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acoustic guitar
an ordinary guitar, which produces its normal sound through the sounding board and is not amplified in any way -
steel guitar
an acoustic, handheld guitar having a metal resonator and producing a wailing, variable sound. -
air guitar
an imaginary guitar played while miming to rock music -
hawaiian guitar
a six-to-eight-string electric guitar, fretted with a piece of metal or bone to produce a whining, glissando sound, played in a horizontal position usually resting on the performer's knees or on a stand, and much used by country music performers. -
retronym
a term coined in modification of an original term that was used alone (as acoustic guitar instead of guitar ) to distinguish it from a term referring to a later development (as electric guitar ). Other examples of retronyms are snail mail and analog watch . -
twelve-string guitar
an acoustic guitar having twelve strings instead of six, with each pair tuned an octave apart, and more difficult to play than the standard guitar.