ELECTRIC Guitars
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guitars today is "Gibson USA," built in 1974 in Nashville specifically for the production of Gibson's Les Paul guitars. Although the entire guitar industry went through a slump in the late '70s, the spirit of innovation remained strong at Gibson. In response to a growing demand for vintage stylings, Gibson tapped its rich history and reissued the dot-neck version of the ES-335 in 1981 and the flametop sunburst Les Paul in 1982. At the same time, two legendary guitarists joined Gibson- B.B. King in 1980 with the Lucille model and Chet Atkins in 1982 with his new concept of a solidbody acoustic guitar. c
Gibson world headquarters moved to Nashville in 1984 with the closing of the Kalamazoo plant. The financially troubled company was rescued in January 1986 by Henry Juszkiewicz and David Berryman, and the new owners quickly restored Gibson's reputation for quality as well as its profitability. Today's Gibson electric guitars represent the history as well as the future of the electric guitar. The models whose designs have become classics-the ES-175, ES-335, Flying V, Explorer, Firebird, SGs and Les Pauls-are a testament to Gibson's wide appeal, spanning more than four decades of music styles. Gibson's close relationship with musicians is manifest in endorsement models from King, Atkins and jazz greats Howard Roberts and Herb Ellis, plus new Les Pauls made to the personal specifications of rock stars Jimmy Page and Joe Perry. In 1994, Gibson's Centennial year, the new Nighthawk model won an industry award for design, setting the stage for a second hundred years of Gibson quality and innovation.
Iconic Fender® instruments such as the Telecaster®, Stratocaster®, Precision Bass® and Jazz Bass® guitars are known worldwide as the instruments that started the rock revolution, and they continue to be highly prized by today’s musicians and collectors. With an illustrious history dating back to 1946, Fender has touched and transformed music worldwide and in nearly every genre: rock ‘n’ roll, country and western, jazz, rhythm and blues and many others. Everyone from beginners and hobbyists to the world’s most acclaimed artists and performers have used Fender instruments and amps, in the process making the company not only a revered music industry name, but also a cultural icon. It is our vision to continue championing THE SPIRIT OF ROCK-N-ROLL® throughout the world, and our mission to exceed the expectations of music enthusiasts worldwide. Today, FMIC brands include Fender®, Squier®, Guild®, Gretsch®, Jackson®, Charvel®, EVH®, SWR® and Groove Tubes®, among others. FMIC also manufactures a complete line of professional audio equipment under the Fender brand, including the innovative Passport® portable sound system. Fender also offers a complete line of accessories, including strings, authorized replacement parts, cases, straps, clothing and much more. In January of 2008, FMIC also acquired Kaman Music Corporation (KMC), the largest independent U.S. distributor of musical instruments and accessories. KMC produces and/or distributes Ovation®, Takamine® and Hamer® guitars; Latin Percussion®, Gretsch® Drums, Gibraltar® Hardware, Toca® Percussion, Sabian® cymbals and Genz Benz® amplifiers; in addition to a full catalog of more than 36,000 wholesale music products. FMIC’s corporate headquarters is located in Scottsdale, Ariz., with manufacturing headquarters based in Corona, Calif
The origin of the brand is due to Spanish luthier Salvador Ibanez born in Valencia (1854 - 1920), whose excellent guitars were distributed in Japan by Hoshino Gakki company. Being factory destroyed during the Spanish Civil War was undersupplied market although there is a high demand, so appropriated the name (Ibanez Salvador) and started making Spanish acoustic guitars in 1935 alone. Then he changed the name to "Ibanez" In the 60, bought the rights to the name Ibanez and started selling well in the United States. Most of these early guitars were copied versions of other famous brands, this was known as the period of "Lawsuit" (rights lawsuit) on behalf of other companies. After this period, Ibanez created our own designs as the "Iceman" and "Ibanez Roadstar", from that moment began designing guitars Ibanez original, capturing the American market Finally, in the mid-80s, when interest in electric guitars used in rock rose, Ibanez managed to open a gap with respect to many of its competitors, with new guitars more specialized, offering new technical improvements unlike their stagnant competitors. The company reached agreements with many rock stars of that time as Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert, The Edge, Phil Collen, John Petrucci and Sting and ivan amato, and this led to another big rise in sales. Abandoning the strategy of the designs "classic" electric guitar copied, the new models began incorporating more modern elements into their design, such as radical body shapes, slimmer necks and flatter fingerboards (which let you play faster) , high power electronics and colorful finishes. This led to an increasing popularity with heavy metal musicians. The company also began an extensive program for new music stars such as Paul Gilbert, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Noodles (The Offspring), Sam Totman, Herman Li (Dragonforce both), Munky (Korn), Daron Malakian (System of a Down), Dino Cazares (Fear Factory), Mick Thompson (Slipknot), etc.. creating tools use their signature models made to the specifications thereof. Today, Ibanez is considered one of the best and most versatile guitar companies, with instruments ranging from acoustic guitars Americans typically up basses through what you do best, stunning electric guitars. Using the vast majority of their guitars the DiMarzio mythical (single coil or humbucker), and new bridges EDGE and ZR (zero resistance), giving them the possibility of acute vibratos. Many of their models have microtuning and fasteners for strings that give amazing clarity and accuracy. In addition also responsible for selling amplifiers and other accessories for guitars and basses. Economic Versions (Ibanez GIO) IN CONCLUSION guitars are the same components and structures but lower price, the sound stays From Ibanez
