Guitar Trivia

1. Ask pretty much anybody the question: "Who designed the Fender Stratocaster"? and most can say that it was designed by Leo Fender. However, he was not alone in doing so. What was the name of his co-designer?

From Quiz A Box and a Bunch of Strings 3 - Guitars!

Answer: Freddie Tavares

Hawaiian born Freddie Tavares was a popular and gifted musician as well as being a great designer. Tavares worked for Fender from 1953 until 1985, just a few years before his death in 1990. Cartoon fans may or may not be aware, that the swooping steel guitar note at the introduction to 'Looney Tunes' cartoons was played by Freddie Tavares!

From Quiz A Box and a Bunch of Strings 2 - Guitars!

Answer: Arch-top

The basic flat-top guitar with a round sound hole is the style of guitar that everybody readily recognises. The flat-top style covers classical guitars with nylon strings as well as the folk style guitar with steel strings. Arch-top guitars were a later development designed with the intention of greatly increasing the volume and projection of the instrument. Many of the bands that existed during the early decades of the 20th century featured guitar players that used instruments such as these, which were so powerful that no external amplification was required. Early pioneers of the arch-top instrument included manufacturers such as John D'Angelico, Epaminondas Stathopoulos - founder of the 'Epiphone' brand and, of course, Gibson guitars.

From Quiz A Box and a Bunch of Strings - Guitars!

Answer: Electric Spanish

During the 1930s, many guitar players were demanding more volume from their instruments to allow them to cut through the sound being produced by the big bands of the time. The first manufacturer to release what we now refer to as an 'electro-acoustic' was Rickenbacker who brought their Electric Spanish model to the market in around 1932. The concept took off slowly and few were sold, at least until Gibson entered the market with their first Electric Spanish, the ES150, in the mid-1930s.

From Quiz Hughes & Kettner Amps

Answer: Germany

The Hughes & Kettner official website provides this information. There is also a video that says where they're based out of. In their catalogs, there is much information about their location and their products.

From Quiz The Electric Guitar

Answer: Acoustic guitars were not loud enough in "big band" ensembles

As popular music evolved, ensembles began to grow. The primary melodic instruments of the day were the piano and the common brass/woodwinds (trumpet, saxophone, clarinet etc); many composers began writing more complex melodic structures for for larger brass sections. The guitar functioned as a rhythmic instrument in these groups, used to strum chords in time with the beat pattern in the piece. With the growing prominence of full horn sections (which played ensemble throughout the entire piece), the guitar was becoming harder to hear in the mix, particularly in live recording sessions. The first amplified guitars were an attempt to address this problem.

From Quiz Guitars - What make am I?

Answer: Ovation

The Ovation guitar is still around today. It was made famous by Glen Campbell and Melissa Etheridge.

From Quiz The Electric Guitar

Answer: 'Broadcaster'

Leo Fender produced the 'Broadcaster', which was a prototype of the 'Telecaster', in 1951.

From Quiz Classical Guitar Knowledge

Answer: John Williams

John Williams is the son of another guitar player, and was a student of Segovia. He is from Australia.

From Quiz Famous Guitar Names

Answer: Bootsy Collins

The bass was created by Larry Pless for Bootsy. It was first seen on the 1976 cover of "Stretching Out". It was once stolen in Chicago and was returned to Bootsy a year later because the thief couldn't pawn it anywhere. Everyone knew who the real owner was.

From Quiz Guitar Quiz No. 2

Answer: Julian Bream

Bream is known for his emotive style of playing, as compared with the more detached (in my opinion!) style of John Williams.

From Quiz Guitar Quiz No. 1

Answer: EADGBE

The 'DADGBE' tuning is also often used - it often makes lute music easier to play.

From Quiz About The Guitar

Answer: Fife

A fife is a woodwind instrument, very similar to the flute and piccolo. Short scale bass guitars are also known as piccolo basses.

From Quiz Which Star and Which Guitar ?

Answer: White Falcon

Neil has also long played another favorite Gretsch hollow body guitar--the Chet Atkins model 6120.

From Quiz A Box and a Bunch of Strings 3 - Guitars!

Answer: It was formed from clear plastic

Ampeg were not the only company to experiment with plastics as Japanese company Ibanez and a few others also built instruments from this material. Guitar bodies built using plastics are, as a rule, generally thinner than their wooden counterparts as the material is somewhat heavier, however, this does mean that there is a consistency of tone that wooden instruments can rarely emulate. Is this a good thing? That is purely down to personal preference.

From Quiz A Box and a Bunch of Strings 2 - Guitars!

Answer: Courses

The earliest surviving instruments, which we would recognise as guitars, date from the late 16th century although it is certain that instruments of this nature existed before then. Early guitars were frequently strung with only four courses of strings; however, each course may have consisted of one, two or even three strings. By the turn of the 17th century the five course guitar had become commonplace and two strings per course had become the standard. Many early instruments also have frets made from gut that were simply tied to the fingerboard with securely fixed metal frets appearing at the end of the 18th century. It was also at around this time, at first in Italy and France, that the first six course, singly stringed guitars started to appear.

From Quiz A Box and a Bunch of Strings - Guitars!

