Adolph hired George Beauchamp and he designed a guitar nicknamed the frying pan in 1931 , Hawaiian music was very popular at the time and they cashed in. George has the patent for the electric guitar and of course the single coil pickup.
look up the frying pan guitar and you'll get a big article of it online.
Adolph Rickenbacker in 1925
The first electric guitar with "pickups" was the Rickenbacker. It was developed by Adolph Rickenbacker and George Beauchamp in the 1930's.The Les Paul
George Beauchamp and Adolph Rickenbacker of Rickenbacker International Corporation were the first to patent and market electric guitars, in the 1930s.
Adolph Rickenbacker. And yes he was the owner of Rickenbacker Guitars
Adolph Rickenbacker
George Beauchamp first invented the electrically amplified guitar in 1931, but it was Adolph Rickenbacker (Rickenbacker corporation) who developed the first electric guitar in 1932..
yes, not sure. yes to electric guitar bit and i don't know to the USA bit
Les Paul invented the electric gutiar's SOLID BODY. Adolph Rickenbacker is the inventer of the first modern amplifiable electric guitar.
Switzerland
Adolph: a-doll-frickenbacker: riken-back-a
no, it originated in America from a Swiss Immigrant named Adolph Rickenbacker's company. The first electric guitar was nicknamed the frying pan and was invented by two key people Adolph Rickenbacher and George Beauchamp. George is the main inventor and holds the patent for electric guitars, He died in 1941 of a heart attack before the sales of guitars sky rocketed.
Founder of the Rickenbacker Guitar Co.: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Rickenbacker