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Topic: First Electric made by Fender 1930s |
Billy McCombs
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Bakersfield California, USA
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Posted 17 Nov 2014 7:39 pm |
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Found this in a book that I bought about 10 years ago while visiting my wife's family in Minn. Thought some might be interested. Owned by Leon McAuliffe.
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Donny Hinson
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Posted 17 Nov 2014 8:24 pm
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Nice pics, but in the interest of accuracy, the guitar shown (an early "Dual 8 Professional") probably dates from 1946, after Leo Fender and "Doc" Kaufman parted ways. It was in 1946 that Leo renamed the company "Fender Electric Instrument Co." (formerly it was "K&F Manufacturing") and it was only then he started producing steels with the Fender nameplate.
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Billy McCombs
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Bakersfield California, USA
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Posted 17 Nov 2014 8:36 pm
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Thanks for clearing that up Donny. The book title is "Pickers, Slickers, Cheating Hearts & Superstars" COUNTRY. Over 500 pages with some really great pictures from the 20s to the late 80s.
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Roger Shackelton
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MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Posted 17 Nov 2014 10:51 pm Rickenbacher Fry Pan
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Not sure how accurate this information is. Seems I read somewhere that the 6 String "Rickenbacher Fry Pan" was the first electric guitar made, in about 1934, ???
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Ben Elder
From:
La Crescenta, California, USA
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 18 Nov 2014 8:48 am
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| I think the 1st electric guitar was invented by someone with the name of Beaucamp (sp). |
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Jack Aldrich
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Washington, USA
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Posted 18 Nov 2014 11:34 am
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| Erv Niehaus wrote: |
| I think the 1st electric guitar was invented by someone with the name of Beaucamp (sp). |
Beauchamp, pronounced Beachum.
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Jack Aldrich
Carter & ShoBud D10's
D8 & T8 Stringmaster
Rickenbacher B6
3 Resonator guitars
Asher Alan Akaka Special SN 6
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Jack Aldrich
From:
Washington, USA
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Posted 18 Nov 2014 11:37 am
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Over the past few weeks I've picked up the Fender and Rickenbacker books by Richard Smith, and I've had the Bigsby and Gibson books for a while. It's very interesting. When I met Rudy and John Dopyera in 1977, John claimed that he was the sole inventor of the resonator guitar. The Rickenbacker book says otherwise. BTW, Fender didn't make electric instruments before WWII.
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Jack Aldrich
Carter & ShoBud D10's
D8 & T8 Stringmaster
Rickenbacher B6
3 Resonator guitars
Asher Alan Akaka Special SN 6
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Billy McCombs
From:
Bakersfield California, USA
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Posted 18 Nov 2014 11:39 am
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The Book says first Electric "Fender". Donny thinks that Fender dates to 1946. It appears to be at least a Lap Steel. Not a Fretted Fender. The guy that wrote the article probably didn't have a clue what he was writing about. Kind of like me that I didn't know what I was reading about. Hah.
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 18 Nov 2014 2:29 pm
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| Billy McCombs wrote: |
| The guy that wrote the article probably didn't have a clue what he was writing about. Kind of like me that I didn't know what I was reading about. Hah. |
No, Billy, nothing like that! Many details of early steel and pedal steel are just not really well known, and I like to study little-known things. For instance, a lotta players think of "Slowly", by Webb Pierce, as the first recording featuring a pedal steel guitar. Actually, there were recordings made with pedal steel almost a decade before that, but those recordings weren't as popular, and the changes used weren't as noticeable as that E-to-A major that Bud Isaacs used.  |
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Alan Brookes
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Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 18 Nov 2014 4:13 pm Re: Rickenbacher Fry Pan
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| Roger Shackelton wrote: |
| ...I read somewhere that the 6 String "Rickenbacher Fry Pan" was the first electric guitar made, in about 1934... |
I don't think the post is about the first electric guitar, it's about the first Fender electric guitar. |
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Dyke Corson
From:
Fairmount, IL USA
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Posted 18 Nov 2014 8:31 pm
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| Donny who had the earlier recordings of pedal steel? Was it Alvino Rey? |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Billy McCombs
From:
Bakersfield California, USA
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Posted 18 Nov 2014 9:18 pm
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Look under the picture of Leon, "The first electric made by fender 1930" He owned this STEEL guitar.
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Billy McCombs
From:
Bakersfield California, USA
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Posted 19 Nov 2014 7:40 am
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Right you are Doug. Bob Please close this up.
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