Early 1940s: During World War II, Fender meets Clayton Orr “Doc” Kauman, a musician and the chief designer of electric guitars for Rickenbacker (based in Santa Ana and the first maker of ...

Unlike Bloomfield, Neuse held on to the instrument for the rest of his life. The back of the guitar George Aslaender ... it’s also still in playable condition—with pretty good sound at that.

As a teenager, he started playing “Spanish guitar” – that’s what everybody called acoustic guitars before electric guitars were invented. One day, while he picked the strings with his right hand as ...

The next type is semi-hollow electric guitars. These bring a little more acoustic qualities to the table but can still be ...