[78-L] electric guitar 1929?

[Malcolm Rockwell]

As far as I know, yes. But don't ask for my source. I don't remember.
Mal

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On 2/19/2014 12:01 PM, Cary Ginell wrote:
> So is Bob Dunn still the earliest identified person to record with an amplified guitar?
> Cary
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>> Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 11:12:32 -1000
>> From: malcolm at 78data.com
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Subject: [78-L] electric guitar 1929?
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>> Pardon the typos. My fingers wanted a day off.
>> Here's the corrected copy:
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>> Okay, so what you have here (see ad) is an amplified acoustic guitar/banjo/mandolin/banjo-mandolin, etc., which is a far cry from an electric instrument. It's an/electrified/  instrument. The first commercial/electric/  instrument, where each strings vibrations were used by a transducer to form an electrical signal, which then went to an amplifier, was manufactured by Rickenbacker and was a lap-style "fry-pan" style Hawaiian steel guitar.
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>> The record that is considered to be the first example of this type of electric guitar is Vi V-92, Noi Lane Hawaiian Orchestra (electric steel guitar player unknown), "Dreams Of Aloha", recorded in NYC on Feb. 22, 1933.
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>> Bob Dunn followed suit in c. 1934.
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>> Malcolm
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