Shadow. Vox continues to still be one of the classic electric guitar makers of the 20th century and has its name is in the history books as helping lay the foundations for the rock guitar genre with its range of "AC" amplifiers, Phantom MK3 guitars and innovative and unique designs.

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