“Technically, I’m not a guitar player, all I play is truth and emotion.” – Jimi Hendrix

Who are we to contradict with this truth. Guitars have been ruling the world for as long as we can remember. Be it acoustic or electric, guitars are the musician’s go to instrument- be it for composition or to impress a girl.

As for films, there’s hardly a film to exist where guitars have not been used to create the aesthetics sonically. The electric guitar is primarily utilized for genres like rock, blues, jazz, and pop music. But that’s just the beginning of what magic they do. Electric guitars have experienced dramatic changes in design, technology, and use over the years. Each era’s new models and variations expanded the instrument’s musical possibilities, demonstrating ingenuity. Every new development, from dual-coil humbucker pickups to the newest digital effects processors, has increased the electric guitar’s musical versatility.

The range of an electric guitar is only limited by the musician’s creativity. It may whisper in a gentle jazz ballad, scream during a frantic rock solo, and throb with the synthetic heartbeat of electronica.