Why do we associate reverby electric guitar with the ocean?
c.f. surf music and spongebob's sound cues
Did our ancestors find God playing the electric guitar standing next to the ocean or something?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surf_music
Seems like your question contains the answer that you seek
Also see Hawaiian slack-key for a super unique and culturally rich style
So you're saying that we associate the surf music sound with ocean because musicians decided to put surfing lyrics on that sound for whatever reason?
by reverb-heavy electric guitars played to evoke the sound of crashing waves
The question I'm asking is why these sounds evoke waves. I don't see the resemblance.