• An electric guitar may have a solid or a hollow body, and traditionally has six strings but may have up to twelve. The sound of its vibrating steel strings is captured via a pickup and sent through a cable to an amplifier, which produces the louder sound.

• Fast Facts

  1. Les Paul is known as the "Father of the Electric Guitar"
  2. The first song recorded on an electric guitar was in 1938
  3. The first electric guitars had hollow bodies
  4. Integral in defining the sound and attitude of rock 'n' roll
  5. First used in jazz
  6. Classic models: the Les Paul by Gibson Guitars and the Stratocaster by Fender Guitars
  7. Essential electric guitar accessories: Guitar pedals to provide a distinctive sound, an electronic guitar tuner to keep the instrument in tune, guitar cables, guitar strings, guitar picks

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