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3 unusual facts about Electric guitar


Fairport Convention discography

Founded in 1967 and initially covering songs by artists such as Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell, they developed a devoted niche following by providing electrified and upbeat versions of traditional folk tunes mixed with their own compositions.

Sieges Even

Markus Steffen − guitar (all albums except Sophisticated, Uneven)

Smoke Some Kill

Mike Tyler – guitar on "Signifying Rapper" and "No More Rock N' Roll"


BeBe K'Roche

BeBe K' Roche was founded in 1973 by electric guitarist/singer-songwriter Tiik Pollet in Berkeley, California, while playing in a duo with bassist Peggy Mitchell.

Caleb Quaye

Starting in 1969, Quaye played guitar supporting Elton John at live concerts around the local London area, first with Boots Slade (bass) and Malcolm Tomlinson (drums), and then later on with what eventually became the nucleus of Hookfoot for sporadic shows.

Céilí's Muse

Lia’s time in the band was brief, however, so again they recruited from their support staff, this time pulling in their live albums’ engineer Anders Johansson to add acoustic and electric guitars to the mix.

Čista Proza

The band was formed during the summer of 1979, when Đorđe Pilipović (bass guitar, vocals) and Milan Ćirić (guitar, vocals) met at Krk where they both performed with their own bands.

Cream Corn from the Socket of Davis

According to guitarist Paul Leary, he acquired the eventual cover image by chance while purchasing marijuana from an acquaintance in San Antonio, Texas.

Dewa Budjana

Later, in 1981, he bought a "real" electric guitar (an Aria Pro II) and started to play with many different people.

Dietrich Inc.

At the time, Kalamazoo was the home of Gibson Guitars and in 1962, Gibson boss Ted McCarty, convinced Dietrich to come out of retirement to design a new solidbody electric guitar that would not be limited by the traditional ways of designing and engineering an electric guitar - the result was the classic, 'reverse' Gibson Firebird, released in 1963, one of the most iconic and recognisable electric guitar designs ever.

DirectX plugin

For example, there are plugins for effects boxes, such as reverbs and delays, effects pedals, like guitar distortion, flange and chorus, and for mixing and mastering processors such as compressors, limiters, exciters, sub bass enhancers, stereo imagers and many more.

Direktori

During the spring of 1989, vocalist Nebojša Drakula, with the former Varšavski Geto member Miroslav Pilipović "Trta" on guitar, former Pogrebni Zavod member Srđan Marić on bass guitar and former Hogari member Dragan "Rale" Rašković on drums, formed a band performing cover versions of oi! punk acts such as Sham 69, Cockney Rejects and Skrewdriver.

Efecto Dominó

Chetes: vocals, acoustic guitar, bariton guitar, nylon string guitar, electric guitar, resonator guitar, optigan, harpsichord, banjo on "La primera vez", string arrangements for "Ahora", toy piano, stylophone, rhodes, mellotron, piano

Electric dulcimer

The Electric Dulcimer is a Dulcimer that uses a pickup to amplify the sound, similar to an Electric guitar.

Francis Thorne

He is also one of the first classical composers to write for the electric guitar and electric bass guitar (Sonar plexus, 1968; Liebesrock, 1968–69).

Guitar Rig

Primarily designed for electric guitar and bass, the software uses amplifier modeling to allow real-time digital signal processing in both standalone and studio (VST/DXi/RTAS/AU) environments.

Guitar wiring

Guitar wiring refers to the electrical components, and interconnections thereof, inside an electric guitar (and, by extension, any other electric instrument, like bass guitar, mandolin, etc.).

Habiluim

Habiluim (Hebrew: "הבילויים", a name given to people who took part in the Bilu organization) is an Israeli, theatrical rock and polka band formed in 1996 by Noam Enbar (bass and vocals) and Yammi Wisler (electric guitar) as a reaction to the deep sense of abhorrence they felt listening to contemporary Israeli pop music, which they viewed as a means of escape from the harsh Israeli reality.

Jayne Casey

Pink Industry was formed with her fellow Big In Japan bandmate, Ambrose Reynolds, and the electric guitarist, Tadzio Jodlowski.

Jive Talkin'

By 1975, the Bee Gees assembled a studio group consisting of Alan Kendall on electric guitar, Blue Weaver on keyboards and Dennis Bryon on drums.

