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Electric Guitar

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Instrument family String Instruments
Strum
Place of origin United States of America
Invented1931
Other namesGuitar, electric guitar, solid-body guitar
Developed 1930s
Classification String Instruments
Instrument family shared Guitar
Place of origin shared United States
Invented shared2022-03-25 19:31:00
Inventor shared Adolph Rickenbacker
Other nameGuitar, solid-body guitar
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Okra answer panel frequency rangeFrequency range
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About Electric Guitar


An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar. It uses one or more pickups to convert the vibration of its strings into electrical signals, which ultimately are reproduced as sound by loudspeakers.

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