The birth of the electric guitar

Although guitars have a long history, they had fallen behind the times in a way-
especially in terms of volume-as many others instruments had been modified over the
years.
It was around 1936 when a jazz guitarist named Charlie Christian (1916-1942) began
using an acoustic guitar with a pickup attached to the body, with the intention of playing
guitar solos in his band. This is said to be the birth of the electric guitar.
Reference: "The Fun Guitar Encyclopedia" (Yamaha Music Media)

The first solid-body guitar

A major difficulty for the first electric guitars with pickups attached to their bodies was
the acoustic phenomenon called "feedback," where sound amplified by an amplifier
causes the instrument to resonate, creating a cacophony of sound. A clever way to
solve this issue is to remove the hollow cavity from the guitar body, making it difficult for
sound to resonate. This led to the creation of the solid-body guitar, in which the body is
carved from a single piece of wood.
People had already been thinking about solid-body guitars by the beginning of the
1940s and had begun working on creating them. However, the first such instrument on
the market was by designed by Leo Fender, the famous manufacturer of guitar
amplifiers. Released in 1949, his Fender Esquire is now regarded as the first solid-body
guitar.
Reference: "The Fun Guitar Encyclopedia" (Yamaha Music Media)