George Beauchamp
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George Delmetia Beauchamp was an American inventor of musical instruments. He is known for designing the first electrically amplified guitar to be marketed commercially, using transducer pickups, whic
The "Frying Pan", 1932
The National String Instrument Corporation was an American guitar company first formed to manufacture banjos and then the original resonator guitars. National also produced resonator ukuleles and reso
George Beauchamp
…guitar to be marketed commercially, using transducer pickups, which amplified the sound of the guitar and revolutionised music. He was also a founder of National Stringed Instrument Corporation and Rickenbacker (originally Rickenbacher) guitars. He was born in Coleman County, Texas, on March 18, 1899. Beauchamp performed in vaudeville, playing…
1930 National Triolian resonator mandolin
A resonator guitar.
Son House used National resonator guitars