What is an electric mandolin?
Electric mandolin is a musical instrument that is created after a traditional acoustic mandolin. However, although it is played and tuned as acoustic mandolin, the tool is reinforced in a way that is more similar to electric guitar. The electric mandolin consists of a specially designed pick -up that converts the vibrations of strings to electrical sound signals. Electric mandolins are played by twitching or braking with their fingers. These tools are most often heard in the western swing, jazz, blues and country music.
There are many different types of electric mandolins. These tools are offered in four chains, five-string and eight string versions. The most popular type of electric mandolin is probably the octagonal version. Electric mandolins with a fixed body are also common, as well as semi -acoustic and acoustic mandolins.
American companies that produced musical instruments began to offer electric mandolin to the general public in earlier yearsthe creep. In one of the more successful campaigns in early advertising, Electro String Instrument Corporation, which is now called Rickenbacker Guitars, in their 1931 catalog. Viviton also produced a number of electric mandolins in 1933. until 1939. In 1936, Vega and Gibson companies offer the company to offer electric mandolin to offer that this company offers much more successful.
The first documented electrical mandolin with a fixed body was invented in 1942 by the eight -by -one Macedo, a musician who lived in Brazil. Macedo pau Electrico was inspired by Cavaquinho , a musical instrument that is similar to ukulele and mandolin.used in popular Brazilian music frevo .
Back in America was the first known electric mandolin in a solid body that the almonds of five chains were created by Paul Bigsby in 1952 for Tiny Moore, a popular western rocking musician. Its electric mandolin had five individual courses instead of popular four double courses.
During the 1950s, Rickenbacker and Gibson introduced fixed points of eight mandolins. Fender has decided to follow a trend with one course with its four chains version.
Fender's Popular Four-Simples Electric Mandolin was produced from 1956 to 1976. They currently offer an eight-semi-semi-semi-acoustic electric mandolin with a body similar to the original tools. The Gibson Company produced the popular EM-200 solidbody from 1954 to 1971.ebird. Mandobird is available in versions with four and eight chains.
Electric mandolins can be made of different materials.Two of the most popular materials are the mahogany that has a warm sound and a maple that has a clear sound.