by admin | Feb 22, 2024 | Blog
The Invention of the Electric Bass GuitarThe history of bass guitar musical instruments continues, in 1920 a Gibson musical instrument company, through Lloyd Loar created an electric double bass. This is the company that became the forerunner of the birth of the...
by admin | Feb 22, 2024 | Blog
However, the feedback created by traditional hollow-bodied guitars prompted some players and makers to try and develop more suitable designs. In fact, both Vivi-Tone and Rickenbacker created what were essentially solid-bodied Spanish guitars in 1934 and 1935...
by admin | Feb 21, 2024 | Blog
Engineer Donn Landee looked back on working with Van Halen on the iconic band’s 1978 self-titled debut album, noting how the band’s members were initially disappointed in its sound.Even though it would go on to redefine rock music for a whole generation,...
by admin | Feb 21, 2024 | Blog
The creation of the archtop guitar is usually credited to Orville Gibson. Violin-like sound holes, or F-holes, a curved top and back, and an adjustable bridge were among the design features that gave the archtop increased volume and tone.Gibson found that, by making...
by admin | Feb 20, 2024 | Blog
Even today, almost two centuries after its invention, the flat top guitar continues to be the most popular form of acoustic guitar. It was developed by Christian Frederick Martin, a German-born American luthier who made his first guitar in the United States in the...
