The first true electric guitar is generally credited to George Beauchamp, who developed it in 1931 with the assistance of Adolph Rickenbacker. Their instrument, nicknamed the “Frying Pan” because of its distinctive shape, used electromagnetic pickups to convert string vibrations into electrical signals. Produced by the Electro String Instrument Corporation, it became the first commercially successful electric guitar and laid the foundation for modern electric guitar design.
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