The guitar craze reached epic proportions in the mid 1960’s. In fact in 1940 Gibson had placed a 7” pickup on an ES-300 guitar that was anchored just below the end of the fretboard below the 6th E string and then anchored just above the bridge above the 1st E string.Ī year later the pickup was redesigned into a much shorter version on the ES-300 that was placed just in front of the bridge. However Fender was not the first to use a slanted pickup. This was what Leo had been doing on his steel guitars and he was doing a good job of building and selling them. I honestly do not think the treble is enhanced that greatly by slanting the pickup, however it does look cool. Probably the most well known is Leo Fender’s slanted pickup placement on the Fender Esquire, Telecaster, Broadcaster, Stratocaster, Duo-sonic, Bullet, and Mustang. Some of these designs worked and some were just plain bizarre. Guitar tone-shaping pedals came about in the mid 1960’s and by 2016 have evolved into devices that make your guitar sound like an altogether different instrument.Įlectronics companies have also introduced guitar synthesizers, that essentially use the guitar as a controller that is connected to a sound producing device.īut before all of these pedals and synthesizers came into vogue, guitar manufacturers and designers were attempting to get alter the guitars tone by using some pretty zany pickup designs, lots of pickups, and unusual placement. I recall watching a video of Andre Segovia in which he described by playing closer and farther away from the instruments bridge, one could change the timbre of the guitar to give it a more bright or mellow sound. Guitar players, in general, have been attempting to alter the guitars tone, even before pickups were added. Since its inception, designers have thought of interesting ways to change its sound. In the scheme of things, the electric guitar is not that old. Frying Pan - Gibson ES-150 - Ro-Pt-In Electric - Les Paul's "Log
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