Monks of Doom

Guitarists Greg Lisher and Chris Molla, bassist (and in the case of the Monks of Doom, lead vocalist) Victor Krummenacher and drummer Chris Pedersen began the group as a casual side project to explore some of their interests that did not fit into Camper Van Beethoven's sound.

Greg Lisherelectric and acoustic guitars, keyboards, backing vocals (1986–1993, 1998, 2003–present)

National String Instrument Corporation

In their 1930 catalog, National list eight key associates, including Adolph Rickenbacker, George Beauchamp, Harry Watson, Paul Barth, and Jack Levy.

Nocturno Culto

Ted Skjellum (born 4 March 1972 in Kolbotn, Oppegård), also known by the stage names Nocturno Culto, Nocturno or Kveldulv, is a Norwegian musician best known as the vocalist, lead guitarist, and partial bassist (shared with Fenriz) of the influential black metal band Darkthrone.

Peakin' at the Beacon

Peakin' at the Beacon was the first Allman Brothers Band album to include Derek Trucks on guitar and Oteil Burbridge on bass, and the last to include founding member Dickey Betts.

Pedal steel guitar

Several pioneering manufacturers of the electric guitar were first famous for their work on the then more popular electric steel guitar, among them Adolph Rickenbacker, Paul Bigsby and Leo Fender.

Philip Pickett

The 1998, he released The Bones of All Men, a collaboration with Richard Thompson and members of Fairport Convention, in which he played early music tunes with a modern rock rhythm section and electric guitar.

Purgatory Afterglow

Andreas Axelssonguitars (second and fourth guitar leads on track 8; harmony guitar on track 7), backing vocals (2, 7), vocals (10)

Redoctane X-Plorer Controller

The RedOctane X-Plorer Controller for these games is based on the Gibson Explorer, a type of electric guitar.

Robot Honey

The track features heavy use of 8-bit-style synths and electric guitar, and is a love song written fron a robot's point of view.

Rooibaardt

Rooibaardt uses a wide variety of sounds and instruments: classical, electric and bass guitars, violin, colongo, mbira, pan pipes, pennywhistle, harmonica, concertina, melodium, trumpet, keyboard, jaw harp, didgeridoo, saw, samplers, djembe and clay pots.

Satellite Supersonic Vol. 1

Trey Spruance — guitars (electric guitar, bass guitar, baritone guitar, Pythagorean guitar), piano, organ, percussion, glockenspiel, saz, autoharp, synthesizer, vocals, production, overdubbing, mixing, arrangement, design

Skate or Die 2: The Search for Double Trouble

It is well known for successfully using digitized vocals and electric guitar in the opening theme (composed, along with the rest of the game's music, by Rob Hubbard), rarely seen on the NES.

Speaking for Trees

The DVD contains footage of Cat Power singing and playing electric guitar in a forest at West Kill Mountain, upstate New York, filmed by British photographer Mark Borthwick in essentially a single, nearly two-hour static shot.

Swati Sharma

Her acoustic-electric sound is enhanced by effects pedals including the Boss DD-5 Digital Delay, Boss DS-2 Turbo Distortion, Boss OC-2 Octave, and Fulltone Clyde Standard Wah.

The Flower King

The original line-up for the album consisted of Stolt (vocals, electric guitar, bass guitar, keyboards), Jaime Salazar (drums), and Hasse Fröberg (vocals).

The Kuguars

The band, mainly consisting of actors, was formed in 1997 by Dragan Jovanović (vocals), Dejan Matić (triangle, vocals), Nikola Ðuričko (guitar, vocals), Rade Marković (guitar, vocals), Boris Milivojević (bass guitar), Bogdan Diklić (drums), Papa Nick (percussion) and Tibor Tot (percussion), intending to perform and record music for theatre plays.

The Popguns

Originally from Brighton, East Sussex, they formed in 1986 by vocalist Wendy Morgan, guitarists Simon Pickles and Greg Dixon plus bassist Pat Walkington and were joined by Shaun Charman, the former drummer for The Wedding Present in 1988.

Winterland, San Francisco, CA, 12/31/77

At the time of this concert, the New Riders' lineup consisted of John Dawson on guitar and vocals, David Nelson on guitar and vocals, Buddy Cage on pedal steel guitar, Stephen Love on bass and vocals, and Patrick Shanahan on drums.


