[78-L] electric guitar 1929

[Joe Scott]

Here is a 1929 ad for Stromberg's commercially marketed electric guitar (and other electric instruments):

https://www.google.com/search?q=%22electric+guitar%22+stromberg&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=bWDUq2pCKPEyQGq8YHgBw&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1600&bih=799#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=pMTQvdSXCWmohM%253A%3Bc9arDVIcojcp8M%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.vintageguitar.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F3566%252F01stromberg.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.vintageguitar.com%252F3657%252Fstromberg-electro%252F%3B250%3B349

So any time anyone claims someone invented the electric guitar and that happened in the '30s (such as George Barnes fans claiming he had the first electric guitar in 1931, which he did wave his hands at but to my knowledge didn't actually claim), we know that doesn't add up, and to question that person's research ability (or effort!).

Seems to me there may well be electric guitar on some isolated sweet record from 1930-1932 (even though relatively few records were made during those years) that we don't know about, because collectors of sweet music generally aren't asking themselves electric vs. acoustic on some brief Hawaiianish embellishments or whatever.

Joseph Scott