electric guitar's unsung hero". Guitar. Retrieved August 23, 2022. Bigsby guitars, producer of the Bigsby vibrato tailpiece. History of Bigsby guitars. Vibramate...
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Bigsby is a brand of guitars and guitar accessories that operated as an independent company by Paul Bigsby until 1966 when it was purchased by ex-Gibson...
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Bigsby on his 1958 Gibson Flying V electric guitar. The Bigsby remains popular, especially on hollow-body guitars. It's available as a factory-fitted option...
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mislabeled as a tremolo arm) and proprietor of Bigsby Electric Guitars. Paul built an early steel guitar for Southern California steel guitarist Earl "Joaquin"...
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Fender (company) (redirect from Fender guitars)
acoustic guitars, bass amplifiers and public address equipment; however, it is best known for its solid-body electric guitars and bass guitars, particularly...
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There are several types of electric guitar. Early forms were hollow-body semi-acoustic guitars, while solid body guitars developed later. String configurations...
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of the steel guitar. The pedals operated a mechanical linkage to apply tension to raise the pitch of the strings. Bigsby built guitars incorporating...
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(1899–1968), American guitar maker, inventor and motorcycle racer/mechanic Bigsby Electric Guitars, a company named after Paul Bigsby Bigsby vibrato tailpiece...
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design for the pedal action, greatly improving it. Bigsby, working alone in his shop, made guitars for leading players of the day, including Joaquin Murphey...
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mounted tailpiece, stoptail bridge, or Bigsby vibrato tailpiece 14th-fret and set-in neck join The archtop guitar is often credited to Orville Gibson, whose...
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types of electric guitars, including hollowbody guitars, archtop guitars (used in jazz guitar, blues and rockabilly) and solid-body guitars, which are widely...
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Kaman, still an avid guitar player, became interested in making guitars. From 1966 to 2007, Ovation guitars, and later on Adamas guitars, were a brand of...
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was also making flattop acoustic guitars, as well as one of the first commercially available hollow-body electric guitars, used and popularized by Charlie...
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Rickenbacker (redirect from Rickenbacker Guitars)
is the first known maker of electric guitars, with a steel guitar in 1932, and produces a range of electric guitars and basses. Adolph Rickenbacher and...
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existing guitars from manufacturers such as Fender and Gibson. Today, the company mass-produces its own line of electric and acoustic guitars, basses,...
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bodies and necks for Kramer Guitars and other manufacturers were using ESP as an OEM such as Robin Guitars, Schecter Guitar Research and DiMarzio. Many...
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G&L Musical Instruments (redirect from G&L Guitars)
American guitar manufacturing company founded by Leo Fender, George Fullerton, and Dale Hyatt in the late 1970s. G&L produces electric guitars and basses...
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multi-neck guitar is a guitar that has multiple fingerboard necks. They exist in both electric and acoustic versions. Examples of multi-neck guitars and lutes...
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Gibson Les Paul (redirect from Les Paul (guitar))
the first mass-produced electric solid-body guitars. Due to their versatility, Les Paul electric guitars have been used in a wide range of music genres...
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Jimmy Page (redirect from Jimmy page guitars)
Paul Custom (with Bigsby tremolo) – stolen in 1970. Page ran an ad requesting the return of this highly modified instrument but the guitar was not recovered...
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Charvel (redirect from Charvel Guitars)
Charvel decided to begin assembling complete guitars on the advice of Grover Jackson. Charvel guitars were assembled from wood parts made by Boogie Bodies...
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electric guitars, bass guitars, and acoustic guitars. The company also distributes resonators, basses, banjos, mandolins, ukuleles, amplifiers, guitar cases...
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brand of guitars sold by the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. Jackson was originally an independent manufacturer of electric guitars and electric...
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Vox (company) (redirect from Vox Bass Guitar)
pedal used by Jimi Hendrix, and a series of innovative electric guitars and bass guitars. Since 1992, Vox has been owned by the Japanese electronics firm...
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Ted McCarty (section The "Theodore" Guitar)
Company and the Gibson Guitar Corporation. In 1966, he and Gibson Vice President John Huis bought the Bigsby Electric Guitar Company. At Gibson he was...
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Hamer Guitars was an American electric guitar manufacturer founded in 1973, in Wilmette, Illinois, by vintage guitar shop owners Paul Hamer and Jol Dantzig...
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Mayones Guitars & Basses, established in 1982, is a manufacturer of electric guitars and bass guitars, located in Gdańsk, Poland. They specialize in building...
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Quebec, Canada. Godin Guitars makes instruments under several different labels. Norman makes entry- to pro-level acoustic guitars. Art & Lutherie makes...
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Paul Reed Smith Guitars, also known as PRS Guitars or simply PRS, is an American guitar and amplifier manufacturer located in Stevensville, Maryland....
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Gretsch (redirect from Gretsch Guitar)
used on Gretsch guitars beginning in 1957, and is highly regarded for its unique sound properties. The popularity of Gretsch guitars soared in the mid-1960s...
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