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: a flat-bodied stringed instrument with a long fretted neck and usually six strings played with a pick or with the fingers
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Fender Squier Beginner Electric Guitar For the future rockstar, this is a solid starter guitar that makes learning feel less like homework and more like a rockstar moment.
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Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 10 Dec. 2025
With Eddie Perez now on lead guitar and Jerry Dale McFadden on keyboards, the Mavericks signed with Big Machine Label Group and surged.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2025
Beside him, a spotlight shined on a guitar that slowly became engulfed in smoke.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 8 Dec. 2025
His uncle, Salvador Ithier, played with Rafael Hernández, another of Puerto Rico’s music legends, and Ithier picked up the guitar at a young age and later taught himself piano.
—Leila Cobo, Billboard, 8 Dec. 2025
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Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 10 Dec. 2025
With Eddie Perez now on lead guitar and Jerry Dale McFadden on keyboards, the Mavericks signed with Big Machine Label Group and surged.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2025
Beside him, a spotlight shined on a guitar that slowly became engulfed in smoke.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 8 Dec. 2025
His uncle, Salvador Ithier, played with Rafael Hernández, another of Puerto Rico’s music legends, and Ithier picked up the guitar at a young age and later taught himself piano.
—Leila Cobo, Billboard, 8 Dec. 2025
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“Guitar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guitar. Accessed 14 Dec. 2025.
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