guitars

Six-stringed instruments

Guitars is the plural of guitar, a stringed musical instrument with a fretted neck and a flat or slightly curved body.

The standard guitar has six strings, though bass guitars typically have four and twelve-string guitars double the usual complement.

She collects vintage guitars.

Electric guitars require amplification; acoustic guitars project sound through a hollow body.

anatomy

strings

Thin flexible lines

tuners · neck · body · headstock · nut · saddle · soundhole · frets · volume knob · jack

playing

strumming

Sweeping across guitar strings

solo · melody · harmony · tuning · tablature · picking · arpeggios · barre · slides · bending

craftsmanship

luthier

Stringed instrument craftsperson

  • tonewoodAcoustically selected lumber
  • fretworkInterlocking ornamental design
  • inlayEmbedded surface ornamentation

rosewood · mahogany · maple · spruce · ebony · binding · bracing · handmade · varnish · lacquer

genre

blues

Mournful American music genre

  • rockSolid earthen material
  • jazzImprovisational American music genre
  • folkRegular common people

metal · flamenco · classical · country · reggae · punk · indie · bluegrass · bossa nova · funk

performance

concert

Live musical performance

  • gigShort-term paid work
  • stageRaised performance platform
  • amplifierSignal-strengthening electronic device

setlist · soundcheck · strap · tuner · pedalboard · effects · distortion · reverb · delay · wah

types

acoustic

Relating to sound

twelve-string · resonator · archtop · semi-hollow · solid-body · lap steel · dreadnought · parlor · jumbo · telecaster

collection

vintage

Quality from past eras

limited edition · signed · mint condition · case · display · appraisal · investment · estate · auction · provenance

Categories
Opposites
sound production method

guitarsviolins

Bowed stringed instruments

cellos · double basses · violas · bowed strings · fiddles

instrument family

guitarsdrums

Struck membrane instruments

trumpets · pianos · flutes · saxophones · tubas

portability and acoustic nature

guitarspipe organs

Wind instruments with ranks

church organs · grand pianos · carillons

Phrases
Family

guitar, guitarist, guitarists, electric guitar, bass guitar, acoustic guitar

Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G