Guitar lessons
Genius hour
The basics
electric guitar is a solid body made of wood
has 6 strings
E A D G B E
electric because you amplify though an amp
History
the first musical instrument was rocks
the first string instruments were bowl harps made out of tortoise shells and calabashes.
later the first guitar belonged to the egyptian singer Har-Mose and eventualy buried with him it had only three strings and made out of cedar wood and rawhide.
even later the first 6 string guitar the lute was created in the beggining of the renaissance 16th century spain.
it was a short 8 fretted guitar
Famous guitar players
Slash
famous for his lead guitar playing in guns and roses he currently still is playing guitar in his own band the conspirators.
Billie joe armstrong
armstrong is famous for his punk rock band green day who still play together today since the 1990s
Eddie van halen
lead guitar player in van halen since 1980s and still currently tours today.
Gibson vs fender
gibson has the famous world know les paul which has a more distorted modern tone quality to it. fender has the telecaster an original with a cleab 60's tone quality. for to explain which is better isnt realistic because its all about personal opinion and whichever you prefer
Why does this matter
for me explaining all of this allows you to have a better understanding of the guitar and how to use it along with how it was created. this is very useful information that you can apply to different instruments all together.