acoustic guitar

American  

noun

1. a traditional, unamplified guitar.

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acoustic guitar British  

noun

1. an ordinary guitar, which produces its normal sound through the sounding board and is not amplified in any way Compare electric guitar

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Example Sentences

Over a lightly strummed acoustic guitar, she describes a desire to get off the grid and return to wide-open spaces.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Most of the songs from “Born to Run” were composed on that spinet piano, but the title track found its origins on that acoustic guitar in his bedroom.

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2026

“There’s a book that’s sitting in your house somewhere that could use some dusting off,” he sang while playing an acoustic guitar.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

His songwriting poignantly speaks to third-culture-kid longing over intimate acoustic guitar work, like on “Name of God.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2026

Now listen to the same phrase played by an electric guitar, an acoustic guitar with twelve steel strings34 and an acoustic guitar with six nylon strings.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones