1 jan 1931 ano - 1st Electric Guitar

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Dubbed the "The Frying Pan" - Adolph Rickenbacker attached a electromagnetic pickup to their aluminum lap-steel guitar. This is considered to be the first elctric guitar.

It is almost impossible to conjure up a mental image of Chuck Berry—or
Buddy Holly, or Jimi Hendrix—without an electric guitar in his hands. Certainly,
one of rock ’n’ roll’s most significant effects on popular music was its
elevation of the electric guitar to the position of centrality that the instrument
still enjoys in most genres of popular music today. The development of the
electric guitar is a good example of the complex relationship between technological
developments and changing musical styles. Up through the end of
World War II, the guitar was found mainly in popular music that originated
in the South (blues and hillbilly music), and in various “exotic” genres
(Hawai’ian and Latin American guitar records were quite popular in the 1920s
and 1930s). Because of its low volume, the acoustic guitar was difficult to use
in large dance bands and equally difficult to record.

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