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George D. Beauchamp (1899 – 1941), inventor of musical instruments and co-founder of National Stringed Instrument Corporation and Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker

Rickenbacker International Corporation, also known as Rickenbacker ), is an electric guitar manufacturer, notable for putting the world's first electric guitars into general production in 1932....
.

Born in Texas, he played the violin and the lap steel guitar
Lap steel guitar

The lap steel guitar is a type of steel guitar, from which other types developed.There are three main types of lap steel guitar:* Lap slide guitars, the first developed, which use a similar sound box to a Spanish guitar....
 in vaudeville before his venture into the manufacturing of electric lap steel guitar
Lap steel guitar

The lap steel guitar is a type of steel guitar, from which other types developed.There are three main types of lap steel guitar:* Lap slide guitars, the first developed, which use a similar sound box to a Spanish guitar....
s, electric guitar
Electric guitar

An electric guitar is a type of guitar that uses pickup to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current, which is made louder with an instrument amplifier and a speaker....
s, electric bass guitar
Bass guitar

The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
s, electric violin
Electric violin

An electric violin is a violin equipped with an electronic output of its sound. The term most properly refers to an instrument purposely made to be electrified with built-in pickups, usually with a solid body....
s and combo instrument amplifier
Instrument amplifier

An instrument amplifier is an electronic amplifier that converts the inaudible electric or electronic signal from musical instruments such as an electric guitar, an bass guitar, or an Hammond organ into sounds which can be heard by the performers and audience....
s. He is well known for his creation of the Frying pan electric guitar
Frying pan (guitar)

The "Frying Pan" was the first electric guitar ever produced. The instrument was created in 1931 by George Beauchamp, and subsequently manufactured by Rickenbacker....
. He died in Los Angeles, California while deep-sea fishing.


The electric lap steel guitar
Lap steel guitar

The lap steel guitar is a type of steel guitar, from which other types developed.There are three main types of lap steel guitar:* Lap slide guitars, the first developed, which use a similar sound box to a Spanish guitar....
 was marketed by Beauchamp's Ro-pat company in 1932, and the electric guitar
Electric guitar

An electric guitar is a type of guitar that uses pickup to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current, which is made louder with an instrument amplifier and a speaker....
 was supposedly marketed in the same year, although early catalogues showing the instrument are not dated.






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George D. Beauchamp (1899 – 1941), inventor of musical instruments and co-founder of National Stringed Instrument Corporation and Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker

Rickenbacker International Corporation, also known as Rickenbacker ), is an electric guitar manufacturer, notable for putting the world's first electric guitars into general production in 1932....
.

Born in Texas, he played the violin and the lap steel guitar
Lap steel guitar

The lap steel guitar is a type of steel guitar, from which other types developed.There are three main types of lap steel guitar:* Lap slide guitars, the first developed, which use a similar sound box to a Spanish guitar....
 in vaudeville before his venture into the manufacturing of electric lap steel guitar
Lap steel guitar

The lap steel guitar is a type of steel guitar, from which other types developed.There are three main types of lap steel guitar:* Lap slide guitars, the first developed, which use a similar sound box to a Spanish guitar....
s, electric guitar
Electric guitar

An electric guitar is a type of guitar that uses pickup to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current, which is made louder with an instrument amplifier and a speaker....
s, electric bass guitar
Bass guitar

The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
s, electric violin
Electric violin

An electric violin is a violin equipped with an electronic output of its sound. The term most properly refers to an instrument purposely made to be electrified with built-in pickups, usually with a solid body....
s and combo instrument amplifier
Instrument amplifier

An instrument amplifier is an electronic amplifier that converts the inaudible electric or electronic signal from musical instruments such as an electric guitar, an bass guitar, or an Hammond organ into sounds which can be heard by the performers and audience....
s. He is well known for his creation of the Frying pan electric guitar
Frying pan (guitar)

The "Frying Pan" was the first electric guitar ever produced. The instrument was created in 1931 by George Beauchamp, and subsequently manufactured by Rickenbacker....
. He died in Los Angeles, California while deep-sea fishing.

Chronology of Beauchamp's Inventions:

  • 1929: Patent applied for the single-cone dobro
    Dobro

    Dobro is a trade name now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of resonator guitar.The name has a long and involved history, interwoven with that of the resonator guitar....
     guitar, patent # 1,808,756
  • 1934: Patent applied for the electric lap steel guitar
    Lap steel guitar

    The lap steel guitar is a type of steel guitar, from which other types developed.There are three main types of lap steel guitar:* Lap slide guitars, the first developed, which use a similar sound box to a Spanish guitar....
     (nicknamed the frying pan), patent # 2,089,171
  • 1936: Patent applied for the electric guitar
    Electric guitar

    An electric guitar is a type of guitar that uses pickup to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current, which is made louder with an instrument amplifier and a speaker....
     (called the electro Spanish guitar, which was a hollow-body electric guitar
    Electric guitar

    An electric guitar is a type of guitar that uses pickup to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current, which is made louder with an instrument amplifier and a speaker....
    )
  • 1936: Patent applied for the electric violin
    Electric violin

    An electric violin is a violin equipped with an electronic output of its sound. The term most properly refers to an instrument purposely made to be electrified with built-in pickups, usually with a solid body....
     (called the electro violin)


The electric lap steel guitar
Lap steel guitar

The lap steel guitar is a type of steel guitar, from which other types developed.There are three main types of lap steel guitar:* Lap slide guitars, the first developed, which use a similar sound box to a Spanish guitar....
 was marketed by Beauchamp's Ro-pat company in 1932, and the electric guitar
Electric guitar

An electric guitar is a type of guitar that uses pickup to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current, which is made louder with an instrument amplifier and a speaker....
 was supposedly marketed in the same year, although early catalogues showing the instrument are not dated. As currently assessed, Beauchamp was the first to invent and produce the electric guitar. During his life, he was a Hawaiian style guitar player.

Catalogues from the Electro String Instrument Corporation show a range of electric instruments.

One of Beauchamps most prized guitars was not one that he made, but it was an acoustic guitar that Gibson made him as a gift for his contributions to the guitar world.

External links

  • - Article examining Beauchamp's Electro violins