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I dug this information up with a little research.

In 1924 an inventive engineer working for the Gibson guitar company named Lloyd Loar, designed the first magnetic pickup. Using a magnet, he converted guitar string vibrations into electrical signals, which then were amplified through a speaker system. This first pickup was crude, but it was a great beginning.

The First Electric Guitar

In 1931 the Electro String Company was founded by Paul Barth, George Beauchamp and Adolph Rickenbacker, and developed the first electric guitars marketed to the general public. They made their guitars from cast aluminum and were played on a person’s lap using a steel slide much like today's steel guitar. Because of their unusual material, they were affectionately called “Frying Pans.†

The early success of the frying pans prompted the Gibson guitar company to build their first electric guitar, the ES-150 which is a legend today.

The First Solid-Body Electric Guitar

Electric guitars were quickly becoming popular, even though there was a major problem with their construction. Their bodies would vibrate due to the amplified sounds coming through the speakers they were played into, causing what we know as feed-back. The obvious remedy was to build a guitar made with a solid body which wouldn’t vibrate so easily.

As with most innovations, there is controversy over who invented the first solid –body electric guitar. Guitar legend Les Paul in the 1940’s developed his affectionately called “The Log† solid-body guitar by attaching a Gibson neck to a solid piece of wood…a railroad tie, hence the name “Log.†

Around this same time, guitarist Merle Travis and engineer Paul Bigsby developed a solid-body electric guitar that resembled the solid-body guitars that we’re so familiar with today.

The First Mass Produced Electric Guitar

Leo Fender in 1950 was the first to mass produce an electric guitar which was originally called the Fender Broadcaster. This guitar was quickly re-named to the infamous Telecaster because the name “Broadcaster† was already being used by another company. Leo followed this up in 1954 with the most renowned guitar of all time…the Stratocaster.

Leo’s success led other guitar manufacturers into developing their own mass-produced electric guitars. Most notable was the teaming-up of the Gibson guitar company with Les Paul to create the famous Gibson Les Paul electric guitar.

I have a snipped photo of the Gibson ES-150 also

there was another band who were friends of ours they called themselves the "Doogie Brothers" not very original but they were good the last group I remember opening for was Deep Purple I still think our drummer (John Baker) was the best I ever played with he had a double bass drum set and VERY heavy on the back beat he was phenomenal on solos.

Some of the new ideas that are being experimented with are anti gravity,inertia canceling and warp speed the idea of wormholes was first put forth by Einstein a early as 1939 he proved that the fabric of space can be shaped by objects with a strong gravitational force like our sun and bend light its mind boggling stuff it seems the speed of light is not the ultimate speed limit and the shortest distance between two points is not necessarily a straight line much like bending a sheet of paper and connecting the edges to shorten the distance and if we can find a way to live in peace and not destroy each other there are many other wonders to be discovered.

yes Amy it only requires 2 guitar chords the unit has a ac/dc converter power chord so it runs on either 8 ccc batteries or it can be pluggen into an outlet  

I live in Wisconsin most or all the Fire departments are volunteer and the ones that are not (Milwaukee) are paid but no real fireman would EVER let a house burn these people are real heros in my book they risk there lives for the good of the community.

I been playing a harp for many years still love it

A rose by any other name is still a rose if its a punk band name may I suggest Clymidia

sounds like a born politician

Ark none that I can think of I do it the same way its fast and produces a good quality recording with my BR-8 to Audacity program I can mix on the fly as I transfer with panning,track volumes etc.

Phill I dont have any experience with midi I use a digital 8 track boss BR8 and transfer to Audacity for rendering to mp3's I think Jerome would have a better idea of what gear you need free or not good luck buddy