Interesting guitar facts & figures. | guitar trivia [2]
- Naked women and guitars? You know it! Gibson was commissioned in 2000 by Playboy to produce 2000 limited edition "Playmate" guitars. The Playmates were priced to own at only US$7,000 a piece.
- Most guitar pickups are magnetic. Very, very few pickups actually hear sound. Instead, vibration measurements are turned into sound.
- Although guitar amps didn't become popular until the 1950's, they have actually been around since the 1930's.
- Steve Vai definitely isn't afraid of signature products. His arsenal includes a series of signature guitars, an amp, a wah pedal, and even signature cables.
- Stevie Ray Vaughan, at birth, weighed in at only 3 pounds and 9.25 ounces.
- Beekeeping is one of Steve Vai's many hobbies.
- Before his solo career, Steve Vai toured with Frank Zappa as his guitarist.
- B.B. King's guitar is lovingly named Lucile.
- B.B. King has given up on standing at his concerts. He now prefers to sit.
- B.B. King originally played gospel music, but later switched to blues due to the fact that it's far more lucrative.
- In 1941, Gibson's plants were actually used for production to help with the war.
- Most guitar pickups are magnetic. Very, very few pickups actually hear sound. Instead, vibration measurements are turned into sound.
- Although guitar amps didn't become popular until the 1950's, they have actually been around since the 1930's.
- Steve Vai definitely isn't afraid of signature products. His arsenal includes a series of signature guitars, an amp, a wah pedal, and even signature cables.
- Stevie Ray Vaughan, at birth, weighed in at only 3 pounds and 9.25 ounces.
- Beekeeping is one of Steve Vai's many hobbies.
- Before his solo career, Steve Vai toured with Frank Zappa as his guitarist.
- B.B. King's guitar is lovingly named Lucile.
- B.B. King has given up on standing at his concerts. He now prefers to sit.
- B.B. King originally played gospel music, but later switched to blues due to the fact that it's far more lucrative.
- In 1941, Gibson's plants were actually used for production to help with the war.
- Jimi Hendrix took up professional guitar playing thanks to a parachuting related injury in the army.
- The world's smallest, playable guitar measures in at 10-millionths of a meter (about the size of a red blood cell).
- The great Stevie Ray Vaughan was born on October 3rd, 1954.
- The world's smallest, playable guitar measures in at 10-millionths of a meter (about the size of a red blood cell).
- The great Stevie Ray Vaughan was born on October 3rd, 1954.
- Because of Eric Clapton leaving, Jeff Beck joined the Yardbirds in 1965.
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