NerdTests.com Quiz: So You Think You're a Guitarist?

How serious are you as a guitar player? Many people consider themselves guitar players and they're not, because they actually practice. True guitarists spend more time looking at guitars than playing one.

There are only 10 questions.

How many guitars is a sufficient number to own?

3
1
One more
2

How many overdrive pedals do you have?

1
2
3
4
I have lost count

Who named the Stratocaster?

George Fullerton
Don Randall
Les Paul
Leo Fender

The inventor of the Tune-o-matic bridge was

Leo Fender
Paul Bigsby
Les Paul
O. W. Appleton
Ted McCarty

F. C. Hall split from Fender Sales and bought which company?

Bigsby
Rickenbacker
Harmony
Valco
Alamo

The first name of the guy that started Gibson Guitars was

Orville
Wilbur
Mr. Ed
Harvey

Who gave the Telecaster its name?

Freddie Tavares
Leo Fender
Don Randall
Les Paul

The Gibson SG was originally named the

Explorer
Firebird
USA-1
Les Paul

The S and G letters in the name Gibson SG stand for

Solid Guitar
Supreme Guitar
Super Guitar
Nothing; the letters were arbitrary.

10)

Who famously played his guitar with five strings instead of six?

Jimi Hendrix
Pete Townshend
Lonnie Donnegan
Wilko Johnson
Keith Richards

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