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1500
Early guitar was created
- Probably descendant of other instruments
- Might have been made in medieval Spain
- 4 strings tuned to C-F-A-D
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Transition into Modern Guitars
- Antonio de Torres Jurado was a big influence on the evolution of guitars
- Flat backs and hourglass bodies came into the scene
- This was when tuning pegs arrived
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Modern Acoustic Guitars
- Flat tops arrived
- Steel strings were used instead of gut
- Picks were used more often, causing pickguards and influencing the style of music produced
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Electric guitars were invented
- George Beauchamp and Adolf Rickenbacker won the first patent
- Electric guitars were designed to be louder
- The solid-body electric emerged
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Modern Electric Guitars
- The electric guitar had finished evolving by the 1970s
- Players became more creative with the looks of their guitars
- Many types of electric guitars emerged since solid-body electrics don't depend on their shape to play