Louder acoustic guitars, electric guitars :: Invention of the Electric Guitar :: Smithsonian Lemelson Center

A Louder Guitar			* includes audio commentary by guitarist G.E. Smith

Martin Guitar, around 1852	*Gibson Archtop, 1898	Bohmann Harp Guitar, around 1910	*National Hawaiian Tricone, 1929	*Prairie State Conservatory "Big Boy" Acoustic, around 1910


*Gibson Super 400 Acoustic, 1939	*Dobro Guitar—Artist Model, around 1940	Stromberg Master 400, 1954	*D'Angelico Teardrop, 1957	*D'Aquisto Advance Archtop, 1995

The Electrified Guitar			* includes audio commentary by guitarist G.E. Smith

Gibson L-5 Electric, 1929	Rickenbacker Electro Hawaiian, the Frying Pan, around 1931	Gibson Super 400 Electric, 1934	*Rickenbacker Electro Spanish (Model B), 1936	Gibson ES-150, around 1937


Gibson EH-100, 1937	Les Paul Log, around 1940	K&F Lap Steel with Amplifier, around 1945	Epiphone Emperor Electric, 1948

Commercial Success			* includes audio commentary by guitarist G.E. Smith

Slingerland Songster, 1939	Fender Broadcaster with Amplifier, 1950	Gibson Les Paul Gold Top, 1952	Bigsby Double Neck, 1952	*Fender Stratocaster, 1954


*Fender Precision Bass, 1955-56	Gretsch White Penguin, 1956	*Fender Jazzmaster, 1958	Fender Mary Kaye Stratocaster, 1959


*Gibson Les Paul Standard, or Sunburst, 1959	*Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins, 1959	Gibson ES-355 with Bigsby Vibrato, 1959

Innovative Design			* includes audio commentary by guitarist G.E. Smith

*Gibson Ultratone, around 1948	*Gibson Flying V, 1959	Gibson Explorer, 1958	Fender Lucite Duo-Sonic, 1960	Gibson Skylark, 1961


Mosrite Strawberry Alarm Clock, 1967	Rickenbacker 331 Light Show, 1971	Gittler, around 1971	Mosrite Custom, 1980	Prince's Yellow Cloud, 1989

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