The ES-150 followed late in ’36, marking the start of Gibson’s remarkable history of electric guitars. It was also the beginning of the company’s long-running ES series, the letters standing ...

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 ...

from the violin to the guitar. Comments are closed for this object What's this? Most of the content on A History of the World is created by the contributors, who are the museums and members of the ...