Essay 1-02b: Guitar Brands

Guitar brands

Websites which I chose are homepages about the brand of the guitar. I chose Fender, Paul Reed Smith and Rickenbacker because I like the guitar and am interested in it. I have one cheap guitar at my home. The guitar brands I'm going to review are famous around the world. Many Japanese artists use them. I heard them from my friends.

Fender is very famous electric guitar brand on Stratocaster, Telecaster. Stratocaster and Telecaster are kinds of the guitar and different in body shape (Picture's left one is Stratocaster and right one is Telecaster). Fender has not only electric guitars but also has electric basses, guitar amps, bass amps and so on. There are series on electric guitar such as artist models, standard, American standard, Classic, and American Vintage. Bass guitars have also kinds of series. Guitar amps of Fender are famous, too. There are series on Fender amps such as Hot Rot, Vintage Reissue, Pro Tube and the like.

Paul Reed Smith is comparatively new guitar brand. Paul Reed Smith is sometimes written PRS. PRS's guitars are good quality. PRS has Acoustic guitar, solid body guitar, Hollow body guitar and electric bass guitar. There is a series on electric. It's SE series and SE series is a low price series. In artists' page, you can read articles about artists who use PRS' guitars and see a list of artists using PRS. For example, Orianthi, She uses PRS guitar and was a lead guitarist of Michael Jackson's back band.

Rickenbacker is a long-established guitar brand set up in 1913. The founder is Adolph Rickenbacker. In history page, you can read an article entitled The Earliest Days of the Electric Guitar. Rickenbacker has 300 series, 600 series, 700 series, 4000 series. All of Rickenbacker's guitars are handmade guitars. Making the guitars start from cutting the materials. This cutting work is also handwork. The world-famous artist, John Lennon used Rickenbacker 325(Picture's one). In Factory page, you can know about wood which is used the guitar.

I reviewed homepage about the guitar brands but there are other guitar brands in the world. These are a part of guitar brands. Fender is famous for Stratocaster and Telecaster. PRS is comparatively new guitar brand. Rickenbacker is a long-established guitar brand. I like Fender the best because I like Stratocaster's shape and sound. However, I don't dislike Rickenbacker and PRS, because Rickenbacker looks tasteful and PRS looks just high class. I think each guitar have each good points. When you buy the guitar, you should buy one you like. You can choose from its color or looks.
If you begin the electric guitar or bass guitar, please check these homepages.
Thank you for reading.

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Graphics sources

http://www.fender.jp/php/f_eg_detail.php?item_no=507 http://www.fender.jp/php/f_eg_detail.php?item_no=76
http://www.rickenbacker.com/model.asp?model=325C58JG

References
Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, . (2010).Fender. Retrieved 18 May, 2010, from http://www.fender.com/#/eric-johnson-stratocaster
PRS GUITARS, . (2010). Paul Reed Smith. . Retrieved 18 May, 2010, from http://www.prsguitars.com/
Rickenbacker International Corporation, . (2010).Rickenbacker International Corporation . . Retrieved 18 May, 2010, from http://www.rickenbacker.com/