electric guitar

Bob Bain (1924 – 2018) – Studio Guitarist – Bonanza, Peter Gunn, Moon River, Henry Mancini

Bob Bain has played the guitar as a studio guitarist since the early 1950s, and he was active as a guitar player until recently. Bob passed away at the age of 94 in June 2018. Fretboard Journal has published a great post about Bob Bain including a set of videos filmed in 2017, together with …

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The Invention of the Electric Guitar – Great Online Feature of the Lemelson Center

Electric guitars were first used during the 1930s, today an electric guitar can be found in almost every rock band. A great online feature about the invention of the electric guitar can be found at the site of the Lemelson Center: Sometimes, but typically it is a far more complex process. Amplifying the sound of …

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The Early Electric Guitar / Hawaiian Lap Steel Guitar + Rare Video Clips (1936 – 1939)

The history of the electric guitar began in the early 1930s. Especially the Hawaiian lap steel guitar was electrified and used by several Hawaiian bands of the time. British Pathé has documented such performances, those are certainly very interesting documents for the history of the elctric guitar. Rudy Starita 22/06/1936 Now Pathetone has pleasure in …

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