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Question:It looks sort of like an acoustic, but my sister says its plugged in.

Here's a video:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-XJ4qi-PeMs


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: It looks sort of like an acoustic, but my sister says its plugged in.

Here's a video:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-XJ4qi-PeMs

Can't tell what brand it is but its an acoustic-electric (IOW, an acoustic with a built-in piezo-electric pickup). Its also a tenor guitar, meaning its only got 4 strings not 6 -- the 4 strings are tuned like the 4 highest strings of a regular 6-string guitar.

I read an article about her several months back in The Fretboard Journal magazine -- she's known for playing tenor guitar rather than a regular 6-string, and apparently she owns quite a few of them, both acoustic and electric models.