A look at the electric guitar’s origin in Southern California
Some of the most notable electric guitar companies have their roots in Southern California. Rickenbacker began in the 1930s, ...
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The First Electric Guitar Solos
Dive into the origins of the electric guitar solo, from its roots in the Mississippi Delta to its early innovations in jazz, ...
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Gets Real: Trailblazer who invented electric bass guitar getting more notice
So, he invented the first electric bass right ... In 1936, he began marketing the first modern electric bass guitar, nearly 20 years before Leo Fender began mass producing the instrument; his ...
What was the first electric song Bob Dylan wrote?
When Bob Dylan made the move from acoustic to electric guitars, it was a controversial move that marked the beginning of a ...
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Dreaming of Electric Guitars
One day in 1947, three visionaries put their heads together to imagine a new instrument that didn’t really exist yet: a solid body electric guitar. Their names were Les Paul, Leo Fender, and Paul ...
Billy Morrison tells the tale of two Les Pauls – one the bargain of the century, the other the one that got away
The Billy Idol guitarist shares his guitar-buying tips and undying love for Gibson guitars and Friedman heads – plus why he can’t be bothered to open his pedal ...
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A look at the electric guitar’s origin in Southern California
1938: Fender opens his first shop ... a single- and dual-pickup, solid-body electric guitar. It is named the Esquire, and about 50 are made. It is renamed the Broadcaster and renamed again ...