[78-L] electric guitar 1929

[Julian Vein]

On 14/02/14 19:02, Joe Scott wrote:
> Here is a 1929 ad for Stromberg's commercially marketed electric guitar (and other electric instruments):
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> 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
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> 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!).
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> 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.
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> Joseph Scott
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What we can be certain of is that we should treat any claims about being 
first as speculative, but continue to investigate the matter and present 
new evidence as it emerges. All we can say is that the *earliest known*, 
rather than the earliest, appearance of electric guitar is "so-and-so", 
but research is continuing. In other words the history of early electric 
guitar on record is still waiting to be written.

      Julian Vein