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Hedley H. G. Jones OD (12 November 1917[1] – 1 September 2017)[2] was a Jamaican musician, audio engineer, inventor, trade unionist and writer. He designed and played one of the first solid-bodied electric guitars, designed and built Jamaica's first sound systems and traffic lights, and in 2011 was awarded the Musgrave Gold Medal for distinguished eminence in the field of music.

  1. ^ "JONES, Hedley H. G." discoverjamaica.com. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Pioneer Hedley Jones is dead". Archived from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2017.

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