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ELECTRO STRING INSTR CORP

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1937

consumer_electronicsmechanical

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George D Beauchamp1

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1 patents, in 1937

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US 2089171·1937

How the Frying Pan Guitar Created the Electric Guitar

George Beauchamp's 1937 patent for the first commercially successful electric guitar, which used a magnetic pickup to turn string vibrations into electrical signals.

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