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100 Watt Smile

The band provided a vehicle for the quirky songwriting that Bradley was known for during her days with Ed's Redeeming Qualities, with her quiet, breathy vocals and signature violin work juxtaposed against heavy electric guitar and bass and driving percussion.

Ain't Living Long Like This

Albert Lee – electric guitar, mandolin, piano, acoustic guitar, background vocals

Anne LeBaron

Her 1991 recording Phantom orchestra featured the Anne LeBaron Quintet (Frank London, trumpet; Marcus Rojas, tuba; Davey Williams, electric guitar; Gregg Bendian, drums, vibraphone, percussion; and Anne LeBaron, harp with electronics).

Bariton

Baritone guitar, a six string electric guitar tuned in a low B instead of E.

Beefy Red

Members included later solo recording artist and film composer Mark Isham on trumpet and soprano saxophone, and Barry Finnerty on electric guitar and some lead vocals, who was later a performing/recording artist with Miles Davis, the Crusaders and the Brecker Brothers among many others.

Billy Mohler

Mohler contributed greatly to the band's first album, co-writing and co-producing it with Chamberlin Life Begins Again, playing bass guitar, electric guitar and keyboards throughout, and singing in "Streetcrawler" and "Newerwaves".

Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra

Malmsteen has been keen to emphasize that unlike other collaborations between rock musicians and classical orchestras (e.g. Metallica's performances with the San Francisco Symphony or Deep Purple's Concerto for Group and Orchestra), which feature a rock group playing with orchestral accompaniment, this is orchestral music which happens to have an electric guitar as its solo instrument.

Dave Sharman

The publication, authored by Pete Prown and H.P. Newquist, is a virtual encyclopedia of great electric-guitar players with 35 chapters examining over 300 major figures in every style across the decades.

Divine Discontent

Matt Slocum: acoustic guitar, cello, electric guitar, keyboard, vibraphone, e-bow

Don't Let Him Waste Your Time

Richard Hawley plays electric guitar on the track, while Cocker's Pulp bandmate Steve Mackey plays bass.

Drew Wright

Drew accompanied himself on an electric guitar for Top 7 week, in which he sang Radiohead's 1992 hit, Creep.

Émilie Simon

This comes forward in some of the more lively tracks, such as "Fleur de Saison", where she plays an electric guitar.

Enrique Mario Francini

The following year he joined Astor Piazzolla’s Octeto Buenos Aires with the bandoneons of Piazzolla and Roberto Pansera (later replaced by Leopoldo Federico), the violin of Hugo Baralis, the cello of José Bragato, the double bass of Aldo Nicolini (later replaced by Juan Vasallo), the electric guitar of Horacio Malvicino and the piano of Atilio Stampone.

Guitar Experience Festival

In 2009, Maycown Reichembach - a professional guitarist who shares stage with international musicians such as Greg Howe, Stu Hamm, Kiko Loureiro among others - decided to create the local Guitar Festival and called it Guitar Experience Festival, an Argentine electric guitar´s tribute.

If You Didn't Laugh, You'd Cry

Mike Brenner – lap steel guitar, dobro, electric guitar, bass guitar

Jenny Queen

Musicians on After The Dance include Jon Graboff of Ryan Adams and The Cardinals on pedal steel, Eric Silver on mandolin, Marc Swersky on bass, Justin King on electric guitar, Ehren Ebbage on acoustic guitar and Andy Letke of DeSol on rhodes piano and banjo.

Josephine Foster

This Coming Gladness, was released in 2008 and featured the contributions of Victor Herrero on electric guitar and percussion by Alex Neilson.

Music of Zimbabwe

Jit is a generic term for electric guitar-driven pop, and includes wildly popular groups like the New Black Eagles and the Four Brothers.

Nick Larkins

Joe Geia (1993- ) Electric guitar, backing vocals, recording engineer.

Night Train Tour

Tim Rice-Oxley – piano, synths, electric guitar ("Clear Skies"), lead vocals ("Your Love"), backing vocals

Tom Chaplin – lead vocals, electric guitar, organ, acoustic guitar, synths, backing vocals ("Your Love")

Private Investigations

After the verses, the song opens up into a slow, bass-driven beat, with strident electric guitar chords at the end, before the gradual diminuendo featuring extended interplay between Mark Knopfler's acoustic guitar and marimba played by Mike Mainieri.

Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town

Albert Lee: Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Piano, Mandolin

Rail Band

From early on the band featured electric guitar, electric organ, saxophone, horns, and a western drum kit alongside Mande music using kora, balafon, Ngoni, talking drums, Islamic-style, Mande hunter co-fraternity song, and Griot praise-singing vocals .

Re-amp

It's been noted that Phil Spector, re-mixing the original Beatles’ Let It Be master tapes in 1970, may have re-recorded dry electric guitar program through a guitar amplifier.

Reticon

These were popularly used by companies such as MXR, Boss Corporation, A/DA and others in various electric guitar effects such as analog delay, chorus and flanging devices through the 1970s and 1980s.

Roland Bautista

His contributions to Tom Waits' albums are those for 1978's Blue Valentine and 1980's Heartattack and Vine upon which he played the 12-string guitar as well as the electric guitar.

Sheri Miller

She is now recording new material, produced by Will Lee, to be released in 2012; it features Paul Shaffer on B3 organ and piano, Steve Cropper on electric guitar, Will Lee on bass, Shawn Pelton on drums, Tabitha Fair and Will Lee on background vocals, and is mixed by Frank Filipetti.

Space of Freedom

Patrick Rondat (electric guitar on "Chronology 2" and Vivaldi "Summer Presto")

Steven Mackey

As an electric guitar soloist, he has performed with the Kronos Quartet, the Arditti Quartet, New World Symphony, Dutch Radio Symphony, and London Sinfonietta.

Sugaree

As with the songs on the rest of the album, Garcia plays every instrument himself (except drums, played by Bill Kreutzmann), including acoustic guitar, bass guitar, and an electric guitar played through a Leslie speaker.

Tender Togetherness

Nathan East - Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar

The Dolphin Brothers

Additional personnel were: Phil Palmer, David Rhodes (acoustic and electric guitars); B. Heinrich-Keat (electric guitar), Clive Bell (Thai flute, khene, crumhorn); Carrie Booth (piano); Danny Thompson (double bass); Matthew Seligman, Robert Bell (bass); Martin Ditcham (percussion); Suzanne Murphy, Katie Kissoon, P.P. Arnold (backing vocals).

The Lady, or the Tiger?

Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp released a recording of "The Lady, or the Tiger?" and "The Discourager of Hesitancy" with Willcox reading the stories to electric guitar accompaniment by Fripp.

Transporte Urbano

Días chose a few young, Santo Domingo-based musicians for this project: Juan Francisco Ordóñez on electric guitar, Guy Frómeta on drums, Héctor Santana on bass (later replaced by Peter Nova), Bruno Ranson on sax and percussionist José Duluc.

Tristan Murail

Other pieces include his Désintégrations for 17 instruments and tape, Mémoire/Erosion for French horn and nine instruments Ethers for flute and ensemble, Winter Fragments, for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, cello and electronics as well as Vampyr! for electric guitar.

Unitopia

Concentrating only on finger style acoustic guitar until graduating from high school, he then moved to electric guitar and started learning and imitating the styles of Eddie Van Halen, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Nuno Bettencourt and Frank Gambale.

Walter Micallef u l-Ħbieb

Walter Micallef u l-Ħbieb is a modern folk sextet from Malta, featuring Walter Micallef on vocals and guitar, Renzo Spiteri on percussion, Jes Psaila on acoustic and electric guitar, Eric Wadge on bass, Pawlu Camilleri on harmonica and Albert Garzia on piano and accordion.

Warmoth Guitars

is an American manufacturer and distributor of electric guitar and bass parts, catering particularly to small scale manufacturers, custom builders, amateur constructors, and professional artists such as Rivers Cuomo and Matt Sharp (Weezer), Ed King (Lynyrd Skynyrd), and Kerry Livgren (Kansas) .

Wrong End of the Rainbow

Trevor Veitch - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, dulcimer, vocals

Yona-Kit

A U.S.-Japanese collaboration, the group consisted of KK Null (electric guitar and vocals), Jim O'Rourke (electric guitar), Darin Gray (electric bass guitar), and Thymme Jones (drum set).

You Ain't Goin' Nowhere

On September 24, 1971, Dylan re-recorded three songs from the Basement Tapes sessions for inclusion on his Greatest Hits Vol. II album—"You Ain't Goin' Nowhere," "I Shall Be Released," and "Down in the Flood"—with Happy Traum playing bass, banjo and electric guitar, as well as providing vocal harmony.