Ted McCarty

Theodore McCarty (October 10, 1909 – April 1, 2001) was an American businessman who worked with the Wurlitzer Company and the Gibson Guitar Corporation. In 1966, he and Gibson Vice President John Huis bought the Bigsby Electric Guitar Company. At Gibson he was involved in many guitar innovations and designs between 1950 and 1966.[1]

  1. ^ The Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation. Smithsonian Institution. "The Electric Guitar-Ted McCarty and Paul Reed Smith. "Ted McCarty and Paul Reed Smith :: Invention of the Electric Guitar :: Smithsonian Lemelson Center". Archived from the original on 2014-02-12. Retrieved 2013-07-21.