' Joey Ramone & the Resistance ' ( Daniel Rey on guitar, John Connor on bass guitar and Roger Murdock on drums ) debuted Ramone's interpretation of Louis Armstrong's " Wonderful World ' live, as well as Ramone's choice of Ramones classics and some of his other favorite songs ; The Dave Clark Five's " Any Way You Want It ", The Who's " The Kids are Alright and The Stooges ' " No Fun.

The ability to move the shape of an arpeggio up and down the fretboard in order to initiate, or because of, a change in key lends itself to being the primary choice of guitar players, helping ease the use of what is considered an intermediate technique of guitar performance.

Recently, it has also become a popular choice for solidbody electric guitar wood as well.

Although his instrument of choice is guitar ( and bass ), Reggie has also demonstrated skill in singing, acting, and piano-playing.

The pair attempted to reconstitute the Stooges with British musicians, but finding no suitable additions, brought the Asheton brothers back into the band ( this " second choice " decision rankled Ron Asheton, as did his change from guitar to bass ).

In his instructional video " Liquid Drum Theater ", Portnoy said that his first choice for the guitar was Dimebag Darrell, but he was unable to join because of conflicting schedules.

His primary choice of 4-string bass is a Gibson Thunderbird, though he also owns a very impressive array of 4, 5 and 8 stringed basses from other guitar makers.

Bob Brunning was temporarily employed on bass guitar, as Green's first choice Bluesbreakers ' bassist John McVie was not yet ready to join the band.

Despite attempts by Gibson Guitar Corporation to start talks about producing a " Peter Green signature Les Paul " guitar, Green's instrument of choice at this time was a Gibson Howard Roberts Fusion.

He has said that he prefers both of these instruments to the guitar, the latter of which was not his first choice of instrument upon receiving one from his father when beginning to play.

Thompson gave Santiago the choice of bass or lead guitar ; Santiago chose to play lead.

The baritone guitar never proved especially popular but found an enduring niche in Nashville as the instrument of choice for " Tic-tac " bass lines.

Its light weight, strength and dark warm sound make it a popular choice for guitar soundboards.

By his teenage years the Hawaiian steel guitar had become his instrument of choice.

During that time, CBS-Fender cut costs by deleting features from the standard Stratocaster line, despite a blues revival that featured Strat players such as Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Robert Cray and Buddy Guy in their choice of the Stratocaster as a primary blues-rock guitar.

When Ronnie began playing bass guitar and singing with bands in clubs in the Abilene, Texas, area, the university gave him the choice of either quitting the band or the university.

Stephen currently plays a 1960s Fender Jazzmaster that can be traced back to the Brighten The Corners era, a Gibson Les Paul Goldtop, and a Fender Stratocaster that was his guitar of choice during the majority of his time with Pavement.

Schirenc's choice of guitar ( he often plays a Fender Telecaster, a rarity among metal guitarists ) probably signals these influences.

LaValle ’ s few collaborators on Into the Blue Again are Joshua Eustis of Telefon Tel Aviv, who aided additional drum programming and engineering on choice songs, The Black Heart Procession ’ s Pall Jenkins adding vocal harmonies on " Wherever I Go ," violinist Matt Resovich ( who performs with The Album Leaf live, and also played on In a Safe Place ), Drew Andrews adding additional guitar work on select songs ( Drew also performs with The Album Leaf live ).

His acoustic guitar of choice is a Gibson J150 and rarely uses anything else, but owns various other Gibsons and Takamines.

His wild dreadlock hairstyle and choice of guitar invited comparisons with Jimi Hendrix.

Carl says it is the greatest poem ever written to the guitar because he has never heard of any other poem to that subtle instrument.

Samuel Adler classifies the harp as a plucked string instrument in the same category as the guitar ( acoustic or electric ), mandolin, banjo, or zither.

There are many types of electronic amplifiers, commonly used in radio and television transmitters and receivers, high-fidelity (" hi-fi ") stereo equipment, microcomputers and other electronic digital equipment, and guitar and other instrument amplifiers.

The bass guitar ( also called electric bass, or simply bass ; ) is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb, by plucking, slapping, popping, tapping, thumping, or picking.

The bass guitar is a transposing instrument, as it is notated in bass clef an octave higher than it sounds ( as is the double bass ) to avoid excessive ledger lines.

Since the 1960s, the bass guitar has largely replaced the double bass in popular music as the bass instrument in the rhythm section.

The alteration to a " guitar " form made the instrument easier to hold and transport, and the addition of frets enabled bassists to play in tune more easily.

It was actually just an electric guitar with a triangular shape that was based on the original instrument.

The classical guitar ( also called classic guitar, Spanish guitar, nylon-string guitar or concert guitar ) is a 6-stringed plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones.

The modern full size classical guitar has a scale length of around 650 mm ( 25. 6 inches ), with an overall instrument length of 965 – 1016 mm ( 38-40 inches ).

A clavinet played through an instrument amplifier with guitar effect pedals is often associated with funky, disco-infused 1970s rock.

Stories have been told about the very young Chet who, when a friend or relative would come to visit, and if that person played a guitar, would crowd in and put his ear so very close to the instrument that it became difficult for that person to play.

In jazz and other genres outside of classical music, this instrument is commonly called the upright bass or acoustic bass to distinguish it from the electric bass guitar.

There are many types of electronic amplifiers, commonly used in radio and television transmitters and receivers, high-fidelity (" hi-fi ") stereo equipment, microcomputers and other electronic digital equipment, and guitar and other instrument amplifiers.

During the 1950s and 1960s, the electric guitar became the most important instrument in pop music.

Electric guitars were originally designed by guitar makers and instrument manufacturers.

Alvino Rey was an artist who took this instrument to a wide audience in a large orchestral setting and later developed the pedal steel guitar for Gibson.

An early proponent of the electric Spanish guitar was jazz guitarist George Barnes who used the instrument in two songs recorded in Chicago on March 1, 1938, " Sweetheart Land " and " It's a Low-Down Dirty Shame ".

Gibson's first production electric guitar, marketed in 1936, was the ES-150 model (" ES " for " Electric Spanish "; and " 150 " reflecting the $ 150 price of the instrument, along with a matching amplifier ).

In the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, a growing number of composers ( many of them composer-performers who had grown up playing the instrument in rock bands ) began writing contemporary classical music for the electric guitar.

Probably the most ambitious and perhaps significant work to date is Ingwe ( 2003 – 2009 ) by Georges Lentz ( written for Australian guitarist Zane Banks ), a 60-minute work for solo electric guitar, exploring that composer's existential struggles and taking the instrument into realms previously unknown in a concert music setting.