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- The Amazing History of the Gibson Flying V Guitar
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] The first prototypes of the Gibson Flying V Guitar were made in 1957 to compete with the Fender Stratocaster, which was very popular at the time. Gibson wanted to create a guitar that had a design that looked great and something that would look like it came from the future. They did exactly that by designing a guitar that looks like something that would be in a Jetson's cartoon. Another futuristic model that they created at the same time was the Gibson Explorer.
- History of the Gretsch Guitar
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] The Gretsch Guitar has a long and wonderful history going back more than 100 years. The Gretsch story begins in 1883 when Friedrich Gretsch started up a small musical instrument shop in Brooklyn New York, where they made banjos, drums and tambourines. Unfortunately Frederich wouldn't get to see his company reach the peak of its success because he passed away only 12 years later at the young age of 39.
- History of the Schecter Guitar
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] The Schecter Guitar Research repair shop was opened in 1976 by David Schecter in Van Nuys, California. This is where it all began for the future guitar manufacturing company. The repair shop manufactured replacement guitar parts and eventually supplied everything you would need to build a guitar but did not build any of their own guitars at that time. Their main customers were custom repair shops and the two big guitar-manufacturing companies, Gibson and Fender.
- History of the Fender Guitar
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] One of the most popular guitar companies and definitely one of the most influential contributions ever in modern music was the Fender guitar. With the introduction of these solid body electric guitars, basses and amplifiers, Fender helped the smaller bands be heard in bigger venues a lot better than using acoustic instruments. They also helped change the sound of the music and would heavily influence a broad area of genres including Rock, Jazz, Blues and many more.
- History Of The Gibson Guitar
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] One of the most popular and loved guitars ever made is the Gibson guitar. It all started way back when a man by the name of Orville Gibson started making mandolins in his small workshop located in Kalamazoo, Michigan. A few years later in 1902, Orville started up the Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Manufacturing Company.
- Top 3 Guitar Magazines To Help You Teach Yourself Guitar
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] There are many different ways that you can get lessons that will help you teach yourself guitar. There are guitar magazines, dvd's, cd's, books, tablature, online membership sites, teachers and probably a dozen other methods that I haven't even thought of. One of the oldest and most popular ways is the use of guitar magazines. You can find many of these magazines at your local bookstore, grocery store or corner/convenience store.
- History Of The Guild Guitar
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] Al Dronge and George Mann started the Guild Guitar Company in 1952. Their workshop was located in New York City and their first line of guitars consisted of a small selection of arch-top electric and flattop acoustic models. By 1955, Guild had introduced arch-top acoustics to their line up. Also in 1955, George Mann left the company and Al Dronge took total control.
- History Of The PRS Guitar
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] The PRS Guitar Company was established in 1985 by luthier and musician Paul Reed Smith. Paul built his first guitar when he was challenged by his music professor to build one for some extra credits, while he was attending the St. Mary's College of Maryland. Paul did an amazing job on his first guitar and got an "A" from his professor in return. This made him realize his passion for building guitars and decided to pursue his dream and make guitars for a living.
- History Of The Dean Guitar
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] The Dean Guitar Company was established in 1976 by luthier Dean Zelinsky, who was only 18 years old at the time. Dean Began playing guitar when he was 9 years old and was restoring old beat up guitars by the time he was 16. He would buy an old Gibson SG with a broken neck, fix it, play it for a few weeks and then sell it. Dean Zelinsky also employed his karate teacher, who was a corporate pilot, to look for antique guitars in the cities that he stopped over at. He put together a chart for his teacher of every valuable guitar that was available at the time, with everything to look out for in these guitars.
- History Of The Epiphone Guitar
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] The Epiphone guitar officially got its name for the first time when it was registered in 1924. The actual company got its start many years earlier, so let's go back a bit further to see how it began.
- History Of The Washburn Guitar
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] The Washburn guitar Company has been producing guitars for over 120 years. Washburn first starting making guitars in 1883 in Chicago Illinois, just a few blocks away from Maxwell Street. Maxwell Street would end up being the center of the Delta Blues movement in the 1920's.
