Facts: - known for: inventor syntar of the first '' keytar '' , the - caption: george mattson in his lab , 2011 - birth date: october , 1954 - name: george mattson - nationality: american - image: george mattson.jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of george mattson -lrb- synthesizer inventor -rrb- .
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george mattson -lrb- born october , 1954 -rrb- is an american inventor , and is an early pioneer in electronic music synthesizer technology .he is credited with the invention of the syntar , the first fully self-contained '' keytar '' , in 1978 , and is founder and owner of mattson mini modular .mattson lives in the seattle area .