[78-L] electric guitar 1929

[Ron L'Herault]

This looks more like a microphone type pick up for the whole instrument
rather than a pick up on each string.  It would be nice to hear one though.

Ron L 

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From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
[mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Joe Scott
Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 2:02 PM
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Subject: Re: [78-L] electric guitar 1929

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#facr
c=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=pMTQvdSXCWmohM%253A%3Bc9arDVIcojcp8M%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252
Fwww.vintageguitar.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F3566%252F01stromberg.j
pg%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
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