Van Nest, designed the first Electro String production-model amp. Right from the start, Electro String also sold amplifiers to go along with their electric guitars. By the time production ceased in 1939, several thousand frying pans had been produced. They had huge pickups with a pair of horseshoe magnets that arched over the top of the strings. These instruments, nicknamed “frying pans” due to their long necks and circular bodies, are the first solid-bodied electric guitars, though they were not standard guitars, but a lap-steel type. They chose the brand name Rickenbacher (later changed to Rickenbacker) for these guitars. The company was founded as the Electro String Instrument Corporation by Adolph Rickenbacher and George Beauchamp in 1931 to sell electric “Hawaiian” guitars designed by Beauchamp. Rickenbacker is the largest guitar company to manufacture all of their guitars within the United States. All production takes place at its headquarters in Santa Ana, California.
Having said this, there are a lot worse guitars out there, and as well as being historically important, the 1820 bass can certainly provide the goods when required.Rickenbacker International Corporation is an electric guitar manufacturer, notable for having invented the first electric guitar during the 1930s. Over the course of the 70s, the Japanese output improved dramatically, and in many ways these early 70s models are a low point for the brand. These new Epiphones were based on existing Matsumoku guitars, sharing body shapes, and hardware, but the Epiphone line was somewhat upgraded, with inlaid logos and a 2x2 peghead configuration. The Matsumoku factory had been producing guitars for export for some time, but the 1820 bass (alongside a number of guitar models and the 5120 electric acoustic bass) were the first Epiphone models to be made there. By the end of the 1960s, a decision had been made to move Epiphone guitar production from the USA (at the Kalamazoo plant where Gibson guitars were made), to Matsumoto in Japan, creating a line of guitars and basses significantly less expensive than the USA-built models (actually less than half the price).
0 kommentar(er)
