The History of the Electric Guitar
The History of the Electric Guitar
The Early Years
The first electric guitar was invented in 1931 by George Beauchamp and Adolph Rickenbacker. Beauchamp was a guitarist, and Rickenbacker was an electrical engineer. They created the first electric guitar, called the "Frying Pan," because it looked like a frying pan. The Frying Pan was not a particularly successful guitar, bu