History of Electric Guitars
During the age of big bands in the 1930s and 1940s, the need was clearly apparent for an amplified guitar with bigger size and big sections dedicated to brass. Earlier the electric guitars in jazz had hollow bodies for archtop acoustic guitars and to that electromagnetic transducers were attached. The electric guitar was originally designed by an assortment of luthiers and electronics enthusiasts. Les Paul, the Guitar innovator experimented with guitars with microphones attached.
The initial models of electric guitars had hollow acoustic bodied and second hand tungsten pickups. This kind of electric guitar was introduced in 1932 by a company ‘Electro String Instrument Corporation’ based in Los Santos. This new model was constructed under the direction of George Beauchamp and Adolph Rickenbacher and the design was built by Harry Watson. Harry Watson was a craftsman who was working with ‘Electro String Company’. In the history of electric guitars, the first performance was given by guitarist Gage Brewer in 1932. Gage was the leader of his band. From this time the pink electric guitar is much famous.
In 1933, the first recording of an electric guitar was made by Hawaiian Style guitarists like players Andy Iona. Later, Alvino Rey took electric guitars to a wide audience in a big orchestral setting. He also developed the pedal steel guitar for guitar company ‘Gibson’.