WorksheetsElectric Guitar History Music Tech
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
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.
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
