Electric Guitar And Its Amplifier

The Musical History

• Originated in 1920s• Original design named ‘Frying Pan’• The Creators –

Developments• Pickups in 1924• Fender introduces Stratocaster in 1960• First Gibson solid body guitar (ES-150)• Guitar Amplifier introduced.

An old guitar amplifier -

Construction

Three main parts of an Electric Guitar –• Neck

•Body

•Strings

Pickups And Neck

• Pickups made of magnets

and copper windings.

• Vibrato Arm used for

fluctuating pitch.

• Guitar neck used for

supporting Strings.

Types Of Electric Guitar

Solid-Body Electric Guitar

Semi-Acoustic Guitar

Types Of Electric Guitars

Chambered Electric Guitar String-Through Body Electric Guitar

Electric-Acoustic Guitar

Types Of Electric Guitars

Double-Neck GuitarHeavy Metal Guitars

Working Of Electric Guitar

• Solid Body

• Sound produced by Magnetic

Pickups.

• Sound produced due to

Electromagnetic Induction.

• “Motion is converted into

Electricity”

Working Of Electric Guitar

Guitar Amplifier• Made of two or more stages.• Pre Amplifier – voltage amplifier to start power

amplifier.• Power Amplifier – high current signal to speaker.• Some use vacuum tubes (valves)

while some use transistors. • Always connected to speakers.

Electric Guitar Accessories

• Effects Unit introduced in 1960s.• Pedal or Stomp Box used for –i. Distortionii. Dynamicsiii. Filteriv. Pitch\Frequency

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