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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It’s student-athlete core, a mish-mash of choirs, electric guitar noises over pounding drums that all sound like keyboard presets.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

“I Played the Fool” is full of electric guitar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Both parents were musical - his father played drums and his mother played piano - but Fenton chose the electric guitar as his instrument at the age of seven.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Together, amid recorded bursts of electric guitar, they kinetically update these rival combatants.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

Not the electric guitar he played in his band.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman

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