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  • Adolph became an engineer in 1920 and later meets George Beauchamp.
  • This is where the man behind the brand name, Adolph Rickenbacher, comes into the picture.
  • Adolph Rickenbacker (1887-1976), Swiss-born entrepreneur, invented the electric guitar in California alongside partner George Beauchamp.

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    WHO INVENTED THE ELECTRIC GUITAR?

    There are many conflicting viewpoints about who invented the electric guitar. Like many great innovations, no one person can be fully credited with all of the technological advancements that led to the ultimate creation of the first electric guitar; however, there are definitely certain pioneers who paved the way and put theory into production in the musical instrument marketplace.

    While it can be argued, and often is by many (just visit Reddit sometime), I believe historical facts clearly show that it was the Rickenbacker International Company in Santa Ana, California that harnessed electricity and took us all on the journey that began in the late 1920s that has spread to millions of us all over the world today and turned us into the guitar fanatics we are.

    NECESSITY IS ALWAYS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION

    The problem, quite simply, was audio volume. Guitar players in the 1920s era were frustrated when they played with big bands and orchestras

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    Eddie Rickenbacker

    American World War I aviator (1890–1973)

    Edward Vernon Rickenbacker (born Edward Rickenbacher, October 8, 1890 – July 23, 1973) was an American fighter pilot in World War I and a Medal of Honor recipient.[1][2] With 26 aerial victories, he was the most successful and most decorated United States flying ace of the war.[3] He was also a racing driver, an automotive designer, and a long-time head of Eastern Air Lines.[1]

    Early life

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    Rickenbacker was born Edward Rickenbacher in Columbus, Ohio.[4] He was the third of eight children born to German-speaking Swiss immigrants, Lizzie (née Liesl Basler) and Wilhelm Rickenbacher.[4] Later in life, he changed the spelling of his last name to Rickenbacker and adopted a middle name, Vernon.[4]

    His father worked for breweries and street-paving crews and his mother Lizzie took in laundry to supplement the family income. In 1893, his father o

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    Meet the American who invented the electric guitar and inspired rock 'n' roll

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    Incendiary sounds shooting like fireworks off the strings of an electric gitarr have defined pop music around the world for 70 years.

    Credit Adolph Rickenbacker (1887-1976) for this world-wide wonder of the airwaves. The Swiss-born entrepreneur invented the electric guitar in California alongside partner George Beauchamp in the midst of the Great nedstämdhet of the 1930s. 

    The powerful new instrument inspired a uniquely American art struktur that grew to dominate global pop music culture. 

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