Answer: The Dragon

The Dragon model has appeared in several guises over the years, distinguishable through the body colour, a commonly used ploy by many producers, but mostly through the design of the dragon fret marker inlaid along the length of the fret board. These inlays are stunning pieces of work, featuring a range of materials which include gold, mother-of-pearl, abalone, precious and semi-precious stones and exotic woods. The Dragon is only produced as a limited production run and, consequently, they demand very high prices and become instantly collectible.

From Quiz Guitar Bits and Pieces

Answer: Nut

The nut is traditionally made of bone though plastic and carbon fibre are becoming more common. I use cow bone when I carve a nut because I get it free from my butcher, it's nice and organic and means there is another piece of a dead cow not being wasted. The bridge is way down at the other end. It also supports the strings.

From Quiz Guitars - What make am I?

Answer: Fender Stratocaster

The stratocaster or "Strat" was introduced in 1954 and played by too many artists to list them all. Here are but a few... Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Holly, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Mark Knopfler and many, many more.

From Quiz The Electric Guitar

Answer: They were advertised as the "new 'Les Paul' model".

Around 1959 the "Les Paul" model was discontinued and Gibson launched their SG model one or two years later as the second version "Les Paul" with a "Les Paul Model" decal on the headstock. By 1962 Les Paul's endorsement contract was up for re-negotiation and he objected to the new model bearing his name. Eventually he sued Gibson to have them remove his name from the SG, which then became known under that very name. Gibson later relaunched the 'Les Paul' in the late 1960s. (Thanks for that information Martin).

From Quiz Classical Guitar Knowledge

Answer: Alexandre Tansman

Alexandre Tansman from Poland composed this delightful piece.

From Quiz Famous Guitar Names

Answer: Dick Dale

The "King of the Surf Guitar" played the guitar since 1961. He used to change the paint on it every few months to fool imitators. It is now painted "glitter gold" and has his karate dojo sticker permanently attached.

From Quiz Guitar Quiz No. 2

Answer: Chaconne

Almost every famous guitarist has recorded a version of the D minor Chaconne, which originates from the Partita No. 2 for solo violin. I can testify from personal experience that it is very hard to play!

From Quiz Guitar Quiz No. 1

Answer: Cedar

Rosewood is often used for the back and sides and sometimes for the fingerboard. Pine is never (I think) used. Mahogany is an alternative wood for the back, sides and neck.

From Quiz About The Guitar

Answer: Pickups

Cans are also known as headphones, potentiometers are dials, and the bridge lifts the strings over the fretboard.

From Quiz A Box and a Bunch of Strings 3 - Guitars!

Answer: Truss Rod

It would be unusual to come across a modern steel-strung guitar that has no truss rod. Truss rods are found in two basic forms, adjustable and non-adjustable. The rod is located in a central groove that runs the length of the neck almost immediately beneath the fingerboard. An adjustable truss rod is securely fixed at the heel end of the neck and the adjustable end of the truss rod can be found, underneath a removable plate, at the head. The first adjustable truss rods were fitted by the Gibson Company to their jazz guitars during the 1920s and proved to be a very successful innovation. Non adjustable truss rods are often found to be made from a 'T' shaped metal bar or square sectioned hollow bar which is securely fixed at both ends of the neck.

From Quiz A Box and a Bunch of Strings 2 - Guitars!

Answer: Classical

They are all classical guitar makers of great renown. Hermann Hauser I (1882-1952) was, and is still, considered to be one of the greatest luthiers in the history of the instrument. His company produced a wide range of stringed instruments, all impeccably constructed and used until 1970, by Andres Segovia, one of the greatest guitar players in history. Ignacio Fleta (1897-1977) started working in Barcelona in 1927 and was known for his wide waisted instruments and for his habit of varnishing the inside of his guitar bodies with the aim of 'brightening' the sound. Masaru Kohno (1926-1998) was a Japanese luthier who started building instruments in 1948. In 1960 he studied guitar making in Spain under the luthier Arcangel Fernandez and set up his own business in Tokyo in the late 1960s. Steve Howe of British progressive rock band 'Yes' is a high profile user of Kohno instruments. Finally, Greg Smallman is an Australian builder with an impressive reputation for innovation and quality. He is one of the very few builders to use composite materials in his instruments, often with an extremely thin soundboard. The virtuoso player, John Williams, is a user of Smallman guitars.

From Quiz A Box and a Bunch of Strings - Guitars!

Answer: Flamenco

Flamenco is the name usually used to describe any of the playing styles that call Spain their home. Flamenco, more accurately, is the name that should be applied to the gypsy folk music from the southern Spanish region of Andalusia. The terms 'Cante', 'Baile' and 'Toque' mean 'Song', 'Dance' and 'Guitar Playing' respectively. Flamenco requires a light instrument, with a low action for fast, fluid playing technique and most flamenco guitars feature a tap plate, or 'golpeador', glued to the guitars top between the sound hole and the bridge to protect the wood from any damage that may occur through this highly energetic and percussive playing style.

From Quiz Guitar Bits and Pieces

Answer: Zero fret

I've never heard of a high fret and "top fret" is an informal term used by the ill-informed. "Don't you fret" is something my mother used to say. It's also a Kinks song from way back (I suspect my mother may have known Ray Davies before she met my dad).

From Quiz Hughes & Kettner Amps

Answer: Triamp MK II

This amp is different in a few ways from the original. The front plexi-glass panel lights up neon purple instead of neon blue. The Alex Lifeson model has his signature inscibed on it.

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