- History Of The Jackson Guitar
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] The Company by the name of Charvel Guitar Repair made the first Jackson guitar for Randy Rhoads of Ozzy Osbourne and Quiet Riot fame. Grover Jackson and Wayne Charvel were partners of the company with Charvel having his name on the guitars. On November 10th 1978, Jackson bought out his partner and took control of the company.
- Best Guitar Scale For Rock Music
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] The best guitar scale to learn if you are into Rock music is the Pentatonic scale. The Pentatonic scale is also used in many other types of popular music, like Blues for example. The Pentatonic scale has 5 notes that create 5 patterns that connect across the entire fretboard. These 5 patterns get their names from the notes that are in the scale... Root, 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th. Also, just by adding a few notes, you can create all of your other scales just by using this one pattern.
- History Of The Taylor Guitar
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] The story of the Taylor guitar starts off in 1973 when 20-year-old Kurt Listug talked Sam Radding, owner of the American Dream guitar shop in Lemon Grove California, into hiring him. After awhile, a workbench opened for Kurt and he got a chance to do some finishing work on guitars. A couple of weeks later a man by the name of BobTaylor also got a workbench job at the shop. Bob, who was 18 years old at the time, was hired because Sam saw some talent in him when he sold some guitars to Sam that he had made himself.
- History Of The Ovation Guitar
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] The first ever Ovation Guitar was made in 1966 and introduced to the world as the "Balladeer" in February of 1967. Charles Kaman, an aeronautical engineer and avid guitar player, took his Martin guitar to the C.F. Martin Company to have the warped neck of his guitar fixed. While there, president of the company, Fred Martin invited Charles on a tour of the Martin factory. While on the tour, Charles was shocked that their guitars were being made with hammers and animal glue. Since he was familiar with working with advanced woodworking equipment while he was working as a helicopter engineer, he knew right away that he could drastically improve their guitars.
- History Of The Yamaha Guitar
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] The Yamaha guitar has been around for over 60 years and the company itself for over 100 years. In 1887, Torakusu Yamaha made his first reed organ and began taking orders to make more. In 1897, the Nippon Gakki Co. Ltd. was founded with Torakusu as president of the company.
- History Of The Gibson SG Guitar
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] The Gibson SG guitar is one of the most coveted guitars in history. Many musicians over the years have fallen in love with the SG and have remained loyal to Gibson. Here is a bit of the history of the SG for you to enjoy.
- History Of The ESP Guitar
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] The first ESP Guitar was made in Japan in 1976. The ESP Company (Electric Sound Products) actually started up a year earlier but only provided guitar replacement parts at that time. ESP guitars and replacement parts continued to be sold exclusively in Japan for nearly a decade before moving into the U.S. market. In 1983 their replacement parts were made available in the U.S and in 1984 their guitars made their American appearance.
- 6 Of The Most Popular Guitar Effects Pedals Explained
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] Guitar effects pedals, which are also called stomp boxes, are used by the musician to change the sound of their guitar. Stomp boxes get their name because of the "stomping" action needed to make the effect work. When the pedals are off, you are playing with the guitars clean (unaffected signal) sound coming out of your amp. When you step on it to turn it on, the signal that goes to the pedals are changed creating the desired effect.
- Easy Guitar Solos & Riffs To Add To Your Repertoire
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] For all of you up and coming guitar heroes out there, I have put together a couple of easy guitar solos and riffs for you to try out. One of the most frustrating things when starting to learn how to play guitar is trying to learn a solo, riff or even a whole song that you're not ready for. What ends up happening is your confidence starts to fade and before you know it you stop playing altogether. The trick is to start off with easy songs or solos and practice them until you know them inside and out.
- The 4 Best Guitar Solos Of All Time
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] The following is a list of the 4 best guitar solos ever to be played... well, at least in my opinion anyways. I had the hardest time writing this because with all of the amazing music in the world, how the heck do you pick the top 4? What was even harder for me was to put them in order!
- Top 4 Ways To Learn How To Play A Guitar
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] Ahhh... It's wonderful to be living in this age of technology, with all of the amazing resources to help you learn how to play a guitar. Not so long ago, all you had were guitar teachers and guitar instruction books. Today you also have cd's, dvd's and online guitar instruction videos from some of the top guitarists in the world. With all of these different types of guitar learning products, learning how to play the guitar is now easier than ever. I will now explain to you the top 4 ways to learn how to play a guitar and give you what I think are the good points and bad of each.
