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Sometimes,
but typically it is a far more complex process. Amplifying
the sound of a guitar by means of electricity, for example,
involved many inventors and musicians working since
the 1920s to develop, design, and popularize a louder
instrument.
The electric guitar may be the most important and
popular instrument of the last half-century in American
music. Certainly its introduction brought a major change
to American musical technology and has shaped the sound
and direction of modern musical styles. |
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A gallery of influential
and popular electric guitars.
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