There’s another division of types that befuddles him. You can stick a pickup on a two-by-four, carve it into a neck, and you’ve got an electric guitar." "Because that’s all an electric guitar is. "I was interested in the technology and the evolution and design of the pickup." In Lynn’s story, the pickup’s the thing. "Because it wasn’t about the ‘frame’ that held the pickup," he explains. As Lynn amassed his collection, he didn’t care if the instruments were guitars or mandolins or violins.
I own almost the first electric instrument known by every company that existed, and then subsequent examples."Ī viola, did you say? It’s an important point. I have early Regal things, Kay, Vega, and the earliest Vivi-Tone that I know of, a viola. "The earliest Epiphone, too, and the earliest Dobro All-Electric. He owns the third or fourth ever Rickenbacker and the earliest Gibson electric he could find, which he’s pretty sure is the prototype. "I’ve tried and largely succeeded to find the earliest example of these things, and then subsequent examples, to be able to forensically examine them and find out how they work." I just had to walk through the dark and stumble on stuff."ĭuring the years that followed, he’s brought some impressive stuff into the light and assembled a unique collection. Of course, I had no road map back then-few books, and no internet. It made me feel that here was something I really needed to do-to put together the most complete collection ever of early electric instruments. "I could listen to his stories, find out what he did, look through his scrapbooks. "I could actually talk to the man who helped start this evolution and this revolution," he tells me. Not only did Lynn become Alvino’s guitar tech, but also he sensed an opportunity. It all began nearly 40 years ago when he met the guitarist Alvino Rey, who he describes as the king of the electric guitar in the ’30s, a time when Gibson hired Alvino to help with the firm’s early electric experiments. He’s a tireless researcher and collector who seeks written records, factual evidence, and real examples of the instruments concerned in order to determine a true timeline and identify the key people and companies. Lynn is abundantly qualified to present such a story. Lynn’s Pioneers book explores the origins of the electric guitar in the ’20s and ’30s, and the three books that follow analyze in deep detail the way Leo Fender and his team drew upon those foundations to build their early Esquires, Broadcasters, and Telecasters (and before ash, yes, there was some pine). It’s divided into four books that tell the story of Fender’s first electric guitars, covering the period from the ’20s to the mid ’50s, and also includes memorabilia repros, an app with video demos by Deke Dickerson and others, and artworks by Billy Gibbons. It’s one of many revelations, big and small, in the mighty limited-edition Pinecaster package.
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