Jackson is a guitar manufacturer originally operated by Grover Jackson, a partner of Wayne Charvel of Charvel Guitars. Probably best known for his guitar model "Rhoads" V, originally designed and used by guitarist Randy Rhoads. This model inspired Grover to start the Jackson guitar company. Wayne Charvel sold his interest him on the Charvel name to Grover Jackson on November 10, 1978. The facility was located in San Dimas, California and built guitars in that place between 1979 and 1986, when the company merged with IMC (International Music Corporation), an importer of musical instruments based in Texas. Recently, the Charvel name rights and permission to manufacture guitars Charvel was given to the Fender Guitar Company. Fender guitars now being manufactured almost identical to the original Charvel San Dimas, except for a few details. In some cases, these guitars are built with original parts including Charvel. His guitars have become famous mainly for its slender and elegant models, often with an aggressive look, popular in the environment of hard rock and heavy metal. There have been particularly popular with musicians of thrash metal and other extreme metal branches. Most guitars Jackson (and many Charvel) share the typical blade (headstock) triangular, which is simply a shovel-style Gibson Explorer, modified to avoid plagiarism issues. Charvel / Jackson was the subject of many claims of plagiarism from Gibson and Fender, which led to use the style headstock "Explorer" modified. This also ended the use of Stratocaster-style jacks on Charvel guitars. Several models feature reverse headstock with the tip pointing up
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he could produce a cheaper alternative to American-made guitar amplifiers, but he had limited experience as an electrical engineer. He enlisted the help of his shop repairman Ken Bran and an EMI technician named Dudley Craven, and between them they decided they most liked the sound of the 4x10" Fender Bassman. They made several prototypes using the Fender Bassman amp as a model. The sixth prototype produced, in Jim's words, the "Marshall Sound".[3] The first few production units almost copied the Bassman circuit, with American military surplus 5881 power valves, a relative of the 6L6. Few speakers were then able to handle more than 15 watts[citation needed], which meant that an amplifier approaching 50 watts had to use four speakers. For their Bassman, Fender used four Jensen speakers in the same cabinet as the amplifier, but Marshall chose to separate the amplifier from the speakers, and placed four 12-inch Celestion speakers in a separate closed-back cabinet instead of the four 10-inch Jensens in an open-back combo. Other crucial differences were the use of higher-gain ECC83 valves throughout the preamp, and the introduction of a capacitor/resistor filter after the volume control. These circuit changes gave the amp more gain so that it broke into overdrive sooner on the volume control than the Bassman, and boosted the treble frequencies. This new amplifier, tentatively called the "Mark II", was eventually named the "JTM 45," after Jim and his son Terry Marshall and the max. wattage of the amplifier.
Leo Fender began building guitar amps before he started manufacturing guitars. The first of these amps were the K&F models, which were produced between 1945 and 1946. The original Fender amps were tube-powered and the company also started producingsolid-state models in the late 1960s. o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
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Line 6 is a manufacturer of digital modelers for electric guitars, acoustic guitars, amplifiers and effects processors. Line 6 was founded in the mid-1990s and is based in Calabasas, California. After years of research, Line 6 launches patented in 1996, the first guitar amp modeler in the world, the AxSys 212. The company experienced rapid expansion in the beginning of 2000 due to the success of their product line POD, which mimics the sound of various amplifiers classic and modern guitar, effects pedals, amplifiers and microphones speakers. The PODx3 and Podx3 Live are recently launched products Line 6 have dual tone capability, more simulations than previous models, better effects and output options pedals in one package. Line 6 currently has many other production lines: Its current is Flagship Vetta II amplifier which can be modeled simultaneously two amplifiers and multiple effects and effects chain, both pre and post amplification. The unit is software upgradable, so you can add new device models amplifiers and effects available. The Vetta I can be upgraded to a Vetta II, with a software upgrade and the addition of a hardware interface. This interface provides digital input and output for the amplifier, both AES / EBU and S / PDIF, and a digital signal path to brand Line 6 Variax guitars. The interface takes the form of a standard RJ45 connector, which provides not only the path of the signal, but also feeding the Variax. The part of the interface for the Variax is available on the Live PODxt and Bass PODxt Live. Line 6 has an active user community and provides software that allows users to easily download and share patches or configuration of the device. This software covers all existing flagship products Line 6.