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Maybe you've seen them at a friend's house or gracing your local mall as a part of the mall's commercial Christmas decorations. Or if you're lucky enough, you may be from a generation whose family was lucky enough to have owned an original one in the 1960s. No matter where you may have originally come across them, aluminum Christmas trees, especially the silver ones with their accompanying color wheel, are coming back into vogue.
Silver aluminum cone-shaped Christmas trees first came onto the scene in 1959, offered by the Aluminum Specialty Company of Manitowoc, Wisconsin. The silver aluminum Christmas tree, which looked better than the majority of the other artificial trees available at the time, soon became a staple in people's homes at Christmas, especially at the height of their popularity in the early 1960s. In addition to silver, the trees could be purchased in green, red, and the rarest color of all, pink. Most were sold with a color wheel which consisted of a slowly rotating cover that revolved on a unit containing a light bulb and which bathed the tree alternately in red, blue, green and yellow or white. These ceased being in favor and their production stopped in the early 1970s with the onset of the "back to the Earth" movement.
Baby Boomers are trying to locate these vintage trees and light wheels because of those fond memories of these special trees. Others, especially those born in later generations, are drawn to these trees due to their unique and artistic appearance.Conceived during the era of the nuclear bomb and the space race, these trees have a distinctly futuristic quality to them, appearing to have been born on some weird planet and not on this world with their silver-frilled branches.
Aluminum trees originally came available in several sizes (four foot, five foot, six foot, seven foot, -- there are even eight foot sizes in existence -- a tree that was never marketed because it was too tall to fit in the ranch-style homes popular during the day). There were different formats including tabletop versions, wall mounted versions, and free-standing versions. They were very popular originally because not a lot was needed to decorate them, and they were easy to put up and take down. It is possible to find an aluminum tree for almost any decorating scheme and to fit in almost any sized space.
There are many ways to decorate an aluminum Christmas tree. In the past, people would do things like decorate them in a single color (for example, using only red or blue glass ball ornaments, or making homemade ornaments such as butterfly shapes fashioned from pieces of colored aluminum gift wrap), and using garlands of a contrasting color like green or gold. The older Christmas lights of the past generally did not work well on this type of tree due to the heat generated by the light bulbs causing melted spots, but with the advent of today's smaller, more popular twinkle lights, it is now possible to light the tree using multiple or single-colored light strings (all white, blue, green, red or gold) as a part of your decorating scheme. These strings of lights can either be used instead of or in conjunction with the moving color wheel.
Vintage trees and color wheels are probably the easiest to find if you're looking to purchase an aluminum tree. You can find them at garage sales and yard sales in the summer, at thrift stores, barn sales, antique shops or even online through sources like eBay. Experts agree that the best time to shop is during the summer (the off-season for Christmas) when prices are likely to be lower, there is a greater selection and not as much pressure to buy one just before the Christmas holiday.
Be aware that if you want something other than the more standard silver color, you might be in for a longer search because the colored ones are harder to find and go very quickly when and if they become available. There are a couple of firms which are still manufacturing modern aluminum Christmas trees, but they can be pricey. Vintage ones can start at $60 and go up, while modern ones can sell for $279.95 and up. If you have Internet access, you can use any search engine to find manufacturers or resellers by typing in "aluminum" and "Christmas tree."
If you're looking for an "unearthly", "sleek" or "modern" feel to your Christmas this year, you might want to go "retro" and find yourself an aluminum Christmas tree. One of the advantages is that no real tree needs to be sacrificed, with all its attendant needle shedding problems and mess. Another benefit is that these trees are hypoallergenic, and do not add to breathing problems that can be experienced by people who are sensitive to environmental allergens. Another advantage is that as the popularity of these trees goes up, it's quite likely your aluminum Christmas tree will increase in value should you ever decide to sell it.
J. Cray contributes to http://www.TopChristmasDecor.com which features unusual trees such as the aluminum trees, which are enjoying a new revival. J. Cray's main interests include holiday home decorating and family topics.
