User talk:Ariansheets

Hello, I recently reverted your two edits to the article Electric_guitar. There is not sufficient space in the revision comment box to explain all the reasons for reversion. What I post here I will re-post in the article Talk:Electric_guitar page because there seems to be a Les Paul history debate brewing and that page seems the best place to have the discussion. Someone recently seemed to state that Les Paul invented the guitar. The subject of guitars often elicits a bold emotional response.

Here are the problems with your edit as I see it. 1) the material you did insert is already discussed in the body of the article, in fact only a few lines further down 2) your edits removed reliably sourced and referenced material 3) you provided no sourced and referenced material and this leaves the impression of original research 4) the way the material was added confuses electric guitar technology with that of acoustic guitars that simply add an electro-acoustic transducer.

Something else unrelated to the reversion: your reason for revision may possibly be based on a misimpression: Les Paul in the 20's put phonograph needles (tungsten transducers) into the soundboards of his guitars in a somewhat successful attempt at amplification during performances. That was neither the only, the earliest, nor the least of his efforts.

It is true that the article is imperfect as it stands. And any of the very many who have worked on it, I am sure, appreciate all well-considered efforts to improve it. I see this is your first edit of any kind. Don't be discouraged. You certainly chose a challenging place to start. Don't forget to consider using the Talk:Electric_guitar page to discuss improvements. Welcome to Wikipedia and good luck. BellwetherToday (talk) 03:12, 14 August 2012 (UTC)