Rickenbacker

The credit for this goes to George Beauchamp, a musician, and Adolph Rickenbacker, an electrical engineer, who are rightfully considered to be the people who created the first commercially viable modern amplifiable electric guitar. Others (mostly jazz musicians) had attempted this before them, such as using carbon button microphones and many other makeshift contraptions that were attached to the bridge of the guitar, but Beauchamp and Rickenbacker were the first to actually achieve the modern electrically amplified guitar with a quality and volume good enough in a professional setting. The need for an amplified sound arose because the classical acoustic guitar was just not loud enough. This problem became more apparent in the concert hall music of the 1880’s, and later on in the 20’s the big bands got their power from the banging drums and roaring brass sections thus making the acoustic guitar a second tier instrument not usually even heard in those pieces. Beauchamp and Rickenbacker met in LA at a guitar manufacturing company called Dopyera Brothers. Around this time the most recent innovations in stringed instruments was happening in Hawaii. Originally converted to raised-steel string guitars from wooden Spanish-style hollow guitars, these Hawaiian steel guitars…

strings instead of being plucked like the lute, the lute is very similar to the modern bass guitar. In the next 200 years, around the timeline of the 16th century, a violin player named Stradivarius made a version of the Vihuela but it wasn’t a big success, (www.guitarnoise.com, 2014). It wasn’t until the late 19th and early 20th century where two men invented the actual electric guitar. Many people thought Les Paul invented…

into another in the 1960s, the discovered the first distortion effect and from then on, fuzz boxes were invented to allow guitarists to use the distorted effect with just one amplifier. The development of this sound was vital to music nowadays and distortion is bread and butter sound of so many genres including punk rock, hard-core, metal, grunge and rock. The two main types of amps around today are head cabinet amps and combos, which incorporate a head and a cabinet into one. Here is a short…

1. Fender scoops on the Strat, including pickup and bridge configurations. In addition to these design improvements, the new model had several new features that its predecessor, Telecaster, lacked. The Stratocaster came with three pickups (the Telecaster had two) and featured a bridge with a pitch change, a vibrato bar to bend strings, a key point in one of the first printed advertisements. 2. When CBS bought Fender, the Strat changed, and not for the better, in the eyes of certain collectors.…

If you’re a seasoned musician, then you probably relate the name Paul Reed Smith (PRS) with some of the highest quality guitars in the profession, but did you know that when amplifier designer Doug Sewell became part of the PRS team, the brand began to produce phenomenal amplifiers, too? That’s right—Dayton, Ohio’s music professionals at Centerville Music love the Paul Reed Smith Archon Twenty-Five amp, and here’s why. Versatility: This amp isn’t only for high-gain or metal musicians, even…

The guitar is a very old yet well-known instrument; its history can be traced back to over 4000 years ago. Many people have tried to find out where the guitar came from and which instruments helped it evolve to become what it is now. The next version of the guitar was created in the late 14th century; there were two different models: the Latin and Moorish guitars. The Latin guitar, called the Guitarra Latina at the time, was different to the Moorish guitar because it had a single sound hole and…

Title of Song: Jekyll and Hyde Artist: Five Finger Death Punch Speaker: From whose point of view is the song being sung? The song is being sung from the perspective of a man talking about everyone’s dark side/inner demons. Setting: when does your song take place? The song takes place in 2015. Subject/Topic: What is the song mainly about? The song is mainly about fighting against one’s inner demons. Mood: What is the mood of the song? How does it make you feel? Does it change? The mood…

Eddie Rickenbacker is a very courageous American for many reasons. Growing up, he had to find jobs to help support his family of ten. In his fighting years he was awarded with the Medal of Honor and 26 verified aerial victories. Eddie was born October 8,1890 in Columbus, Ohio into a family of ten. His schooling ended in 7th grade at the age of thirteen after the accidental death of his father. According to Eddie Rickenbacker: An American Hero in the Twentieth Century by W. David Lewis, his…

Luke and his wingman Lieutenant Joseph Wehner “developed a twilight technique that was to be further developed (into night-fighter operations) in the next war. They would attack the enemy in the last, fading light of the day and land after dark” (Sims 61). These tactics demonstrated Luke’s intellectual prowess in the air and his ability to adapt to the ever-changing battlefield of WWI. Yet what made him an excellent fighter pilot was his killer instinct and daring attitude. Even Rickenbacker in…

Eddie Rickenbacker in WWI World War I produced the first generation of the modern fighter pilot. Two of the most well-known of these were Frank Luke Jr and Eddie Rickenbacker. It was a physically and mentally demanding engagement; therefore even those who failed to reach fame during the war should be celebrated. Rickenbacker recognized this, along with a multitude of other discrepancies. This is what set him apart from his reckless counterpart; Frank Luke Jr. Eddie Rickenbacker had a greater…