This video was made before I started studying history at University and uses poor methodology. Much of it heavily references Wikipedia. This video is not a reliable source of historical information. Yes the solo at the end is a tad cringe-worthy, but I'll keep it in for your enjoyment.
I think it pretty well tells it. Somethings are probably a grey area because a lot of the early history is not officially documented and marketing based. Like Gibson telling they made the first professional electric guitar, the L5. The L5 was at that time used by many pros but it is not the first commercial available electric. The first 3 pickup guitar was way the Gibson ES-5 in 1949.
Thanks so much bro I just credited you for my 5,000-word essay on the entire history of the guitar 👍 You really helped with the last century of development and trends.
Why aren't you famous This is the perfect video It explains guitars properly It's not too long Many models which we we know are explained Nice artist examples And Cool riffs on the side Only one thing You left out Brian May But I thoroughly enjoyed it Keep it up nice work dude
The humbucker is two single coil pickups usually wired in series with opposite magnetic poles one the top. The humbucker was originally made by Rickenbacker about 10 years before Ray Butts patent application for his pickups. For reason's known only to Rickenbacker they didn't bother to apply for a patent.
The strat didn’t have a 5 way switch until later on. People would jam match sticks in the 3 way to get the 4th position without the switch flicking to the middle or neck position. I’ve actually done this on a 54 model
Great documentary! There were a couple of people left out. One being Paul Bigsby who built the Merle Travis solid body in 1948. The other being O.W. Appleton who in 1941 built a solid body electric guitar that resembles what today is a Les Paul. Gibson rejected it when they were presented with it as they did with Les Paul the year prior. These were all before the Broadcaster surfaced.
Amazing video, thanks for sharing! I played it on my TV as I was cleaning and changing the strings an old electric guitar a friend gave to my dad, I'll start my classes next week.
Gibson actually had to convince Les to go with them because he had been playing Epiphone for so long, and the very first Les Pauls were actually epiphone but just had Gibson on the headstock
Dude what an amazing video this is! I honestly got a bit teary eyed, especially when you talked about the monumental impact of the Strat (without which modern Metal wouldn't have existed), EVH (R.I.P) and when you kept mentioning Synyster Gates and his signature Superstrat among the greats of Steve Vai and Joe Satriani.
Having lived in Hawaii all my life, I must mildly protest that you didn’t mention that is was Hawaiian Steel Guitar playing that inspired the Frying Pan Lap Steel Guitar. In fact, the original name was the Rickenbacker Electro-Hawaiian Steel Guitar. Credit where credit’s due. The ukulele, steel guitar, and electric steel guitar are Hawaii’s biggest contributions to music. 😊🤙✌️
Great info. Thanks for the effort. Being a rabid Van Halen fan, I just want to pedantically point out that as the narrator said "gave the birth of the Frankenstrat" the video showed Edward playing his Kramer Pacer "5150" guitar. Now technically it can be said that the Kramer 5150 was the pinnacle of Edward's "Strat experimentation" because he used it from 1983-1988... much longer than he used the legendary Frankenstrat... which was retired from his regular rotation during the 1984 World Tour when the Kramer 5150 and 1984 guitars became his main guitars. The Frankenstrat can be likened to a prototype/laboratory for Edward searching for tone. He swapped out and played many guitars during the first 6 albums. Most people think of the Frankenstrat as being Edward's primary guitar, but he played many others both live and in the studio. It was only after Edward got the Kramer Pacer 5150 that he settled on a single "primary" guitar for live performances. Edward only retired the Kramer 5150 after he signed on with Ernie Ball and played a custom Axis... then Peavy (Wolfgang)... then created EVH Gear (Wolfgang).
Fun fact the Frying Pan was actually the very 1st Electric Guitar made entirely out of Metal. Interestingly the very 1st Electric Guitar was indeed a Slide Guitar and you slide the slide up and down the strings while strumming them. It makes a very bluesy sound so it's great for the blues.
Do you know a guitar was once a lute, a very old instrument from the 1400 to 1600 around that time, then classical guitar was invented for renaissance music and classical guitar for classical and folk music? Then acoustic guitar came for pop songs and more then electrical guitars for Rock, the guitar had a very vintage history of what it was before,
I enjoyed this video and learned a lot. Before watching this video, I thought Strat already exist when Tele was created. And I think most people just like me don't know that the first Telecaster has a snakehead style headstock.
This is such a great doco, it's got demos, a good mix of the grandpa bands and the ones I listen to like Animals as Leaders and Dream Theatre, not biased towards either which is good, not goofy and not boring, nice middle ground Yeah I have a lot of things to say about this doco, all of them good
How many watched this again because you were listening to all the songs being played and wound up singing along, not paying attention to the narrator??? Lol
To me they have to look right AND sound right too. There are those which have as much appeal to me as a romance with a porcupine. Then there are those which not only sound awesome but look darn sexy to boot. The 1965 Ventures Mosrite model fits that bill perfectly.
At 2:55 you introduce Adolf Rickenbacher, but I think it may be a picture of Paul Tutmarc, who produced the first electric bass with the instrument behind him
this isn’t a correction or anything, but considering that semi hollows aren’t good for high gain, i think it’s weird that tom delonge can get away with using overdriven, high gain pickups in an es 333
Obviously there will be exceptions to the rule, some musicians can really embrace the design characteristics of their guitars and incorporate it into their style, but in general most metal musicians prefer using solid body super strat or Les Paul type guitars. Respect to all musicians who can make it work another way.
Hey there, I am writing a paper on the history of the guitar and was wondering what sources you may have used? Either way, I really liked the video, good job!
"Nowadays, Eddie owns his own guitar company..." That didn't age well :( In all seriousness though, great documentary. Really helped with my school essay.
CHECK ME IF WRONG////BUT Relish didnt invent the interchangable pick-up.. That goes to Zvedizh GOYA 1950s with its > "Mother Of Toilet Seat" fret board design.
Syn Gates is the best guitar on the market. Gibson is like buying a high end Camaro but the Syn Gates is like buying the Zack Snyder Justice League Batmobile.
The picture at 2:54 does not belong to Adolf Rickenbacher. It is the picture of Paul Tutmarc, the first to come up with an electric bass guitar (pictured there, years before Leo Fender), not sure about the guitar side though. You may want to check Paul Bigsby and the guitar he built for Merle Travis.
In 1936, when the Gibson S-150 was released, $150 is equivalent to $2,782 in 2020. Puts a different perspective on the amount they sell for today. You can't really compare $150 to $3695 directly.
Welp, I'd say 12-13 year old can handle an F-bomb, they hear more than enough. But if this is an issue, you can simply download the video with a website like y2mate, and edit out that section, with Windows built in video editor.
wasnt the introduction of the semi hollow guitars after the les paul? because as far as I know the 335 was an attempt to sell a modern guitar to jazzers
Sorry, but Les Paul was not a luthier, nor did he invent the solid-body electric. The first commercially available non lap steel guitar was produced by the Rickenbacker/Electro company, starting in 1931 The model was referred to as the "electric Spanish Guitar" to distinguish it from the "Hawaiian" lap steel. I'm so drunk of these armchair historians who are so quick to give Les Paul credit for single-handedly inventing technology that previously existed.
