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Topic: Historic Frying Pan exhibit in Carlsbad, CA |
Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 5 Sep 2003 8:19 am |
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http://www.museumofmakingmusic.org/events/stringfever/fryingpan.html
THE HISTORIC "FRYING PAN" COMES TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR SECOND PUBLIC SHOWING
As part of the Museum's "Eclectic Electric" exhibit, Southern Californians and visitors to Carlsbad will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see a historical artifact so influential that it helped change the course of modern music as we know it! That instrument is the Rickenbacker "Frying Pan."
This one-of-a-kind historic artifact, created by George Beauchamp in 1931, is the prototype of the first commercially available electric guitar.
The Frying Pan will be on exhibit for three short months at the Museum of Making Music from September 5th through November 30, 2003. This is only the second time that the public has been able to view the instrument on display, and the first time it has been exhibited in its native Southen California origins. Its first public showing was at the Smithsonian Institute in 1996.
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Rick Aiello
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Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 5 Sep 2003 8:53 am
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I've never understood that whole "Pilgrimage" thing ....
Till now ...
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 5 Sep 2003 11:00 am
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| VERY COOL, thanx Brad! Even with the misstatement in the last paragraph, this was a great read. If I didn't have serious reservations about being near California again, this would be one pilgrimage I'd be into. I've wanted to lay eyes(and hands) on it for decades. Glad to know this piece of history is back were it originated(at least for the moment). So. Cal had it going big time in the 40s-60s, music wise. Is there anyone alive who has played the original/proto? Just curious as to how it sounds compared to the marketed fry pans. Odd, how the first Ricky steels were some of the best ever, even with all the various tech improvements thru the years. Hail, George Beauchamp! |
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