The Four Electric Guitars

There are so many electric guitars. Truly, there is a guitar for every mood, every season, and every feeling. But there are four types of electric guitar that are a bit more widely used than other ones.

On this formely-bonus-now-main-feed episode, Kirk discusses those four guitars—the Fender Stratocaster, the Telecaster, the Gibson Les Paul, and the 335—and goes through some of the Strong Songs that have featured them.

FEATURED/DISCUSSED:

“Spanish Castle Magic" and "Little Wing" by Jimi Hendrix from Axis: Bold as Love, 1967
“Like a Prayer” by Madonna from Like a Prayer, 1989
“Sweet Home Alabama” by Lynyrd Skynyrd from Second Helping, 1973
“Home” by Cory Wong from Motivational Music for the Syncopated Soul, 2019
"Time" by Pink Floyd from The Dark Side of the Moon, 1973
"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Tears for Fears from Songs From The Big Chair, 1985
“Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash, 1955
"Make a Mistake With Me" by Brad Paisley from Mud on the Tires, 2003
“Paranoid Android” by Radiohead from OK Computer, 1997
“Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin from Led Zeppelin IV, 1971
“Kiss” by Prince from Parade, 1986
“Last Goodbye” by Jeff Buckley from Grace, 1994
“Blood and Thunder” by Mastodon from Leviathan, 2004
“Immigrant Song” from Led Zeppelin III, 1970
“Mr. Blue Sky” by Electric Light Orchestra from Out of the Blue, 1978
“Wuthering Heights” by Kate Bush from The Kick Inside, 1978
“Starman” by David Bowie from The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, 1972
“November Rain” by Guns N’ Roses from Use Your Illusion, 1991
"Sister Sadie" by Horace Silver, 1959
“Help Me” by Joni Mitchell from Court & Spark, 1974
“Kid Charlemagne” by Steely Dan from The Royal Scam, 1976
“September” by Earth, Wind & Fire, 1978
“No One Knows” by Queens of the Stone Age from Songs for the Deaf, 2004

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