Hedley H. G. Jones (12 November 1917 [1] – 1 September 2017)
Jamaican Musician, Audio Engineer, Inventor, Trade Unionist and Writer, Hedley Jones, designed and played one of the first solid-bodied Electric Guitars in 1940 and continued to build Guitars for other Artists in Jamaica for many years. He also made a Cello and Banjo at aged 14 years old. He designed and built the first Sound System in Jamaica, the country's first Traffic Lights, made Telescopes and made the equipment for the Studio One Recording Studios. He died in 2017; please take a listen here and Happy Reggae Thursday: Hedley Jones talks about the first Electric Guitar
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedley_Jones
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