ELECTRIC Guitars

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c 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.

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

Jim Marshall

thought 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 Bassman

o Blues Junior

o Champ

o Bandmaster

o Deluxe Reverb

o Harvard

o Hot Rod Deluxe

o Hot Rod DeVille

o Princeton

o Pro Junior

o Pro Reverb

o Showman

o Super Reverb

o Tremolux

o Twin Amp

o Twin Reverb

o Vibrosonic

o Vibroverb

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.