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Playing Guitar - A Reflection Of Your Soul
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The guitar, be it electric or acoustic, is the most versatile of instruments. You can strum a few chords, adopt a highly disciplined classical guitar technique, or play sophisticated jazz chord and scale progressions. The choice is yours.
A Short History of Guitar
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Rocky
The guitar is an amazing musical instrument with ancient roots and used in a huge variety of musical styles today, it is also called as solo classical instrument.It is most well known as the primary instrument in blues, country, flamenco, rock music and many other forms of pop. Guitars could be played acoustically or they may also rely on an amplifier, which usually allows for electronic manipulation of tone.
A Brief History of Alvarez Guitars
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William McRea
Alvarez is a premier acoustic guitar manufacturer that specializes in high quality instruments. Alvarez started building high quality acoustic guitars in 1965. As evidenced by the sound of their instruments, they are very passionate about what they do. They have a reputation for crafting guitars that have exceptional tone and quality, and they do so by hand. Their shop is located in St. Louis, MO.
A Brief History of Paul Reed Smith Guitars
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William McRea
There are a few guitar companies that are well known for their quality and their list of celebrity players. PRS Guitars is one such company. Paul Reed Smith, owner and creator of PRS Guitars, made his first guitar while he was a student at St. Mary s College in Maryland. He continued to build guitars after college and after he d complete one, he would bring it to concerts and convince the musicians to try them out and give him feedback.
A Brief History of Schecter Guitars
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William McRea
Schecter Guitar Research is another guitar manufacturer that creates quality guitars for musicians, and they boast an impressive list of professional players who love their instruments. Though the company officially started manufacturing guitars in 1989, they were in business long before that manufacturing replacement guitar parts for guitars such as Fenders and Gibsons. The company also changed ownership in 1989, around the time when they started manufacturing their own guitars.
A Brief History of Takamine Acoustic Guitars
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William McRea
Takamine Guitars is a Japanese company whose 40+ year history has been dedicated to creating high quality guitars. They are always striving to improve on the traditional notion of the guitar by building instruments that are unique in their excellence.
A Brief History of Gibson Acoustic Guitars
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William McRea
Orville Gibson, the founder of the Gibson Guitar Corporation, started making mandolins in 1894. From the beginning, Gibson established himself as a quality instrument builder who added his own innovations. His mandolins were modified in such a way that they had a richer sound.
A Brief History of Ibanez Acoustic Guitars
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William McRea
Ibanez electric guitars have received quite a following, but a lot of people do not realize that their acoustic line is also well made and sounds great. The company started in 1900 under a different name by Hoshino Gaki in Japan. Though the company began at the turn of the 20th century, they did not start making guitars until 1935.
A Brief History of Washburn Acoustic Guitars
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William McRea
Washburn Guitars has its beginnings near Maxwell Street, Chicagos famed home of the Delta Blues. They have been making various instruments since 1883 and their success had been closely tied with the wide spread popularity of both jazz and blues. The fact that the shop was located so near to this famed area is sort of by accident. At the time, the street had not been recognized yet.
A Brief History of Yamaha Guitars
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William McRea
In general, the Yamaha Corporation manufactures a wide variety of products. Among these include Yamaha line of acoustic guitars. They have a lot of experience and have been building instruments since the late 1800s. Today, people know Yamaha as a Japanese company that is known for its products, including their instruments and acoustic guitars.
A Brief History of Ovation Acoustic Guitars
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William McRea
The history of Ovation Guitars is unique because its founder, Charles Kaman, was actually an aeronautical engineer designing rotor blades for helicopters. It was this experience that caused him to contemplate standard guitar structure and eventually lead to the development of the round-backed composite body. Traditional guitars have wooden backs and sides, so this feature differentiates Ovation Guitars from the competition. This revolutionary move came about in the 1960s.
A Brief History of Epiphone Guitars
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William McRea
When thinking about the history of Epiphone, one must start in Greece where Anastasios Stathopoulos made lioutos (a Greek stringed instrument), mandolins, fiddles, and lutes. The family moved to New York, and his son, Epi Stathopoulos inherited the company in 1915.
A Brief History of Dean Guitars
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William McRea
In terms of guitars, Dean Guitars are relatively new on the scene. They had their beginnings in 1976 when the teenaged Dean Zelinsky decided he wanted to create a different kind of guitar design than what was present in the market. His first guitars were v-shaped and pointed which was both a function of design and helped enhance the guitars tone.
A Brief History of ESP Guitars
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William McRea
ESP, short for Electric Sound Products, started as a shop in Japan by Hisatake Shibuya in 1975. At first they just sold replacement parts for the guitar but in 1976 they started making guitars. These products were only found in Japan until the 80s when the replacement parts found their way to the U.S.
A Brief History of Ibanez Guitars
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William McRea
Ibanez is a guitar manufacturer started by Hoshino Gakki in Japan. Back in 1900 when the company first began they were called the Hoshino Gakki Company and they only started making string instruments in 1935.
A Brief History of Washburn Guitars
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William McRea
Washburn Guitars has been making instruments for over 120 years. They started in 1883 in Chicago, Illinois, the site of their very first factory near Maxwell Street. Years later, Maxwell Street will become known as a hub for music so the Washburn Guitars factory was in a great location.
A Brief History of Parker Guitars
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William McRea
Parker Guitars is a fairly young company, in fact, it is one of the youngest. It was founded by a highly skilled and accomplished luthier by the name of Ken Parker in the early 90s. However, Parker had been building and repairing guitars long before that. His first workshop was in Rochester, New York.
A Brief History of G & L Guitars
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William McRea
G & L Guitars is currently celebrating their 25th anniversary. They are new when considering companies like Epiphone, but that does not mean that their electric guitars are lesser because of it. The company was originally founded by Leo Fender, Dale Hyatt, and George Fullerton.
A Brief History of Gibson Guitar
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William McRea
The Gibson Guitar Corporation had its beginnings in 1894 when Orville Gibson started making mandolins. It was here that Gibson established himself as an innovative instrument builder because he started making mandolins differently than how they were made. The end result of his modifications was that the mandolin sounded better and had more depth. Sadly, Gibson passed away in 1918 so he was unable to witness the widespread success of the Gibson guitars.
A Brief History of Jackson Guitars
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William McRea
The Jackson guitar company had its official beginnings in 1978. Originally called Charvel Guitar Repair, Wayne Charvel sold Grover Jackson, his partner, his shares of the company. With the shift in ownership, Jackson was not interested in keeping the old name. Thus, Jackson Guitars were born.
A Brief History of Epiphone Acoustic Guitars
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William McRea
Epiphone had its true beginnings in Greece where Anastasios Stathopoulos started out by making traditional stringed instruments such as violins, lutes, mandolins, and a Greek instrument called the lioutos. The family then moved to Smyrna in Asia Minor but later fled to New York due to persecution.
A Brief History of Martin Acoustic Guitars
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William McRea
C.F. Martin & Company is one of the oldest, if not the oldest guitar company in the United States. Christian Frederick Martin founded the company in 1833. After years of developing their guitars and setting a standard for excellence, it is easy to say that Martin is one of the most popular acoustic guitar companies in the world.
A Brief History of Dean Acoustic Guitars
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William McRea
Dean is a manufacturer of both electric and acoustic guitars. Compared to some of the companies, Dean Guitars are pretty new. But, that doesn t make their acoustic guitars any less remarkable. This is a company that was started by a teenager named Dean Zelinsky whose aspiration it was to create guitars that looked and sounded different than other guitars on the market.
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