Some guitars have pickups to convert the vibration of the steel chord strings into electrical current and these types of guitars are called as electric guitars. In many popular styles of music like jazz, blues, rock and roll, country music electric guitars are used. It is even used in contemporary classical music. Many famous musicians enjoy playing on the electric guitars.

In the year 1932, the guitarist Kansas of Wichita performed with the electric guitar for the first time. The first solid body electric guitars was invented by Lespaul in the year 1942. In the year 1950, Leo fender designed the first commercially successful solid body electric guitar with a single magnetic pick up. It was named as the Esquire.

The movements of the strings in the electric guitar induce a very small electrical current in the magnetic pick-ups and make very clear sound. All the magnetic pick-ups usually pick up the unwanted electromagnetic noises. In an electric guitar, the unwanted noises are eliminated. Induced currents and circuits are the main working principles of electric guitars. In an electric guitar, the coils are wrapped with very fine wire and are under the ferromagnetic string.

Unlike acoustic guitars, the bodies of the electric guitars are very solid and do not have any holes to accommodate vibration. Electric guitars are made of hard wood with a lacquer coating and have six steel strings. In any music that features electric guitar the audible sound is produced by pick-ups that convert the vibrations into an electrical signal.

This electrical signal is passed on to an amplifier and then to a speaker. Electric guitars have necks that vary according to the composition as well as its shape. There are different neck shapes as C necks and v-necks. The cut of the neck can help to define the particular sound that the electric guitar makes.

There are many strings and each musician play on different strings. Tiny Grimes is a noted four-string player.

Another type of electric guitar is the hollow body electric guitar. These have pick ups mounted on its body. The hollow body electric guitar works in a same way as the old body electric guitar. The only difference is that when the hollow bodies vibrate the pick-ups and convert the body vibration in to an electric signal.

Electric guitars can be played either solo or with any other instruments. It is popularly used in pop music and even classical music. A student of academy of science completed the largest electric guitar and technology in the year 2000.This electric guitar measures 13 metres long, and weighs 1018 kilograms.

im looking to buy an electric guitar, and im torn between a Gibson SG, And a les paul. My style of play is metal, with alot of blues in there too. I love that distortion sound more than taffy, and im a man who loves his taffy. the price isn’t an issue, so any comments on this, feel free.

I’m visiting Australia for 6 months and I was planning on buying an electric guitar over there to save my own from the risk of shipping and humidity damage (I’m from Ireland).

This is the guitar I want
http://www.thomann.de/ie/fender_jazzmaster_62_rw_vw.htm

Would I get a good deal on it in Australia with the good exchange rate and cheaper goods, or is this a pretty good deal and I should buy it and bring it over?

Thanks!

Are you an guitar freak? Do you want to know about the popular brands of electric guitars? Then here is the just what you want.

There is a long list of popular electric guitar brands. Information about some of the most popular ones among them is given below.

Fender:

Fender is a very renowned name in the arena of electric guitars. Mr. Leo Fender introduced this company in the year 1946. For times, Fender has supplied series of brilliant electric guitars. Their guitars are used in every genre of music. Like, rock, pop, rock and roll etc.

They have got different models of electric guitars like, VG Stratocaster, American Deluxe telecaster, Showmaster FAT HH (Flame Ash Top), Showmaster QMT HH (Quilt Maple Top) etc.

Ibanez:

Ibanez is another popular brand of electric guitars. Mr. Hoshino Gakki started this company in 1978.

Ibanez have a varied range of electric guitars. Like, Ibanez RG220, Ibanez IJX40, Ibanez GRG170DX, and Ibanez SZ320 etc.

Ibanez has made some brand new guitars in 2007. They are, Xiphos XPT700 (X Series), V Blade VBT700 (X Series), RG 8 String RG2228 (RG Series).

Gibson

This is one of the best among popular brands of electric guitars. Mr. Orville Gibson founded this company in 1902.

Some brilliant models of Gibson electric guitars are, Gibson ES175 Reissue Electric Guitar, Gibson ES137 Custom Electric Guitar, Gibson Standard SG Electric Guitar, and Gibson SG Standard Left Handed Electric Guitar.

Washburn:

This company was started in Chicago, in the year 1883. From then on it has not stopped creating quality guitars.

Washburn WI66PRO Idol Pro Electric Guitar, Washburn HB30 Hollow Body Electric Guitar, Washburn WI64DL TBL Electric Guitars are some of their high in demand guitar models.

Yamaha:

Yamaha is a very old and reputed company. They are somehow different from other popular brands of electric guitars. This company is in the instrument circuit since the end of 1800. But at that time they used to make organs. In 1900 they made piano. And in 1942, they started making guitars. Their guitars are very much popular and loved by various musicians all over the world.

Some very popular Yamaha electric guitar models are, Yamaha AES420 BL Guitar, Yamaha AES420 RM Guitar, Yamaha PAC012 Pacifica Electric Guitar Pack BL, and Yamaha PAC012 Pacifica Electric Guitar Pack DBM.

ESP:

ESP is a very famous brand now. E.S.P. stands for Electric Sound Products. At first they used to make replacement parts of other guitars. But from 1976 onwards they started making guitars.

ESP LTD Standard M100 guitars, ESP LTD H200 , ESP LTD Standard EX50, ESP LTD Deluxe EC1000 etc.

These are some popular brands of electric guitars. These brands of guitars are useful, user friendly, stylish and of good quality. Sometimes they are a bit expensive. But it is worth spending handsome amount of money for real good brands.

Overall these brands are very famous and they have a reputation to keep. So you can rely on them and can believe that they won’t let you down.

I played a gibson last week, and it just seems that my stratocaster doesn’t compare to the SG. The shredding and solos are so much easier to play on the Gibson. How can i make the back of the guitar neck more sleek? Or is it something beyond that?