But the first bona-fide electric guitar - or the first instrument that was pickup-driven, at least - was the oddly dubbed ‘Frying Pan’ in 1932. It was designed by George Beauchamp, ...

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland added a Rickenbacker Frying Pan A25 lap steel guitar to its collection on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. It's considered the first electric guitar.

It’s the recording of the former that is believed by many to be the very first time an electric guitar was committed to record. After getting a massive headstart on everybody else via his homemade ...

The very first approved production-model Les Paul guitar presented to its namesake in 1952 is going up for auction. Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu ... "Yet his lifelong search and ...

Rickenbacker International has a problem General Motors would love. The company that made the first electric guitar and instruments popularized by The Beatles can’t make them fast enough. “We ...

Horton says his best Christmas was when he got his first electric guitar, though it did come with a little trickery from his parents. He recalls, "Actually, I had an acoustic guitar that I got the ...

He’d also be the player that first laid down an electric guitar on a Bob Dylan recording. It was his very first single, in fact - Mixed-Up Confusion from 1962. Credit: Ira Berger/Alamy ...