acoustic guitar

Etymology

Retronym for guitar, coined after the invention of the electric guitar to refer to the older type of guitar and avoid confusion with the electric guitar.

Noun

acoustic guitar (plural acoustic guitars)

1. A hollow-body guitar of the older variety, in contradistinction to an electric guitar.

   He was playing the acoustic guitar while his girlfriend was on the drums.

Further reading

• 2004. Acoustic Guitar. Chad Johnson. Pg. 5.