Saturday, September 13, 2014

Surfing For The Body Electric?

Chris asks…What was the first electric guitar ever invented?What was the first electric guitar ever invented and can you please give me some basic information on it?Nancy answers:A brief history;

The First Pickup

In 1924 an inventive engineer working for the Gibson guitar company named Lloyd Loar, designed the first magnetic pickup. Using a magnet, he converted guitar string vibrations into electrical signals, which then were amplified through a speaker system. This first pickup was crude,

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