noun
gut-string guitar; classical guitar
Refers to a guitar strung with gut or synthetic strings, typically a classical or flamenco guitar, as opposed to a steel-string acoustic.
彼はガットギターで優しい音色を奏でる。
He plays a gentle tone on his gut-string guitar.
Variant with a middle dot; less common in everyday writing.
Often used interchangeably, but クラシックギター specifically emphasizes the classical guitar as an instrument and its repertoire, while ガットギター highlights the string type.
A broader term for acoustic guitars; ガットギター is a subset with gut/nylon strings, whereas アコースティックギター often implies steel strings in popular music contexts.
Loanword from English 'gut guitar', referring to the traditional use of animal-gut strings.