What is the difference between 50s and 60s

Search Advanced search…. New posts. Search forums. Log in. Change style. Contact us. Close Menu. Click Here. Home Forums Instruments Guitars in General. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Thread starter jimivaughnking Start date May 19, Messages Seems like pickup manufacturers and guitar builders differentiate between the 50's Strat sound and the 60's Strat sound.

Isolated from others, many middle class Americans found no reason to dissent and sought to merely enjoy the prosperity of the decade with mind-numbing conformity. The Cold War had isolated and demonized Soviets in American society. Newspaper editors and book authors grew afraid of publishing articles critical of the government in fear that they may might be accused of being Communist sympathizers and put in jail. The fear of foreign ideas and values created by the McCarthyism scare caused a resurgence in American Conservatism during the s.

The government encouraged conformity and political consensus followed. However, not all enjoyed the political and social prosperity of the s. Two thirds of Black American citizens still lived in the South where they continued to suffer the harsh realities of life in a segregated society.

Harsh Jim Crow laws continued to govern all aspects of their existence and keep them economically inferior and politically powerless.

However, conditions were improved with the landmark decision Brown v. Faced with a direct challenge to Federal authority, President Eisenhower was forced to send troops to escort the children to their classes Document E. It is clear that while the social and political conditions may have been ideal for the majority of middle-class Americans, conflicts and tensions were ever-present for the underprivileged American. The worsening conditions in the cities, feminism, and the Vietnam War caused the social and political atmosphere to become turbulent and violent.

Protests and war riots become commonplace; influential leaders like Malcolm X encouraged bloody protest; and women become increasingly discontent with their futile existences as homemakers.

As whites continued to leave the cities and move to suburbs the poor city conditions only worsened. This violent, confrontational approach to dealing with social problems encouraged political upheaval and unrest.

Law enforcement did not ease the situation either as demonstrated by the riot in Birmingham, Alabama in where attack dogs and fire hoses were turned against protestors, many of whom were in their early teens or younger.

Any thoughts are appreciated. Take Care. Do they have a thinner or thicker neck based on year of production? Your email address will not be published. Let us know what you have to say:. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Note the chunkier profiles of the 50s necks compared to the 60s Other Differences The two guitars have different tuners too — not a huge difference, but one worth mentioning.

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