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By early-mid 1935, Electro String Instrument Corporation had achieved success with the "Frying Pan", and set out to capture a new audience through its release of the Electro-Spanish Model B and the Electro-Spanish Ken Roberts, which was the first full 25-inch scale electric guitar ever produced.
The Invention of the Electric Guitar. The electric guitar may be the most important and popular instrument of the last half-century in American music. Certainly its introduction brought a major change to American musical technology and has shaped the sound and direction of modern musical styles.
The electric guitar may be the most important and popular instrument of the last half-century in American music. This online exhibition tells the story of how innovative makers and players created a new sound that profoundly changed popular music.
Nov 13, 2009 · On August 10, 1937, the United States Patent Office recognizes the electric guitar —the instrument that revolutionized jazz, blues and country music and made the later rise of rock and roll...
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Oct 22, 2021 · The earliest version of an electrified guitar dates back to around 1890, when an American Naval officer named George Breed created a self-playing guitar that employed electricity to play itself. However, it was impractical and not truly an electric guitar as we think of these instruments today.
May 25, 2016 · The notion of an electrified guitar goes back to at least 1890, to an instrument patented by an American Naval officer named George Breed. Breed's design, like most of the earliest electric ...
Dec 8, 2004 · Since the guitar was first electrified in the 1930s, it has become an American icon and has transformed the soundtrack of our lives with its wide range of sounds—from seductive twang to howling distortion.
