Results for "Guy Hart"

July 13, 1937: Gibson Plugs in the Electric Guitar

July 13, 2011

1937: Guy Hart, general manager of the Gibson guitar company, is awarded the first patent for an electric guitar pickup. The instrument that defines popular music in the second half of the 20th century is born. Gibsons electric guitar wasnt the first to market, but its pickup design was superior to competing models especially after guitar-makers ...