The guitar would continue to be modified throughout the twentiethcentury, including versions with greater numbers of strings, electronicmeans of amplifying tone and sound, and other innovations. Many types of guitarswere developed in the United States, from the early 18 s when C. In Guitar: An American Life, formermusician and performer Tim Brookes (2 5, p. A lot of jazz and blues players used to rely onCoke bottles as slides before they were invented. (2 4). 2). Millard (2 4,p. UNESCO Courier, 47(1 ), 48-49.Millard, A. American performer and musician Les Pauldeveloped the prototype for the solid-bodied electric guitar andpopularized the instrument in the 194 s (Chabot, 2 6, p. began early inthe nineteenth century (Waller, 1969, p. The Tele represented the first solid body electric Spanish-style guitar ever put into commercial production. Owner of a radio shop, Fender had experimented withguitars and amplification. Before Fender's work, theelectric guitar featured a hollow-body that was amplified. 2). 267) writes that when Hendrixlit his guitar on fire, the performer was providing evidence of "theelectricity of the music" and "combined it with a kind of ritualsacrifice." In the early 194 s, a California inventor by the name of Leo Fenderwould add another important chapter to the history of the electric guitarin American culture. 48). (1994, Oct). F. (2 6). 48) notes, "The ultimate infantasy was reached in rock music, in which the guitar is both a marvel oftechnology and a sex symbol." Jimi Hendrix who widely varied the sounds ofhis guitar did as much to revolutionize the popularity of the electric asany musician in American history. 15) estimation of the musicalinstrument in The Electric Guitar: An American Icon. Martinexperiment with a radical new design that featured metal strings toGibson's hand-carved flat-tops. 1). Using hisknowledge of technologies of the era, by 1948 Fender was able to developthe "legendary" Telecaster, affectionately known as the "Tele"...