He kanaka kālepa ʻAmelika ʻo Theodore McCarty i hana pū me ka Hui Wurlitzer a me ka Gibson Hui Kika. I ka makahiki 1966, ua kūʻai ʻo ia a me Gibson Hope Pelekikena John Huis i ka Bigsby Electric Guitar Company. Ma Gibson ua komo ʻo ia i nā hana hou a me nā hoʻolālā kīkā ma waena o 1950 a me 1966.[1]
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Ted McCarty ma ʻOkakopa 10, 1909 ma Detroit, Michigan. Ua aʻo ʻo ia i ka ʻenekinia ma Massachusetts Institute of Technology a laila hele ʻo ia e hana no General Motors. I ka makahiki 1934 ua komo ʻo ia i ka Hui Wurlitzer kahi āna i hana ai ma nā pahu juke a me nā mea kani ʻē aʻe.
Ua koho ʻia ʻo McCarty i ka pūʻali koa i ka wā o ke Kaua Honua II a lawelawe ʻo ia ma ʻEulopa. Ma hope ʻO ke kaua āna i hoʻi ai i Wurlitzer a laila ma 1950 ua hoʻolimalima ʻia ʻo ia e ka Gibson Guitar Corporation..
Ma Gibson, ua mālama ʻo McCarty i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā kumu hoʻohālike hou he nui me ka Les Paul, ka SG, A me ka Lele V. Ua kōkua pū ʻo ia i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā ʻano hana hou a me nā mea e like me ka lāʻau laminated no nā kino kīkā.
Ua hoʻomaha ʻo McCarty mai Gibson i ka makahiki 1966 akā ua hoʻomau ʻo ia i ka ʻoihana mele. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ka papa alakaʻi no kekahi mau hui pū kekahi Fender a kauä kuapaʻa Nā kīkā. Ua hana pū ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he kūkākūkā no nā ʻoihana like ʻole a me nā hui.
Ua make ʻo Ted McCarty i ka lā 1 ʻApelila 2001 i kona makahiki he 91.
ʻO wau ʻo Joost Nusselder, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu iā Neaera a me kahi mea kūʻai aku ʻike, makuakāne, a makemake hoʻi e hoʻāʻo i nā mea hana hou me ka guitar ma ka puʻuwai o koʻu makemake, a me kaʻu hui, ua hana wau i nā ʻatikala blog hohonu mai 2020 e kōkua i ka poʻe heluhelu kūpaʻa me nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo hoʻopaʻa leo a me nā kīkā.