Electric Guitar History Music Tech

1924 – One of the earliest innovators was Lloyd Loar, an engineer at Gibson Guitar Company. Loar developed an electric pickup for which instruments

• Viola & String Bass

• Violin & Cello

• Viola and violin

• cello and bass

1928 – The first commercially advertised electric guitar, made by the Stromberg-Voisinet company which utilized a similar pickup to Loar’s, with vibrations being picked up from the  (a)  

In which year was the first electromagnet pick up invented, which registered string vibration from the strings themselves. The first commercially successful model, was nicknamed “Frying Pan,” ?

• 1928

• 1937

• 1934

• 1932

The 'Frying Pan' was developed and marketed by? ............................ (name)

• George Champ and 

  Adolph Arronbacker.​

• George Beauchamp and 

  Adolph Rickenbacker.​

• Adolph Beauchamp and 

  George Rickenbacker.​

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1939 – The first artist to develop a playing style unique to the electric guitar was called (a)   ?

1950 – Les Paul, who was already a well-known acoustic guitarist, built a guitar on a four-by-four piece of pine and nicknamed it what?

• The Log

• The Leg

• The Arm

• The Branch

In which year did Leo Fender, a former radio repairman, introduced a mass-produced solid-body electric guitar​?

• 1955

• 1952

• 1949

• 1950

In 1952   (a)   ? (Name) introduced a model endorsed by Les Paul himself. The solid-body guitars didn’t have the feedback problems that characterized hollow-body electric guitars, and they had greater sustain.​

In the 1950's and 60's. What was the name given to the infamous guitar designed and made by Fender called? (a)  

Through the 1960’s and 1970’s, what additional features were introduced to the electric guitar market?

• On Board Tuner

• Effects and Amplification

• Wah Wah Lever

• Extended Fret board