Andy Hults2/17/2012Period 2Computer#13

Freeplay music, Rubber Bullet, FED. 27, 2012, www.freeplaymusic.com

Lemelson MIT Program, Electric Guitar Design and Technology, 23 February 2012, http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/mccarty.html

I have an electric guitar.

This is a v flyer, which Ted McCarty created

invention: Electric guitar

• The electric guitar had a finger rest

• It has a magnetic pick up for stringed musical instruments.

• The mounting or the magnetic pick up for a stringed instruments didn’t change the tone quality

Inventor: Ted McCarty

• Ted McCarty worked for Gibson• In 1949 he became the vice president for Gibson• He created the V Flyer, Explorer, SG,and the

Firebird• He presented the guitars in 1948 to NAMM• Retired from Gibson in 1966• After retiring from Gibson, he bought Bigsby

Died on April 2001