electric guitar
electrified guitar; fretted stringed instrument with a neck and body that uses a pickup to convert the vibration of its strings into electrical signals
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Summary
electric guitar is a type of musical instrument[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of type of musical instrument entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,061 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: George Beauchamp[3]
- Subclass of: electro-acoustic chordophone[4], guitar[5]
- Part of: guitar family[6]
- Commons category: Electric guitars[7]
- Country of origin: United States[8]
- Has part(s): pickup[9], string[10], neck[11], body[12], bridge[13], nut[14], potentiometer[15], electrical receptacle[16], tuning peg[17]
- Inception: 1932[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:Electric guitars[19]
- Commons gallery: Electric guitar[20]
- Used by: electric guitarist[21]
- Hornbostel-Sachs classification: 513[22]
- Different from: keytar[23], bass guitar[24], acoustic guitar[25]
- Connects with: guitar amplifier loudspeaker[26]
- Exact match: http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/03272010-n[27], http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn31/103255686-n[28]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[29]
- P14541: 1bA8qU[30]
Why It Matters
electric guitar has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]