Frets99 Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Prior to the 30's, were they just referred to as.... guitars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members poppytater Posted November 16, 2011 Members Share Posted November 16, 2011 I'm guessin' when the first electric guitar came out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Opa John Posted November 16, 2011 Members Share Posted November 16, 2011 Back in the late 50s and early 60s I'm pretty sure they were just referred to as "Spanish" or "Flat Top" guitars. And I seem to remember that the arch top guitars were called "F Hole" guitars. I'm just going on memory though. Could be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members poppytater Posted November 16, 2011 Members Share Posted November 16, 2011 ^Can you remember the first wheel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fixintogo Posted November 16, 2011 Members Share Posted November 16, 2011 What was high-tech called before the digital age? Just tech? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frets99 Posted November 16, 2011 Author Share Posted November 16, 2011 Back in the late 50s and early 60s I'm pretty sure they were just referred to as "Spanish" or "Flat Top" guitars. And I seem to remember that the arch top guitars were called "F Hole" guitars. I'm just going on memory though. Could be wrong. Apparently the guy who stole my lunch money back in grade school was an arch top guitar.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members masterbuilt Posted November 16, 2011 Members Share Posted November 16, 2011 In the 1960s, I recall acoustic guitars being called "guitars" and electric guitars being called "electric guitars", but I also remember arch-top guitars being called "arch-tops" or "semi-hollow-bodies" in music stores. At least my favorite shop at the time (Coyle Music), that's the way it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted November 16, 2011 Members Share Posted November 16, 2011 ^Can you remember the first wheel?Why yes, I can...got the showroom demo (at a most handsome price, I'll add) from Og Mastodon-killer's Westside location! Sadly, my first Missus was kinda hard on it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Opa John Posted November 16, 2011 Members Share Posted November 16, 2011 ^Can you remember the first wheel? Remember it!? Hell.......I invented it! Right after I invented dirt. I sold my first wheel to TAH. I'm old enough that I even remember what tornados sounded like before trains were invented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members acousticdepot Posted November 16, 2011 Members Share Posted November 16, 2011 I remember back in the sixties referring to acoustic guitars as "folk guitars". I had thought the term acoustic was coined not to differentiate between acoustics and electrics, but steel string acoustics and classical guitars. But heck ... who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted November 16, 2011 Members Share Posted November 16, 2011 In the 1960s, I recall acoustic guitars being called "guitars" and electric guitars being called "electric guitars" . . . . Yeah, that's how I remember it too when I was a lad back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frets99 Posted November 16, 2011 Author Share Posted November 16, 2011 I'm old enough that I even remember what tornados sounded like before trains were invented. I LOL'd! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EdBega Posted November 16, 2011 Members Share Posted November 16, 2011 Used the term "acoustic guitar" in the 70's ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kiowa1 Posted November 17, 2011 Members Share Posted November 17, 2011 What was high-tech called before the digital age? Just tech? Science Fiction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mike_E_McGee Posted November 18, 2011 Members Share Posted November 18, 2011 Apparently the guy who stole my lunch money back in grade school was an arch top guitar.... Oh, you're killing me here!!!!Stop it!!!!:D:D:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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