Electric guitar
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An electric guitar is a guitar that, unlike a standard acoustic guitar, requires external electric sound amplification to be heard at typical performance volumes. It uses one or more pickups to conver
1954 Gibson Les Paul Custom electric guitar
The "Frying Pan", 1932
The Fender Stratocaster has one of the most often emulated electric guitar shapes
Epiphone semi-acoustic hollow-body guitar
Solid body
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A solid-body musical instrument is a string instrument such as a guitar, bass or violin built without its normal sound box and relying on an electromagnetic pickup system to directly detect the vibrat
Fender Esquire 1st prototype in 1949 at Fender Guitar Factory museum
Example : Mid-1970s "Lawsuit Era", solid-body, set neck, Mann/Ibanez electric guitar