Adolph Rickenbacker, who immigrated to the U.S. from Switzerland as a child, invented the electric guitar in the 1930s, the instrument that inspired the rock 'n' roll phenomenon.

Somehow, we still don't really know who invented the electric guitar. Recently, this mystery drew the world's foremost experts to the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum in Kansas.

George Beauchamp, who designed the very first crude electric guitar right in his house, played Hawaiian guitar, and according to guitar historian Richard Smith, Hawaiian music as a genre was a key ...

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland added a Rickenbacker Frying Pan A25 lap steel guitar to its collection on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. It's considered the first electric guitar.

One of the first electric guitars only involved an acoustic guitar and a block of wood. In 1940, Les Paul mounted strings on solid block of pine to minimize body vibrations on an electric guitar ...

In an Instagram post, Queen's Brian May heaped praise on Pete Townshend and said he's been "lucky enough to be there watching" The Who co-founder's journey to icon status.

In 1931, the very first electrically amplified stringed instrument sold commercially was a simple, all-metal, cast aluminum lap steel guitar nicknamed the "Frying Pan"—and a certain Adolph ...

James Burton: The Teen Who Invented American Guitar You've heard guitarist James Burton even if you don't know it. Ever since he was 15, he's been recording behind a bewildering number of artists ...