Electric Guitar

The instrument that gave rock and roll its voice/Everyday Objects

The solid-body electric guitar emerged in the 1950s and promptly changed the course of Western music. A typical model like the Fender Stratocaster or Gibson Les Paul weighs between 3 and 5 kg and stretches just under a meter in length. The strings vibrate over magnetic pickups that convert the motion into electrical signals, which then get amplified into the glorious noise that has been annoying neighbors since the Eisenhower administration.