George Beauchamp
George Beauchamp is a lap steel guitarist and inventor of musical instruments like the Frying pan electric guitar, electric lap steel guitar, single-cone dobro guitar, and “electro violins”1). He was a co-founder of National Stringed Instrument Corporation and Rickenbacker.
External links
- Which Came First- Electric Guitar or Amp? - from Vintage Guitar Magazine, Sep. ’97 issue.
1)
The Earliest Days of the Electric Guitar - Richenbacker Early History page