This Guitar Trivia Will Shred Your Brain
1.
What did B.B. King do to lessen his guitar's tendency to feedback?
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Answer:
Stuffed Paper In It
2.
What is a humbucking pick-up?
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Answer:
Two Pick-Ups In One
3.
In addition to Deep Purple, guitarist Steve Morse has played with which other groups?
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Dixie Dregs, Kansas, Lynyrd Skynyrd
4.
Who are the 2 guitarists who play with John McLaughlin in the famous acoustic trio?
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Al Dimeola And Paco Delucia
5.
Alvin Lee electrified Woodstock in the sixties with "Goin' Home", played on which guitar?
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Answer:
Gibson ES-335
6.
In 1956 Gibson announced a Les Paul Junior that was _____ the size of a Les Paul guitar.?
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Answer:
Three Quarters
7.
Prior to success with his own band, who turned down Dave Mustaine's offer to join Megadeth?
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Answer:
Dimebag Darrell
8.
Who played the first guitar ever to be made with a Digital Tuning System installed?
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Answer:
Jimmy Page
9.
Mick Ralphs was a guitar player in which two bands?
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Mott The Hoople And Bad Company
10.
Which female guitarist founded a program to teach inner city girls to play guitar?
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Bonnie Raitt
11.
What was the name of the 7-string guitar Steve Vai used on the album "Passion & Warfare"?
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Answer:
Universe
12.
What was the major fault of the original design of the Gibson SG guitar?
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Unstable, Neck Joint Too Thin
13.
The Gibson Super 400 guitar got its name for what reason?
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Its Initial Cost
14.
Which guitar company released a signature series guitar for John Kay of Steppenwolf?
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Rickenbacker
15.
Who played slide guitar on Frank Zappa albums "Bongo Fury" and "You Are What You Is"?
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Answer:
Denny Walley
16.
What influential Jazz guitarist had two of his fingers fused together in a childhood accident?
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Django Reinhardt
17.
Who won five consecutive times as Best Overall Guitarist in the "Guitar Player" readers poll?
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Answer:
Steve Howe
18.
Who was featured in the 1971 PBS documentary "The Best Unknown Guitarist in the World"?
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Roy Buchanan
19.
Why was Les Paul's recording of "Lover" amazing for its time in 1948?
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Les Paul Played All Eight Guitars
20.
How many guitars were shipped in the first year of production for Gibson's Les Paul?
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1,715
21.
How much did the raw materials cost when the Brian May Red Special guitar was originally built?
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Answer:
Eight Pounds
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