What Was The 1st Electric Guitar? On August 10, 1937, the Electro String Corporation was awarded the first-ever electric guitar patent. Invented by G.D. Beauchamp, the instrument was known as the Rickenbacker Frying Pan. The new sound of the electric guitar was a dramatic shift from the strum of the acoustic guitars that had been
Why Are Guitar Solos Dead? The guitar solo has been declared dead many times. Late-70s punks actively tried to kill it, bored by 20-minute stadium rock indulgences. In the early 80s, some critics declared that the electric guitar itself was finished, replaced by the synthesizer. … Dying, it would appear, did little to deter the
Who Plays The Guitar Solo On Reeling In The Years? It’s time to shine a spotlight on Elliott Randall’s grinding, masterful guitar solo from Steely Dan’s “Reelin’ in the Years.” Jimmy Page has reportedly called it his favorite solo of all time, and Guitar World readers selected it as the 40th greatest guitar solo (of