The guitar is probably the instrument with the most slang words, which gives it another layer of ‘cool’ in many people’s eyes. The ‘Axe’ – or ‘Ax’, depending on whom you ask – is possibly the most common slang word for a guitar.
Surprisingly, the term dates back to the mid-1950s when jazz musicians used it as a slang word for saxophone. Over time, it became a go-to term for the electric guitar.
Before the term, here is a set of elegant photos that shows women with their guitars from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
0 yorum:
Yorum Gönder