The French have been ahead of the curve even longer than we thought
This isn't necessarily guitar-related, but it's still pretty cool!20 years before Edison patented the phonograph, a French scientist captured visual representations of sound. Pretty cool:http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/08/us/earliest-recordings-sound/index.htmlHere is the 150 year old recording:http://www.firstsounds.org/