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The history of electric guitars has been summarized by Guitar World magazine, and the earliest electric guitar on their top 10 list is the Ro-Pat-In Electro A-25 "Frying Pan" (1932) described as "The first-fully functioning solid-body electric guitar to be manufactured and sold". [24]
George Delmetia Beauchamp (/ ˈ b iː tʃ ə m / [citation needed]; March 18, 1899 – March 30, 1941) was an American inventor of musical instruments.He is known for designing the first electrically amplified guitar to be marketed commercially.
Lester William Polsfuss (June 9, 1915 – August 12, 2009), known as Les Paul, was an American jazz, country, and blues guitarist, songwriter, luthier, and inventor.He was one of the pioneers of the solid-body electric guitar, and his prototype, called the Log, served as inspiration for the Gibson Les Paul.
The Genius of the Electric Guitar (Definitive, 2005) Solo Flight: Live! with the Benny Goodman Sextet (Definitive, 2008) On the Air (Fuel 2000/Varèse Sarabande, 2009) Yale University Archives, Vol. 5: NBC Broadcast Recordings 1936-1943 (Nimbus, 2010) Electric, with the Benny Goodman Sextet and the Charlie Christian Quartet (Uptown, 2011)
It was the first electric guitar to offer players an extended neck that joined the body at the 17th fret, enabling extended playability on the 22 fret neck; a design element that persists in the current day electric guitar.
Some historians credit Joseph Kekuku with inventing the Hawaiian steel guitar about 1889 from an acoustic Spanish guitar. [13] This was long before Hoʻopiʻi's time. As far as the electrified lap steel, Philip Kerr mentions in the 1942 Baptista video that Hoʻopiʻi "was the originator of this electric guitar that he's playing."
In 1944, he bought his first electric guitar and then formed his first electric combo. He felt obliged to electrify his sound in Chicago because, he said, "When I went into the clubs, the first thing I wanted was an amplifier. Couldn't nobody hear you with an acoustic." His sound reflected the optimism of postwar African Americans.
He claimed to be the first electric guitarist and the first to record with an electric guitar, on March 1, 1938, in sessions with blues guitarist Big Bill Broonzy fifteen days before Eddie Durham recorded with the Kansas City Five. [1] Many musicians were inspired to pick up guitar after hearing Charlie Christian with the Benny Goodman ...