Electric sound

Electric guitar, fashionable, slim, beautiful. An indispensable instrument for every rock and metal musician. Currently, there are dozens of electric guitar models. Some are perfect for strong sound, while others are suitable for a lighter repertoire. It is worth knowing that a properly chosen electric guitar will also work great for a beginner musician.

How is sound created?

As we know, the guitar belongs to the category of stringed plucked musical instruments. The classical model (e.g. Admira-Juanita guitar) consists of a resonant body and a neck, as well as frets placed on the fingerboard and six strings (it is worth knowing that there are also variations of classical guitar with a different number of strings, e.g. four, five, seven, eight, or even nine, ten, or twelve). Due to plucking the strings, only a quiet sound can be obtained, so the vibrations need to be amplified. This can be done mechanically - precisely with the resonant body, as in the classical guitar, or electrically. The electric guitar does not have a resonant body because it does not need it. Instead, it is equipped with pickups that convert string vibrations into an electric signal. This signal is then amplified and eventually emitted by speakers. Electromagnetic pickups, inside which bar magnets (cylindrical in shape) are placed directly under the strings. In a coil made of thin wire wound on a frame, the voltage accumulates due to the vibration of the metal strings, which is then transmitted to the amplifier. In addition, in instruments with two or three pickups, thanks to a three or five-way switch (located near the guitar's potentiometers), the sound can be changed. A wide selection of high-quality guitars, available at a good price, can be found on the website www.rigexpert.pl.

History

The ancestor of the electric guitar is the so-called frying pan, encountered in the 1930s, which triumphed as a Hawaiian guitar; however, the real electric guitar, ES-150, was created in 1935. It used a pickup and had a resonant body, with characteristic cuts on both sides resembling string instruments. However, the body generated unpleasant feedback, so it was eventually completely abandoned. The first electric guitar without a resonant body was called The Log. Before the instrument took on its current appearance, it had to undergo many transformations. In the mid-1950s, the Telecaster guitar triumphed in country, jazz, and rock 'n' roll music, but its time passed after the introduction of the cheaper and extremely flexible in shaping sounds Stratocaster, a guitar with three sets of pickups that could be activated in five combinations.

Present

Today, as musicians seek their own sound, custom-made instruments are often encountered. Such guitars can be equipped with two or more necks, have an unusual tuning, shape, or sound. A variation of the electric guitar is the bass guitar, created for entertainment music. It perfectly replaces the double bass (as it has four strings tuned E1-A1-D-G and provides a range of sound from E1 to g1). It is increasingly used as a solo instrument. An example can be the Ibanez-GSR200 model. The low sound in this instrument is achieved by using thicker strings and a longer neck. The latter can cause discomfort for the musician, so thumbrests are often installed on the bass guitar. There are several ways to produce sound: fingering (plucking strings), picking, also known as picking (striking strings with a pick), slap (striking strings with the thumb), popping (plucking strings with all fingers except the thumb), and finally tapping (energetically pressing strings against the frets).