Inventing Electric Guitars

[@k-lawn]

3:15 Great use of camera focus.

[@k-lawn]

@Drusilla Scheidecker ​ @Kyle Adriel Both of you scambots can go to hell.

[@13levante]

It does remind me the unlucky story of Antonio Meucci who invented the telephone but never got credits for it... His notes in 1857: "It consists of a vibrating diaphragm and an electrified magnet with a spiral wire that wraps around it. The vibrating diaphragm alters the current of the magnet. These alterations of current, transmitted to the other end of the wire, create analogous vibrations of the receiving diaphragm and reproduce the word." Maybe even Leo Fender should thank him ! LOL

[@Newhomerambler]

Wonderful history, but she forgot to mention at 0:32 that the Dopyera Brothers tried to make the acoustic guitar louder by adding metal cones inside. The birth of the Dobro. Soon after that, the electrics came out, overshadowing the need for the dobro, but it's unique sound made it popular in bluegrass, country and early blues. I apologise for interupting this lesson, but the dobro, or resonator guitar sure has a great sound too. See Greg Booth, Jerry Douglas or Martin Gross and others.

[@jasonpoole6768]

My first-cousin (thrice-removed) was George Beauchamp, the co-inventor of the Dobro, who then held the patent for the frying pan (see 0:53). He died at age 42 on a deep sea fishing expedition near Los Angeles.

[@MitchellMaichak-ze7mr]

Resophonic guitars are mechanical amplification , the link between acoustic and electric guitars !!!

[@6h471]

Adolph Rickenbacker was selling his cast aluminum 'frying pan' electric guitar in 1931. Les Paul owned an early Electro String (Rickenbacker) electric Spanish guitar,, and Leo Fender got his start repairing Rickenbacker amplifiers in his radio shop in Fullerton Ca. in the early 1940's

[@teerexness]

Rickenbacker and Paul Bigsby deserve most of the credit that Fender and Gibson seem to get among lazy electric guitar historians.

[@spokes1355]

@@teerexness agreed to the fullest gibson and fender bought and bullied their way to the top like it said when les paul brought his design gibson shot it down till they herd and seen how well the epiphones where doing so gibson bribed him back in bought his name and design made the les paul line up. Later convinced by les paul to buy epiphone be ause it was such a great and quality built instrument. Then gibson dumbed it down in quality a bit by stapeling made in china and sending it there to be built. Conspiracy theory but based upon facts.

[@jasonpoole6768]

@@teerexness I would also add that George Beauchamp gets overlooked; he was the patent holder on the frying pan and collaborated with Rickenbacker to found the now-iconic company. Sadly, George Beauchamp died at the age of 42 in LA, and I think that pushed his name out of the guitar scene. He was also my great-grandmother's first cousin.

[@teerexness]

@@jasonpoole6768 I've certainly heard that name in the better acounts of guitar history. That's also very cool that he is some of your kin!

[@godzilla964]

I really want an authentic fender stratocaster sunburst.

[@zhalehforouzan4611]

osem man

[@zhalehforouzan4611]

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[@sethmichaelpinder]

Awesome video. Thanks👍

[@sugarlife485]

love the picture of jimi PLAYING A TELECASTER

[@Tom-nt2bs]

I'm pretty sure it's a strat with a tele neck/headstock lmao

[@billymitchell158]

you left out the broadcaster and telecaster.

[@Pogo-qo1ob]

Basically glossed over 1938-1949 and skipped straight to the mass produced guitars. So much evolution happens from the late 30s to mid 40s that can’t be ignored while explaining the history of electric guitars. Although from someone who has the perspective that “rock came around in the 50s” you probably have a white washed perspective of rock history as well, thus explaining your skipping over & fixation on the 50s.

[@issacdavis3767]

I still bloody my fingers, check it out.

[@zhalehforouzan4611]

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[@wildnitesmusic]

Best invention ever🤗🤗🤗

[@thatgallagherguy]

@godzilla964 I've got a 3-Tone sunburst strat. It can't be beat. :D

[@paulmccartney5283]

Noah Gallagher I've got a 325 Rickenbacker from 1960's .-.

[@JC-11111]

In, all the years I've known Fender history, not once have I ever heard anyone say Leo "designed the guitars to be twangy because he liked country music".

[@WV591]

dang skip the whole history went from 30 to 50 WTF. let's rewrite this history like everything else. forget about Bigsby.

[@michaelg2502]

And let's hear these iconic electric guitars being played with no amp

[@nunceccemortiferiscultu7826]

Yes, let's.

[@garyklafta3411]

YES ELECTRIC GUITARS MOST DEFINITELY GOT LOUD AND PROUD !!!!!!! LOVE IT !!!!!!

[@eugeneeaton7262]

Telecaster

[@clydearlow8332]

Piano is a glorified mp3 player

[@SgGuitarrocker]

sg is the new les paul

[@georgelackey622]

Passed right by the Broadcaster/Telecaster. LP was before the Strat . Hit and miss video.

[@renjifrfr]

nice

[@ryankos4120]

Um excuse me, but you left out braggs Oklahoma... give credit where it's due.... 1908

[@sugarlife485]

???

[@ryankos4120]

@@sugarlife485 ??? First version of th e electric guitar was invented in Oklahoma...

[@rooknado]

Lol no it wasn't

[@JC-11111]

Lol