electric guitar
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of electric guitar
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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Every song that you know of Van Halen, I heard from an unplugged-in electric guitar from four inches away, going, “Too long.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026
He joined Fleetwood Mac in the 1990s for their 16th studio album, Time, and toured with them, before later starting a sustainable electric guitar company with industrial designer Ravi Sawhney in 2004.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
In 1951, Leo Fender, a California designer and manufacturer of musical instruments, built and sold the first mass-produced solid-body electric guitar, the Telecaster.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026
She’s 16, and by now she knows how to issue perfect sound bites: “I think every citizen should be given an electric guitar on her sixteenth birthday.”
From Salon • Jan. 27, 2026
So when Santa gave me an electric guitar for Christmas, I figured I was ready to join the after-school rock band.
From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio
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