To be totally honest, it’s nigh on impossible to select the best electric guitar. Guitars come in such a variety of styles and configurations that finding a single instrument in such a crowded ...

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now one of the world's best major electric guitar brands, and his invention inspired many other companies to experiment before the first electric guitar (known as the "Frying Pan") was sold in 1932.

The guitar's thick and loud tone can work well ... but the shape can take some getting used to. Jackson guitars first gained notoriety from Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Randy Rhoads' custom-built ...

Going back to the technology’s beginnings, the first electric guitar, then dubbed ‘the Frying Pan’, was created in 1931 by the Swiss pioneer Adolph Rickenbacker. Now, over 80 years later, the electric ...

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Born from the need to be heard in large bands, the electric guitar emerged in the 1930s. Early models, like the "Frying Pan," were hollow-bodied and cumbersome, but they laid the groundwork. Jazz ...

It’s hard to think back to a time when there wasn’t such a thing as a solid body electric guitar. Since the 1950s, solid body electric guitars have been the driving force behind popular music of all ...