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Read Rickenbackerâs history. The first solid body electric guitar was invented by Les Paul in 1941. It wasnât a pretty sight like the Les Paulâs you see today, but it was still the first in itâs class. It was basically a solid square wooden body with 6 steel strings on a neck.t was later in the 1940s when Leo Fender invented his first electric guitar naming it the Broadcaster. It was not long until they renamed it as the Telecaster. Then later inventing itâs bigger brother the âStratocasterâ as an upgrade (donât tell the tele lovers that!).
The steel guitar originates from Hawaii where local musicians, newly introduced to the European guitar, developed a style of playing involving alternative tunings and the use of a slide. The Hawaiian guitarists found that by laying the guitar flat across the lap they could better control the slide. In response to this new playing style some Hawaiian steel guitars were constructed with a small rectangular body which made them more suitable for laying across the lap. There are two types of steel guitar played with a steel, the solid metal bar from which the guitar takes its name, namely the lap steel guitar and the pedal steel guitar with its extra necks.