Electric guitar | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-01-03

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00:03:39 1 History
00:11:29 2 Construction
00:16:56 2.1 Bridge and tailpiece systems
00:17:24 2.1.1 Hard-tail
00:17:58 2.1.2 Floating tailpiece
00:18:28 2.1.3 Vibrato arms
00:19:50 2.1.4 String-through body
00:20:38 2.2 Pickups
00:24:11 2.3 Guitar necks
00:30:38 3 Sound and effects
00:31:18 3.1 Built-in sound shaping
00:34:26 3.2 Guitar amplifier
00:37:41 3.3 Effects units
00:40:17 3.4 Digital and software-based effects
00:43:02 3.5 Synthesizer and digital guitars
00:43:12 4 Playing techniques
00:47:53 5 Types
00:48:02 5.1 Solid-body
00:52:11 5.2 Chambered-body
00:52:55 5.3 Semi-acoustic
00:54:19 5.4 Full hollow-body
00:56:12 5.5 Electric acoustic
00:57:30 5.6 String, bridge, and neck variants
00:57:40 5.6.1 One-string
00:58:30 5.6.2 Four-string
00:59:28 5.6.3 Seven-string
01:01:22 5.6.4 Eight- and nine-string
01:03:12 5.6.5 Ten-string
01:03:55 5.6.6 Twelve-string
01:05:43 5.6.7 Third-bridge
01:06:11 5.6.8 Double-neck
01:07:57 6 Genres
01:08:07 6.1 Popular music
01:09:28 6.2 Jazz and other more complex styles
01:12:07 6.3 Contemporary classical music
01:16:29 6.4 Vietnamese traditional music
01:17:07 7 See also



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An electric guitar is a guitar that uses one or more pickups to convert the vibration of its strings into electrical signals. The vibration occurs when a guitar player strums, plucks, fingerpicks, slaps or taps the strings. The pickup used to sense the vibration generally uses electromagnetic induction to do so, though other technologies exist. In any case, the signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is fed to a guitar amplifier before being sent to the speaker(s), which converts it into audible sound.
Since the output of an electric guitar is an electric signal, it can be electronically altered to change the timbre of the sound. Often, the signal is modified using effects such as reverb, and distortion and "overdrive"; the latter effect is considered to be a key element of electric blues guitar music and rock guitar playing.
Invented in 1931, the amplified electric guitar was adopted by jazz guitar players, who wanted to play single-note guitar solos in large big band ensembles. Early proponents of the electric guitar on record include Les Paul, Lonnie Johnson, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, T-Bone Walker, and Charlie Christian. During the 1950s and 1960s, the electric guitar became the most important instrument in popular music. It has evolved into an instrument that is capable of a multitude of sounds and styles in genres ranging from pop and rock to country music, blues and jazz. It served as a major component in the development of electric blues, rock and roll, rock music, heavy metal music and many other genres of music.
Electric guitar design and construction vary greatly in the shape of the body and the configuration of the neck, bridge, and pickups. Guitars may have a fixed bridge or a spring-loaded hinged bridge, which lets players "bend" the pitch of notes or chords up or down, or perform vibrato effects. The sound of an electric guitar can be modified by new playing techniques such as string bending, tapping, and hammering-on, using audio feedback, or slide guitar playing. There are several types of electric guitar, including: the solid-body guitar; various types of hollow-body guitars; the six-string guitar (the most common type), which is usually tuned E, B, G, D, A, E, from highest to lowest strings; the seven-string guitar, which typically adds a low B string below the low E; and the twelve-string guitar, which has six pairs of strings.
In pop and rock music, the electric guitar is often used in two roles: as a rhythm guitar, which plays the chord sequences or progressions, and riffs, and sets the beat (as part of a r ...