| The actual date and time of the invention of the | | | | some of these electric guitars are even becoming |
| electric guitar hasn't ever been recognized, although it | | | | digital in many different aspects of the overall design |
| was first seen in the early 1930's by members of | | | | of the electric guitar. |
| orchestras and musicians. The inventors of the electric | | | | There are many web sites dedicated to the concept |
| guitar at that time, who were electronically minded | | | | of the electric guitar, and those that are sold today are |
| individuals, realized that the guitar needed to be | | | | reasonable and affordable. It is for this reason that so |
| amplified to produce louder sounds in noisy venues and | | | | many individuals today are learning to play the electric |
| to be able to be heard alongside other instruments. | | | | guitar more. According to statistics the number of |
| The reason for this of course was due to the fact | | | | those individuals who play the electric guitar has |
| that at the time, many of the musical instruments at | | | | increased tremendously over the past decade alone. |
| that time were often made of brass. With this being | | | | With the history of the electric guitar so long ago, the |
| the case, acoustic guitars would simply not be heard in | | | | design of the body of the electric guitar has changed |
| a band. This frustrated many of the musicians, | | | | too. There are many different colors for the electric |
| because the guitar was a popular instrument and was | | | | guitar now. |
| simply being pushed out of the music place. | | | | There are also those that are considered cut-outs. |
| The version of the instrument that is best known | | | | Cut-outs are those electric style guitars that literally |
| today is the solid body electric guitar, a guitar made of | | | | have portions of the body removed for appearance. |
| solid wood, without resonating airspaces within it. The | | | | Depending on where or what type of music the guitar |
| electric guitar of this type has an innovation of | | | | is going to play will usually vary in the appearance and |
| technology which includes a pickup of some kind that | | | | color of the electric guitar. |
| actually causes the vibration from the strings being | | | | Electric guitars are found in most bands today. From |
| played to sound through some kind of amplifier. | | | | classical music, rock music and other styles, to |
| Obviously, the amplifier for the electric guitar was also | | | | ultimately country music that often used acoustic |
| an issue and the earliest of these often had tubes as | | | | guitars in times past. Many of the electric guitars now |
| televisions did during that time period. | | | | also have add-ons or pedals for the guitar that can |
| Electric guitars in history have been rather heavy due | | | | essentially make the electric guitar sound like any |
| to the inner components. Over the past few decades | | | | instrument. This is a big advancement from the 1930's |
| the electric guitar has been getting lighter and lighter. | | | | when the entire idea of an electric guitar was simply |
| The electric guitar and the components are essentially | | | | so it could be heard among the other instruments in a |
| made out of not only lighter wood, but the actual | | | | band. |
| pickup is smaller. This allows for a bigger sound. In fact, | | | | |