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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 first electric or electrified acoustic guitar was the Gibson EL150 in 1936. The first 1940's solid body guitars electric guitars, similar to those we recognise today, were made by Gibson employees Merle Travis and Paul Bigsby, after the Les Paul 'Log' showed the way. guy by the name of Les Paul i is the inventor of the solid body electric guitar. Les Paul invented the fist solid body in 1941. This type of guitar is made of one piece of wood and has no sound holes. You are able to simply plug into an amplifier and start thrashing.