Reflections On The Electric Guitar Revolution
You can thank the big bands of the swing era for introducing the need to install pickups in guitars to keep up with the high volume levels. Even the rock music of the 1950s retained the same jazz tone from previous years. It was the blues that influenced rock guitar and turned it into an explosive cultural phenomenon.
A new era in music was ignited by just three notes played on a guitar connected to a Fuzz Box. The song was “Satisfaction” by the Rolling Stones. Keith Richards originally intended to use horns to play the riff but instead used the Fuzz Box to emulate the big sound. It became so popular that by the end of the year, stores were selling out of the Gibson Fuzz Box.
With the blues in mind, every new rock innovator took their turn with the new equipment that flooded the scene. Jimi Hendrix used the wah-wah pedal to create a crying sound. Eric Clapton played with extreme volume and introduced new twists and turns to the pentatonic scale. Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck experimented with innovative stretches and cool distortions, all within the context of the new blues-rock fusion.
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“Reflections On The Electric Guitar Revolution”
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