The guitar is defined as: a string instrument (usually 6 strings) that is plucked or strummed with the fingers or a plectrum, normally having frets along the fingerboard. Most all jazz players today use an electic guitar not an acoustic guitar, which does not have integral electrical components. The two main kinds of electric guitar are the hollowbodied (electric-acoustic) and the solid-bodied.
The Banjo is a plucked string instrument witha long guitar-like neck that was used in both blues and ragitme ortinted jazz. Three are common in jazz: the five string in G or C, the four string tenor banjo and the six-string guitar banjo.
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Electric Guitar (solid body)
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