Laurens Hammond Born January 11, 1895 Evanston, Illinois Died July 1, 1973 (aged 78) Cornwall, Connecticut Education Cornell University Occupation Engineer Laurens Hammond (January 11, 1895 – July 1, 1973), was an American engineer and inventor. His inventions include, most famously, the Hammond organ, the Hammond clock, and the world’s first polyphonic musical synthesizer, the …
D’Angelico Guitars Industry Musical instruments Founded 1932 (relaunched in 2011) Founder John D’Angelico Headquarters Manhattan, New York Area served Worldwide Key people Brenden Cohen, President and CEO Products Guitars, Archtop, Electric, Acoustic, Basses D’Angelico Guitars is an American musical instrument manufacturer and guitar brand based in Manhattan, New York. The brand was initially founded by …
Chromatic harmonica Hohner Super-Chromonica harmonica, a typical 12-hole chromatic. Website: Chromatic harmonica – Wikipedia The chromatic harmonica is a type of harmonica that uses a button-activated sliding bar to redirect air from the hole in the mouthpiece to the selected reed-plate desired. When the button is not pressed, an altered diatonic major scale of the …
DigiTech Whammy Whammy DT Manufacturer DigiTech Dates 1989 – 1991 (IVL Technologies) 1991 – present Technical specifications Effects type Pitch shifter Whammy mode Harmony Bend model Wah-wah pedal (on XP-100) Hardware Digital Polyphony supported (on Whammy DT & V) Filter 1 wah-wah (on XP-100) DigiTech Whammy DigiTech Whammy The Whammy pedal is a digital effects pedal …
Premier Guitar PremierGuitar logo.png Editor in Chief Shawn Hammond Categories Guitar magazines Frequency Monthly Publisher Gearhead Communications, LLC First issue February 2007 Country United States Based in Marion, Iowa United States Language English Premier Guitar was founded in February 2007. Premier Guitar is published by Gearhead Communications, LLC, a privately owned company that is headquartered …
Fender Jaguar Manufacturer Fender Period 1962–1975; 1999–present Construction Body type Solid Neck joint Bolt-on Scale 24 in (610 mm) Woods Body Usually Alder (basswood) Neck Maple Fretboard Usually Rosewood The Fender Jaguar is an electric guitar by Fender Musical Instruments characterized by an offset-waist body, a relatively unusual switching system with two separate circuits for …
Gibson Firebird Manufacturer Gibson Period 1963 — present Construction Body type Solid Neck joint Through-body; some models have set necks Scale 24.75″ Woods Body Mahogany Neck Mahogany and Walnut Fretboard Rosewood or Ebony with trapezoid, block, or dot mother of pearl inlays The Gibson Firebird is a solid-body electric guitar manufactured by Gibson from 1963 …
Wurlitzer electric piano Classification Electric piano, keyboard Inventor(s) Benjamin Miessner Developed 1935, 1954 and 1984 Builders Wurlitzer The Wurlitzer electric piano, trademarked the “Electronic Piano” and referred to by musicians as the “Wurly”, was one of a series of electromechanical stringless pianos manufactured and marketed by the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company of Corinth, Mississippi, U.S. and …
Guitar Makes: This is a list of notable guitar manufacturers, current and defunct. The guitar is a musical instrument classified as a fretted string instrument with anywhere from four to 18 strings, usually having six.[citation needed] The sound is projected either acoustically, using a hollow wooden or plastic and wood box (for an acoustic guitar), …
GUITAR CHORDS Power chords: Fingerings As previously discussed, each power chord has only one interval, a perfect fifth between the root note and the fifth.In standard tuning, the following fingerings are conventional: E5 G5 G5 E on the first string C on the second string G on the third string E on the fourth string C on the fifth string Sixth string is not played. …