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2000 BCE
first roots
The earliest stringed instruments known to archaeologists are bowl harps and tanburs. Since prehistory people have made bowl harps using tortoise shells and calabashes as resonators, with a bent stick for a neck and one or more gut or silk strings -
Invention of the Guitar
The guitar is considered a European-invented instrument that first appeared during the medieval period. The form of the modern classical guitar is credited to Spanish guitar maker Antonio Torres circa 1850 -
new instrument
At around the same time that Torres started making his breakthrough fan-braced guitars in Spain, German immigrants to the USA - among them - had begun making guitars with X-braced tops. -
steel strings
Steel strings for instruments were invented in 1900. -
electric guitar?
in 1910, Rickenbacker created the electric amplified guitar. -
electric comes to life
The electric guitar was born when pickups were added to Hawaiian and "jazz" guitars in the late 1920's, but met with little success before 1936, when Gibson introduced the ES150 model, which Charlie Christian made famous. -
solid bodys
With the advent of amplification it became possible to do away with the soundbox altogether. In the late 1930's and early 1940's several actors were experimenting along these lines, and controversy still exists as to whether Les Paul, Leo Fender, Paul Bigsby or O.W. Appleton constructed the very first solid-body guitar. Be that as it may, the solid-body electric guitar was here to stay. -
modern guitars
With an illustrious history dating back to 1946, Fender has touched and transformed music worldwide and in nearly every genre: rock ‘n’ roll, country and western, jazz, rhythm and blues and many others. Everyone from beginners and hobbyists to the world’s most acclaimed artists and performers have used Fender instruments and amps, in the process making the company not only a revered music industry name, but also a cultural icon -
modern guitars
Todays guitars are more advanced giving u any sound you can possibly imagine.
