built me a pickup and an amplifier before they were even out on the market. He did this for me, because he knew I wanted to play solo lines which could be heard in a band,” George told Guitar Player. ...

“The first electric guitar came out the following year ... had taken to augmenting his guitar tone with many self-built devices to amplify the sound, including resonators and megaphones.

The Swiss-born entrepreneur invented the electric guitar ... all built upon the technology pioneered by the Rickenbacker Frying Pan — ultimately empowering a raw, energetic and, at first ...

“The most exciting sounds came from electric guitars, of which the cheapest seemed astronomically expensive to [Jimi]. But if a purpose-built model was out of reach, an acoustic one could be ...

a pre-amp is built into most guitar amps to boost the signal. Depending on what type of sound you're looking for, there are three main types of electric guitars to pick from. First are solid-body ...

It was in 1937 that the first patent awarded for an electric guitar design ... has since begun reissuing the guitars that made it famous, although they are now built in Indonesia.