The earliest model electric guitar was dubbed the Rickenbacker Frying Pan. It resembled a round cast-iron pan with a long handle. In this case, however, it had a neck of steel guitar strings.

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, Paul Barth ...

It came with an amplifier (just like all electric guitars of the era), and the whole package sold for $150 (more than $2,300 in today's leaf). Unlike Rickenbacker's "frying pan," Gibson's guitar ...

He then decided to take the idea further with what, on account of its shape, became known as the “Frying Pan”. What was special about this electric guitar (albeit a Hawaiian one) was that ...

The first commercially successful electric, Rickenbacker’s “Frying Pan” guitar, didn’t kick off Rock 'n' Roll yet either, but it did inspire competitors to jump into the electric guitar ...

But the Gibson Les Paul was far from being the first electric guitar ... cast aluminum lap steel guitar nicknamed the "Frying Pan"—and a certain Adolph Rickenbacker invented the electromagnetic ...

Electric guitars have a pickup (or two or three ... than a dozen pounds and is entirely impractical. Ian S. Port "Frying Pan" from Lynn Wheelwright\'s collection. At the conference in Wichita ...