Facts about electric guitars

• The electric guitar was conceived for the first time in 1931.
• This type of guitar is the most played instrument in the United States.
• The first Fender guitar was made in 1943, made from oak.
• The electric guitar served as a major component in the development of rock and roll.
• Les Paul had a car accident in 1948 and asked the doctor to set his arm permanently in a guitar-playing position.
• Electric guitars are also used by classical composers.
• The first electric guitars used in jazz were hollow archtop acoustic guitar bodies with electromagnetic transducers.
• A Fender Stratocaster guitar is carved on Jimi Hendrix's tombstone.
• Gibson's first production electric guitar, marketed in 1936, was the ES-150 model.
• Since this type of guitars use electric signals to transmit sound, their sounds can be modified using distortion pedals.
• The highest price paid for an electric guitar at auction, was $959,500 at Christie's in July 2004 for Eric Clapton's 'Blackie' Stratocaster.