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it originated in America from a Swiss Immigrant named Adolph Rickenbacker's company.

The first Electric Guitar was made in California in 1931 and nicknamed the frying pan. This was invented by two key people Adolph Rickenbacher and George Beauchamp. George is the main inventor and holds the patent for electric Guitars and single coil pickups, He died in 1941 of a heart attack before the sales of guitars sky rocketed.

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