The battered acoustic guitar around his neck belonged to his son, the rock musician Bobby Bare Jr.

One man was still singing softly, curled over a battered guitar.

A mop-headed youth holding a battered guitar patted him on the shoulder.

So you're an aspiring country singer, arriving in downtown Nashville after days of hitchhiking, with nothing but your battered guitar on your back.

On the other end of the porch, Clerve struggled with a battered guitar and an old song.

He played a battered guitar, then talked of life.

Three young men with a battered guitar, mandolin, and a worn-out bass took the stage.

A battered acoustic guitar strung with nylon.

Other band members clap and shout; their boss hammers away on a battered acoustic guitar.

He looked into another corner of the small red room and in the shadow saw a battered guitar propped against the wall.