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One of the first electric guitars was nicknamed the Frying Pan

Rickenbacker began selling it in 1932

The Rickenbacker A-22, nicknamed the Frying Pan because of its round body and long neck, was released in 1932 and is regarded as the first commercially successful electric guitar. It was made of cast aluminium, and George Beauchamp designed its pickup.

1967 Rickenbacker 360-12 12 string electric guitar owned and photographed by Greg Field — Outerrealm · CC BY-SA 3.0 · licence · source

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Rickenbacker began selling it in 1932. The figure is taken from Smithsonian Institution, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a music fact?: Yes. It sits on the Music shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.