- History of the Guitar
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] Going back through the history of the guitar, there have been guitar like instruments that did exist during ancient times; however, we find the first written account of a guitar in the 14th century. When it was first mentioned, it had three pairs of strings as well as a single string. Most historians believe that the guitar came from Spain, since by the 16th century in Spain, an instrument that was almost the same was found in lower classes, and it had six pairs of strings.
- Easy Steps That Teach You How To String A Guitar
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] Surprisingly, many people that play an electric guitar do not know how to string a guitar properly. Here is a simple guide to help you change your guitar strings perfectly every time. First thing you want to do is be sure to change your strings on a regular basis even if they do not break. By not changing them regularly, you can damage your fret board. How often you change your strings depends on how often you play and the brand of strings that you use.
- Different Types of Guitar Wood And Their Common Uses
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] With a wide variety of musical styles, the guitar has significant ancient roots and classifications. This unique musical instrument is recognized as one of the primary sounds in most musical arenas to include blues, country rock, some elements of pop, and flamenco. To highlight these distinctive musical icons, a musical instrument such as that in the guitar was specially crafted using certain guitar wood, for specific sounds and styles.
- Electric Guitar Strings - How Do You Know Which Ones To Choose?
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] There are hundreds of different electric guitar strings to choose from. There's probably... I don't know... dozens of different brands of guitar strings that you can buy as well. For all I know there could be more, so how do you know which one's to choose? Well, if you are looking for an answer to that question, chances are that you are a beginner, so I'll tell you what I think a beginner should start out with.
- 7 Basic Guitar Chords That Will Get You Playing Songs Fast
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] Learning some of the basic guitar chords as soon as you start learning how to play the guitar is so valuable because it builds a strong foundation. Also, when you learn a few chords and piece them together, you will be able to figure out which chord combinations sound great together and make up your own songs. You will enjoy learning guitar a lot more if you can at least play one of your own tunes and this will keep your momentum going. You would be amazed how many people can play bits and pieces but can't play a whole song.
- Top 7 Hard Rock And Heavy Metal Guitar Tunings
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] There are many different guitar tunings that are used in Rock and Metal music besides standard tuning. Guitar players in these genres like to use these tunings because they give a heavier and darker sound to their music. Some of the more popular tunings used are Dropped D, Dropped C, Dropped B, E Flat, D, C and open G. Here are the descriptions of how the strings should be tuned and some of the bands that use them.
- 7 Easy Guitar Songs You Can Learn By The Beatles
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] When looking for easy guitar songs to play, why not learn some from possibly the most influential band ever in the history of popular music? The band that I speak of is of course The Beatles. The Beatles were made up of 4 musicians from Liverpool, England... John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. Over the years, The Beatles have sold millions of records and recorded more that 200 songs. In the UK alone, the Beatles reached #1 with more that 40 different singles, albums and EP's.
- Easy Guitar Tabs - Polly By Nirvana
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] If you are looking for easy guitar tabs of some great songs, then you have to check out Nirvana. This amazing 3 piece band that was part of the Seattle "grunge" era have put together some great songs that have become classics in a short period of time. When Nirvana were first starting to make a name for themselves in the early 90's, songs at that time were filled with fancy guitar solos that were played at super sonic speeds. Nirvana was a refreshing change compared to the music that was popular at the time.
- How To Tune A Guitar By Ear In 7 Easy Steps
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] Learning how to tune a guitar by ear takes practice to perfect but once you have mastered this skill you'll be glad you did. Guitar tuners are easier to use and a necessity when you are in loud environments where you cant hear very well such as bars. Tuning your guitar by ear will come in handy when you have a guitar but no electronic tuner around.
- Easy Guitar Tabs For Beginners - Knockin' On Heaven's Door
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] Here are some easy guitar tabs that I have written out for you so you can jump right in and get a classic song under your belt. One of the most disappointing things when trying to learn how to play the guitar is spending lots of hours learning your basic chords but not being able to actually play any songs.
- How to Read Guitar Tabs
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] One of the easiest ways to learn how to play a guitar quickly is by reading guitar tablature. This is commonly called tab and learning how to read guitar tabs is very easy.
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