What associations do the layman have with the word "electric guitar"? First of all, rock music, powerful riffs, characteristic overdriven sound, variety of forms. For a decade in a row, this instrument has been considered a symbol of "coolness", and such performers as Jimi Hendrix, Tony Iommi, Ritchie Blackmore, Steve Vai and many others inspire more and more generations of beginning musicians to choose it as their instrument. This is probably why the query “buy an electric guitar Kiev” is one of the most frequent in the search engine when it comes to buying a musical instrument.
And not by rock alone! Jazz, blues, rock and roll, rockabilly - these genres are also hard to imagine without this instrument!
From appearance to the present day
The instrument owes its appearance to the Gibson engineer Lloyd Loer, who invented the electromagnetic pickup. It happened in 1924, and seven years later, the first copies were launched into mass production, the body of which was made of aluminum. The first to try the novelty were jazzmen, who were attracted by the opportunity to use previously unknown timbres and diversify the sound of the band. But who was the first to use the electric guitar to create and perform music is still debated on this topic. Some argue that it was Californian guitarist Sam Koki, while others believe that the pioneer of this instrument is Les Paul. One way or another, and she took her place, gradually migrating from jazz to more aggressive genres - rock and roll and rockabilly, and later became an integral part of rock music.
Specificity
The specifics of playing the electric guitar differs from the specifics of playing an acoustic instrument not only due to the low position of the strings. Above all, playing the electric guitar requires precision and accuracy, since the electromagnetic pickup is sensitive to vibration. If you accidentally hit or fail to muffle an adjacent string in time, the sound will be muddy. And if this dirt is passed through an effects pedal or processor ... Sound production is an important component when playing any instrument, but, in this case, it is doubly important to monitor the purity of the sound.
Another point is the arrangement of the strings. You have tuned the instrument to the tuner, but it doesn't build - why? Because the strings on an electric guitar are positioned so that the guitarist doesn't have to put too much pressure on the strings on the fretboard. Excessive effort can pull the string up or down - and then dissonance occurs, even if the guitar is perfectly tuned.
Finally, the final sound is directly dependent on the selected effect pedals and the characteristics of the combo amp. This should also be considered by a beginner in order to choose the right accompanying equipment.
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