Fender Stratocaster, produced in 1954, is composed of Leo Fender four years after Telecaster, and the other one has a simple bolt on, which consists of a maple neck, three single-coil pickups, traditional piano body modeling design and fender. The design of three single coils makes Stratocaster suitable for any music style, from crisp and soft to full and sweet, and the five-stage pickup switching system makes it easier for musicians to get started.
In Britain in the mid-1960s, most musicians used Gretsch and Ricknbacker, while Gibson and Epiphone were popular. At that time, we can find that Fender strato Stratocaster was mainly used to play the rhythm part, and Gibson les paul and SG were the main players.
However, in the early 1970s, jimi hendrix's way of playing blues rock and jazz vividly demonstrated Stratocaster's multi-music style, and then Stratocaster became the object of imitation by other guitar companies. Many famous guitarists, such as Hank Marvin, jimi hendrix, eric clapton, Ricky Lemor, jeff baker, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, bonnie wright, etc. All of them use Fender Stratocaster, which is also the guitar brand that produces the most star signature pianos at present.
Second place Gibson les paul.
Gibson les paul was produced in 1952. The original les paul model was equipped with a P-90 pickup, so its rich and powerful timbre was completely different from Fanta's. Later, customized models, special models and basic models were introduced one after another, adding more luster to les paul!
By 1958, les paul series began to use double-coil pickups, tiger skin maple panels and newly designed piano pillows, making Gibson les paul 1958, 1959, 1960 and other models become the first generation of famous pianos.
When it was first introduced (1952), the public didn't know the structure and characteristics of the double ring, so people still used Fender more in the mid-1950s, but by the mid-1960s, many guitarists began to look for a rich, open and high-strength guitar, so Gibson's solid mahogany piano body, maple panel and neck connection became their best choice.
Now Gibson les paul, made by 1958- 1960, has become the top piano in the world guitar market. For example, les paul 1959 (ordinary maple panel) 19000 or so, les paul 1959(AA-AAA tiger maple panel) is about 280,000, and the most expensive one is Gibson 1959 les paul (AAAA-AAAA tiger maple panel). Guitarists such as Jimmy Page, peter green, eric clapton, jeff baker, paul mccartney and maik taylor are the owners of Gibson les paul 1958- 1960.
Third place Gibson ES335
The ES 335, produced in 1958, has a half-empty body and two-sided cutting design. Ted Macatee, the former director of Gibson, wants it to be a piano suitable for various music styles. The center of this piano (the position of pickup) is solid mahogany like les paul model, and the F holes on both sides are designed and formed in the middle of the air, so it also has enough folk sense and richer timbre, and the famous patent (PAF pickup) applied for is also developed because of it. Later, it gradually influenced guitar manufacturers of other brands, such as Guild, Fender, Gretsch, Martin and Antoria, Ibana, YAMAHA and Aria in Japan, which all produced guitars similar to ES 335. Gibson also introduced ES 345.
ES 335' s custom pitch, gold-plated fittings and crank design are also used by many blues musicians, such as B.B.King, Larry Carlton, eric clapton, John Lennon and keith richards of Rolling Stones.
Fourth place Fender TV broadcast
Fender Telecaster published in 1950. It replaces more expensive imported mahogany (mahogany) and rosewood (rosewood) with cheaper solid gray body and maple neck. Because of its classical traditional appearance and crisp timbre, it was immediately loved by many musicians who loved country music, and soon became the competitor of Gibson, who was all the rage at that time. Because of its simple structural design and the function of changing the neck, it is completely different from Gibson's traditional "violin" neck shaping method.
Later, Fender also introduced other different models of Telecaster, such as "half-empty thin wire" (half-empty gray and mahogany design, produced in 1969) and customized double-coil pickups, which were produced in 1962 and 1972. Later, some models with rosewood fingerboards were also produced.
The users of TV broadcasting include James Burton, Bruce Springsteen and Albert Lee, the number one in China. He also likes TV broadcasting, Sheryl Crow, Meredith Brooks and Jonny Lang, and he can't live without TV broadcasting.
Fifth place Gibson SG
Gibson les paul series was at its peak in 1950s, but in the late 1950s, Gibson wanted to reach another peak in the early 1960s. They want to develop a Solidbody electric guitar, which is as popular as Fei V and Explorer (1958), so they built it in 196 1 by "Kalamazoo". Gibson launched SG series in a department of R&D.
