Maddy’s

111 years ago on this very day (March 18), a man named George Beauchamp was born. But who is this guy? Why should we give a damn? Well, if it wasn't for him, we wouldn't have the electric guitar. In the 1920s Beauchamp explored the idea of electrified string instruments and in 1931 he invented the electrically amplified guitar. Though other innovators such as Les Paul contributed to...