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The primary reason that everyone grabbed electric guitars was for amplification. Electric guitars could be electronically amplified, making the sound heard over the rest of the band, and offering the player a more controllable solution than placing a microphone on an acoustic guitar.

In the process of electrifying a guitar, blues players noticed something else that was different, too: Electric guitars sustained longer. The notes just seemed to hang on longer instead of dying away quickly, as they did on acoustic guitars and banjos before that. As a result of this increased sustain, electric guitars were able to produce more substantial vibrated notes, bent notes, and long notes that held their sound. Along with jazz players, blues players found they could now more closely emulate vocal and horn stylings. This change encouraged a more versatile approach to single-note, or lead, playing. Before the electric version, the guitar was largely a rhythm instrument, with some notable exceptions, such as the jazz playing of gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt.