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10 Rocking Guitar Facts
1. World-famous guitarists Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Kurt Cobain all played Fender guitars.
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Photo Credit: Thomas Uhlemann
2. The first rock-and-roll guitarist to smash his instrument onstage was Pete Townshend of The Who; he destroyed his guitar after accidentally bashing it into a low ceiling during a 1964 performance.
Photo Credit: Heinrich Klaffs
3. Les Paul invented the first solid-body guitar that, because it had no soundbox, needed an electric amplifier to transmit the sounds of its vibrating strings.
4. The most expensive guitar ever sold was the acoustic-electric model played by Kurt Cobain on MTV Unplugged, which was purchased in 2020 for $6.01 million dollars.
5. Astronauts working in the International Space Station have brought guitars into space with them; the instruments require extra body straps to be played in zero-G.
6. The Luna Guitars manufacturing company makes guitars that are contoured with curves to better fit the shape of a woman's torso.
7. B.B. King once rushed back into a burning nightclub to retrieve his guitar.
Photo Credit: Ronzoni
8. A classical guitar has three metal strings and three made of nylon or silk.
9. A seller on eBay successfully sold his "air guitar" for $5.50.
10. Rolling Stones magazine names Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, and Jimi Hendrix as the three greatest guitarists of all time.
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10 Rocking Guitar Facts
1. World-famous guitarists Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Kurt Cobain all played Fender guitars.
and
Photo Credit: Thomas Uhlemann
2. The first rock-and-roll guitarist to smash his instrument onstage was Pete Townshend of The Who; he destroyed his guitar after accidentally bashing it into a low ceiling during a 1964 performance.
Photo Credit: Heinrich Klaffs
3. Les Paul invented the first solid-body guitar that, because it had no soundbox, needed an electric amplifier to transmit the sounds of its vibrating strings.
4. The most expensive guitar ever sold was the acoustic-electric model played by Kurt Cobain on MTV Unplugged, which was purchased in 2020 for $6.01 million dollars.
5. Astronauts working in the International Space Station have brought guitars into space with them; the instruments require extra body straps to be played in zero-G.
6. The Luna Guitars manufacturing company makes guitars that are contoured with curves to better fit the shape of a woman's torso.
7. B.B. King once rushed back into a burning nightclub to retrieve his guitar.
Photo Credit: Ronzoni
8. A classical guitar has three metal strings and three made of nylon or silk.
9. A seller on eBay successfully sold his "air guitar" for $5.50.
10. Rolling Stones magazine names Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, and Jimi Hendrix as the three greatest guitarists of all time.
For more interesting guitar facts, sere our article here: factretriever.com/guitar-facts
Don't forget to subscribe to our Youtube channel for more amazing facts about the world and beyond: youtube.com/@FactRetriever
