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electric guitar

American

noun

a guitar equipped with electric or magnetic pickups that permit its sound to be amplified and fed to a loudspeaker.

electric guitar British

noun

an electronically amplified guitar, used mainly in pop music Compare acoustic guitar

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electric guitars

plural

Etymology

Origin of electric guitar

First recorded in 1935–40

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electric guitar

But I take from that quote that you’d grown unenthused about electric guitar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

In 2023, you said you didn’t want any electric guitar on your solo album.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

The core band here is one that has played with Beck for years—Jason Falkner and Smokey Hormel on electric guitar, Justin Meldal-Johnsen on bass, Roger Joseph Manning Jr. on keyboards and Joey Waronker on drums.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

In one corner stood his electric guitar, plugged into an amplifier.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

They'd asked us for bread and the best I could give was a glass eye—not so much as an electric guitar.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

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