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Fry-Pan Manufacturer Ro-Pat-In Company (later renamed to ) Period 1931/1932 – 1939 Construction Body type Cast aluminum Neck joint Set Woods Body Cast Neck Cast aluminum Fretboard Aluminum Hardware Bridge Aluminum One Rickenbacker horse-shoe magnet pickup Colors available Bare metal The ' Fry-Pan' in 1931/1932 was the first, receiving its patent in August 1937. A previous attempt, the 'Stromberg Electro', introduced in 1928 by the, was transducer-based using a 'vibration-transfer rod' from the instrument's sounding board attached to magnets inside the guitar itself and was not successful. Created the 'Fry-Pan' in 1931, and it was subsequently manufactured.

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The instrument—officially the Rickenbacker Electro A-22—earned its nickname because its circular body and long neck make it resemble a. It was designed to capitalize on the popularity of in the 1930s. The instrument was made of cast, and featured a that incorporated a pair of horseshoe that arched over the strings. Beauchamp and machinist began selling the Fry-Pan in 1932, but Beauchamp was not awarded a patent for his idea until 1937, which allowed other guitar companies to produce electric guitars in the same period.

Contents • • • • Development [ ] In the 1930s, Hawaiian music enjoyed widespread popularity in the United States. However, Hawaiian music featured the guitar as the main instrument, and the volume of was insufficient for large audiences. Beauchamp, an enthusiast and player of Hawaiian music, mounted a on his to produce an that was electronically to drive a, producing a much louder sound. After discovering that his system produced copious amounts of unwanted from of the guitar's body, Beauchamp reasoned that properties were actually undesirable in an electric instrument. Beauchamp had helped develop the, and co-founded the.

Through these businesses, he was acquainted with Rickenbacker, who owned the machine company that manufactured the aluminum resonators and bodies for the instruments. With Rickenbacker's help, Beauchamp designed a lap steel guitar with a solid aluminum body and neck. Rickenbacker produced the instruments from 1932 to 1939.