Flying V Electric Guitars

Let's talk a little about the Gibson V-Factor X Flying V Electric Guitar. We've all seen it on TV and at our favorite rock concert, but what's it all about? Today I'm gonna cover the features of the Flying V electric guitars so that you can decide if you need one.


Flying V Electric Guitar Features:

The features of the Gibson V-Factor X Flying V Electric Guitar include: 496R and 500T ceramic humbuckers, a mahogany body, mahogany neck, a Tune-o-matic bridge with a Stopbar tailpiece, rosewood fingerboard (or ebony on Classic White) with 22 frets and green key tuners.

Pickups:

1. 496R "Hot Ceramic"
   The 496R "Hot Ceramic" is a great neck pickup with awesome sustain and explosive power. Its high-output ceramic magnet gives out more highs with huge definition, sparing the muddiness. Factory-installed 496R pickups have two conductor wiring.
2. 500T "Super Ceramic"
   The 500T is great. The powerful multi-ceramic magnet build allows this monster to roar! It can scream or growl - never losing its rich combination of enhanced lows and crystal clear highs. Factory-installed 500T pickups have two conductor wiring.

More Info:

• Manufactured in: Nashville, TN
• Body Species: Mahogany
• Neck Species: Mahogany
• Profile: Rounded
• Peghead Pitch: 17
• Thickness at 1st Fret: 0.800
• Thickness at 12th Fret: 0.850
• Heel Length: 0.625
• Neck Joint Location: 17
• Fingerboard Species: Rosewood, Ebony (Classic White only)

History of the Electric Guitar

I've decided to start off this electric guitar blog with a brief history of the electric guitar. I've always found it interesting to know the origin of the things I take for granted today. Since I love the electric guitar I figured why the hell not list the history on my electric guitar blog. Enjoy:

The concept of the electric solid body guitar developed from the popularity of Hawaiian music in the 1920s and 1930s. The electric Hawaiian guitars were the first instruments to produce sound electrically. And thus begun the history of the electric guitar.

The first electric guitar was created in the 1930s by a man named Adolph Rickenbacker. The first electric guitars had small soundholes in the body. This type of guitar is called a semi-hollow body electric guitar. This type of guitar is still popular today.

Further along in the history of the electric guitar comes the pickups. The first pickups used on the original electric guitars were called tungsten pickups. These electric guitar pickups made it possible to create guitars without the small soundholes. These were named solid body electric guitars or hard body electric guitars.

The electric guitar began to get more popular during the 30s and 40s. During this time of the history of the electric guitar, bands were starting to incorporate its sound in their music. They needed to have

louder guitars to be overheard by sections of their bands such as the brass sections. The acoustic guitars could not produce the necessary volume.

In the 1950s Gibson introduced Les Paul's unique guitar known as the Gibson Les Paul. This guitar is still around today and used by many excellent guitarists.

Then came Leo Fender. He designed the Fender Broadcaster which later became known as the Fender Stratocaster. This guitar is known as the Strat for short. The Fender Strat became an extremely popular guitar.

There you have it, a brief history of the electric guitar. Nothing intense, just a little something to help you appreciate the this great toy that we all take for granted! Keep checking back to my electric guitar blog for daily updates on the electric guitar.