Electric Guitar Design
History
George Beauchamp invented the electric guitar or some may call the lap steel guitar. Initially, electric guitars consisted primarily of hollow archtop acoustic guitar bodies to which electromagnetic transducers had been attached.
Early years
Sketch of Rickenbacker "frying pan" lap steel guitar from 1934 patent application.
Electric guitars were originally designed by an assortment of luthiers, electronics enthusiasts, and instrument manufacturers, in varying combinations. Some of the earliest electric guitars, then essentially adapted hollow bodied acoustic instruments, used tungsten pickups and were manufactured in the 1930s by Rickenbacker. In 1935, a Soviet scientist working separately from his western colleagues was known to have produced an electric Russian guitar called the "Kuznetsov electromagnetic guitar". It was exhibited at a technology expo in Moscow, but its development was halted since the Stalin regime was hostile to guitar music[citation needed].
At least one company, Audiovox, built and may have offered an electric solid-body as early as the mid-1930s. Rickenbacher, later spelled Rickenbacker offered a cast aluminum electric guitar, nicknamed The Frying Pan or The Pancake Guitar, beginning in 1933.
Another early solid body electric guitar was designed and built by musician and inventor Les Paul in the early 1940s, working after hours in the Epiphone Guitar factory. His log guitar (so called because it consisted of a simple 4x4 wood post with a neck attached to it and homemade pickups and hardware, with two detachable Swedish hollow body halves attached to the sides for appearance only) was patented and is often considered to be the first of its kind, although it shares nothing in design or hardware with the solid body "Les Paul" model sold by Gibson.
Fender
Main article: Fender Musical Instruments Corporation
Sketch of Fender lap steel guitar from 1944 patent application.
In 1950 and 1951, electronics and instrument amplifier maker Leo Fender through his company, designed the first commercially successful solid-body electric guitar with a single magnetic pickup, which was initially named the "Esquire". The two-pickup version of the Esquire was called the "Broadcaster". The bolt-on neck was consistent with Leo Fender's belief that the instrument design should be modular to allow cost-effective and consistent manufacture and assembly, as well as simple repair or replacement.
In 1954, Fender introduced the Fender Stratocaster, or "Strat". It was positioned as a deluxe model and offered various product improvements and innovations over the Telecaster. These innovations included an ash or alder double-cutaway body design for badge assembly with an integrated vibrato mechanism (called a synchronized tremolo by Fender, thus beginning a confusion of the terms that still continues), three single-coil pickups, and body comfort contours. Leo Fender is also credited with developing the first commercially-successful electric bass called the Fender Precision Bass, introduced in 1951.
Gibson
Main article: Gibson Guitar Corporation
Gibson, like many guitar manufacturers, had long offered semi-acoustic guitars with pickups, and previously rejected Les Paul and his "log" electric in the 1940s. In apparent response to the Telecaster, Gibson introduced the first Gibson Les Paul solid body guitar in 1952 (although Les Paul was actually brought in only towards the end of the design process for expert fine tuning of the nearly complete design and for marketing endorsement ). Features of the Les Paul include a solid mahogany body with a carved maple top (much like a violin and earlier Gibson archtop hollow body electric guitars) and contrasting edge binding, two single-coil "soapbar" pickups, a 24" scale mahogany neck with a more traditional glued-in "set" neck joint, binding on the edges of the fretboard, and a tilt-back headstock with three machine heads (tuners) to a side. The earliest models had a combination bridge and trapeze-tailpiece design that was in fact designed by Les Paul himself, but was largely disliked and discontinued after the first year. Gibson then developed the Tune-o-matic bridge and separate stop tailpiece, an adjustable non-vibrato design that has endured. By 1957, Gibson had made the final major change to the Les Paul as we know it today - the humbucking pickup, or humbucker. The humbucker, invented by Seth Lover, was a dual-coil pickup which featured two windings connected out of phase and reverse-wound, in order to cancel the 60-cycle hum associated with single-coil pickups; as a byproduct, however, it also produces a distinctive, more "mellow" tone which appeals to many guitarists. The more traditionally designed and styled Gibson solid-body instruments were a contrast to Leo Fender's modular designs, with the most notable differentiator being the method of neck attachment and the scale of the neck (Gibson-24.75", Fender-25.5"). Each design has its own merits. To this day, the basic design of many solid-body electric guitar available today are derived from the original designs - the Telecaster, Stratocaster and the Les Paul.
Vox
In 1962 Vox introduced the pentagonal Phantom guitar, originally made in England but soon after made by EKO of Italy. It was followed a year later by the teardrop-shaped Mark VI, the prototype of which was used by Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones. Vox guitars also experimented with onboard effects and electronics. The Teardrop won a price for its design. In the mid 1960s, as the sound of electric 12 string guitar became popular, Vox introduced the Phantom XII and Mark XII electric 12 string guitars. Vox produced many more traditional 6 and 12 string electric guitars in both England and Italy.
GuitarOrgan
In 1966 Vox introduced the revolutionary but problematic GuitarOrgan, a Phantom VI guitar with internal organ electronics. The instrument's trigger mechanism required a specially-wired plectrum that completed circuit connections to each fret, resulting in a very wide and unwieldy neck. John Lennon was given one in a bid to secure an endorsement, though this never panned out. According to Up-Tight: the Velvet Underground Story, Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones also tried one; when asked by the Velvets if it "worked", his answer was negative. The instrument never became popular, but it was a precursor to the modern guitar synthesizer.
Other guitars
Also other materials than wood were used. Travis Bean as well as Kremer built guitars with aluminium necks. Danelectro used cardboard bodies. Also plasic and carbon bodied guitars have been made in the past. The Gittler guitar was a design guitar made in the 8os. 1991 saw the introduction of guitar designer Jol Dantzig's first truly workable acoustic-electric hybrid guitar design. The instrument, called the DuoTone, was conceived while Dantzig was at Hamer Guitars. (Dantzig was also the designer of the first 12 string bass.) Adapted by players like Ty Tabor, Stone Gossard, Elvis Costello and Jeff Tweedy, the DuoTone was a full "duplex" instrument that could switch between acoustic and electric tones. Recently there have been many entries in the hybrid category (capable of both acoustic and electric tones) including the T5 by Taylor, Michael Kelly's "Hybrid," the Parker Fly and the Anderson Crowdster. In the 90s the band Neptune began building weird looking metal guitar with 3rd Bridge options incorporated. A predecessor of this type of guitars is the Pencilina. Linda Manzer designed the Pikasso guitar with multiple necks.
See also
3rd Bridge Guitar
Experimental musical instrument
Fender Broadcaster
Fender Bullet
Fender Cyclone
Fender Duo-Sonic
Fender Electric XII
Fender Jaguar
Fender Jag-Stang - co-created with Kurt Cobain
Fender Jazzmaster
Fender Contemporary Stratocaster Japan
Fender Lead Series
Fender Musicmaster
Fender Mustang
Fender Prodigy
Fender Performer
Fender Showmaster
Fender Starcaster
Fender Stratocaster
Buddy Guy Polka Dot Stratocaster
Eric Clapton Stratocaster
Eric Johnson Stratocaster
Hello Kitty Stratocaster
Jeff Beck Stratocaster
Jimmie Vaughan Tex-Mex Stratocaster
John Mayer Stratocaster
Mark Knopfler Stratocaster
Ritchie Blackmore Stratocaster
Robert Cray Standard Stratocaster
Stevie Ray Vaughan Signature Stratocaster
Yngwie Malmsteen Stratocaster
Fender Stratocaster XII
Fat Strat
Fender Telecaster
Fender Telecaster Custom
Fender Telecaster Deluxe
Fender J5 Telecaster
Squier Telecaster
Fender Toronado
Fender Swinger
Fender Bronco
Fender Custom
Fender Katana
References
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Alternate Versions
Alto guitar Bass guitar Baritone guitar Double neck guitar Harp guitar Pikasso guitar Chitarra battente Bajo sexto Requinto guitar
Other related topics
Luthier Vintage guitar Jazz guitar Guitar chord Guitar harmonics Prepared guitar 3rd bridge Electric Guitar Design Guitar amplifier History of the classical guitar
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