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]
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Group, 1994. Hembree, Gil.Gibson Guitars: TedMcCarty's Golden Era: 1948–1966. Hal Leonard Corp, 2007. TedMcCarty Interview at NAMM Oral History Collection...
school and contacted TedMcCarty, former president of Gibson and creator of the Explorer, ES-335, and Flying V guitars, and McCarty became his mentor and...
it was purchased by ex-Gibson executive TedMcCarty. In 1999, the brand was acquired by Gretsch from McCarty, which owned it until 2019, when Bigsby was...
early 1960s. Paul asked lifelong friend and former President of Gibson TedMcCarty to withhold his $1 royalty per guitar, and Gibson mutually agreed to...
which became its most popular guitar to date—designed by a team led by TedMcCarty. In addition to guitars, Gibson offers consumer electronics through the...
thinner than the L-5's 3+3⁄8 in (8.6 cm) depth. Gibson's president, TedMcCarty, sought opinions and ideas about new products. The suggestions from Byrd...
1950s — which met limited initial success. The president of Gibson, TedMcCarty, hired car designer Ray Dietrich to design a guitar that would have popular...
known for his television roles as Kyle McCarty on Judging Amy, Lee McDermott on Desperate Housewives, and Ted Chaough on Mad Men. Rahm was born in Mineral...
concepts in an attempt to strike back. On June 27, 1957, Gibson President TedMcCarty filed three designs with the United States Patent Office which would...
In 1966, Bigsby sold the company to former Gibson guitar executive TedMcCarty. On May 10, 1999, the Fred Gretsch company purchased the Bigsby company...
of $1,000 each among vintage guitar collectors. While working under TedMcCarty at Gibson, Lover was also involved in guitar design. He liked to tell...
Flying V from 2007 to 2008, have been released as well. Gibson president TedMcCarty pushed for a line of modernist guitars in the mid-1950s to compete with...
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public craze. In reaction to market demand, Gibson Guitar president TedMcCarty brought guitarist Les Paul into the company as a consultant. Les Paul...
invented by Seth Lover of Gibson under instruction of then-president TedMcCarty. About the same time, Ray Butts developed a similar pickup that was taken...
published 1933-02-07, issued 1933-02-07 . The guitars that Chicago built by Chris McMahon on Premier Guitar, 17 Oct 2013 "Gibson brands". 5 July 2014. Archived...
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reverse model features a carbon fibre-like pickguard and inlays as well as a McCarty-era inspired headstock. Only a limited run of 1000 of each model were built...
Gibson headstocks in 1947. In 1949 CMI appointed as president of Gibson TedMcCarty, who would lead Gibson until 1966, overseeing many classic Gibson guitar...
Tune-o-matic fixed bridge unit was the invention of Gibson's then president, TedMcCarty, and it was designed to provide height adjustability and individual string...
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