It is also a piano body made of mahogany, 22 products and a more modern control knob and appearance to express Gibson's new ideas. However, the first two or three years were not as hot as expected. Until the mid-1960s, influenced by blues rock and hard rock music, musicians began to hope to have a solid, mahogany body, a double-coil pickup and a cool guitar to express the spirit of hard rock music. After that, Gibson SG was widely used by many famous musicians such as Frank Zappa, jimi hendrix, eric clapton, Pete Townshend, Paul Weller, etc. In the past 40 years, Angus Young, guitarist of "AC/DC", george harrison, guitarist of "Beatles" and Tony Iommix made SG famous!
Sixth place Gibson Flying V
Gibson Feitian V, 1958, designed by Gibson, changed the traditional stereotype of Gibson. It was launched at the same time as the Explorer. After that, musicians from all over the world responded enthusiastically, and Gibson's design creativity was more recognized.
In the future, due to the appearance of Gibson Flying V, other famous rock guitar brands, such as ESP, Ibana, Jackson, B.C.Rich, etc., also launched electric guitars similar to Flying V and Explorer, and even the most traditional Fender once launched the "Tatsu Yamashiro" model.
Albert King was the first person to use Flying V, followed by Lonng Mack, johnny winter, jimi hendrix and Michael Schenk.
At the end of 1999, Jackson also introduced a flying V-shaped guitar signed by Dare Mustaine, guitarist of Meggers Diss Orchestra, and a memorial of Randy Rhoads.
Seventh place PRS Macatee
McCraty, published in 1994, was produced by Paul Reed Smith, a small guitar company in the United States. PRS has successfully become one of the top three electric guitars in just a few years because of its customized shop-level production quality and classical traditional beauty design. Later, from the early 1990s, PRS introduced Dragon I, Custom 22, Stop-tail bridge designed by Ted McCarty, the former head of Gibson, a thinner neck, and McCarty made by the traditional lock-free knob, which frequently appeared in many professional guitar orchestras in the United States.
1998, PRS introduced McCarty Soapbar (equipped with two P-90 single-coil pickups), McCarty Hollow and Archtop (half-hollow and full-hollow). At the end of 1998, it also introduced a one-way design, which looks more like Gibson les paul.
Of course, famous guitarists such as Carlos Santana, Warren Haines (Mule), Peter Oak (Ray) and Rtephan Jenkins (Blinded by Mind) are all famous. Kyle Cook (Matchbox 20) and Daniel Johns (Silver Chair) are both fans of PRS.
Eighth place ibanna RG550
If we want to talk about modern electric guitar, of course, the most common "Ibana" at home and abroad is indispensable, which has changed the concept that "American goods are the best" that most people think.
Ibana RG550 produced in Japan was published in 1987, and RG550 was also popularized in Steve van. Its modern neck and body design, as well as double/single/double pickups, Freudian Rose Crank, 24 ultra-thin necks and the switch system designed by Di Mazio for Steve van had a great influence on Kramer and Jackson, which were popular in the mid-1980s.
Ibana certainly didn't let everyone down. In recent years, it has also designed many better models, such as RG-Custom, signature pianos such as Steve van, Paul Gilbert and Joe Satriani, and seven-string pianos that have dominated for ten years. Moreover, Korn, Fear Factory, Limp Bizkit and other industrial metal orchestras have made RG series occupy a place in the Millennium.
Ninth place Gretschetatkins
Graetsch published by 1954 has also become one of the top ten famous pianos. Its model 6 120 is specially designed for the famous country guitarist chet atkins.
It looks like a jazz piano because of its solid and deep fuselage, mid-air center and prominent fender design. Although most country musicians use Telecaster, some musicians use it to play country and jazz, such as Edwyn Collins of Orange Juice, Marco Pirroni of Ant Band and Brain Setzer. They are all Gretsch's lovers.
Tenth place rickenbacker.
Rickenbacker 360 1 12 is produced in 1964. Its special manufacturing structure and technology make Rickenbach's timbre more distinctive and tasteful. It has a neck made of thin maple and solid mahogany, two traditional single-coil pickups in retro style, and a semi-hollow body structure to show its unique tone.
Because of its unique timbre, it was also used by early pop musicians, such as guitarists Peter Townsend, tom petty, John Lennon, Rem's Peter Baker and Paul Weller. It can vividly show the popular timbre in the early 1960s, and even the heavy metal bands "DreamTheater" and "Metallica" in the early 1990s used it to record folk songs and twelve-string voices. From this, we can know its position in the development of music in the past 40 years.