Guitar History - Vintage and Classic Guitar History Revealed
The history behind a guitar....Hmmmm...
Have you ever wondered if there's a legend behind each and
every guitar you see in stores today? What was the first guitar
ever made? Where is the origin of the guitar?
These are just some of the questions that ClassicGuitars
try to uncover. Here you can read about the history of the
electric guitar, acoustic guitar, barouque guitars, harps
and mandolins, classical guitar and the general origin
of the guitar.
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17th Century Guitars
This section features really old guitars, mostly from the
17th century. Today, these guitars can only be found in museums
and private collections. So don't hope of picking up one of
these anytime soon...
 Five
Course Guitars
Baroque
Guitar
60's Classic Guitars
Bigsby Double-necked
Electric
Fender
Stratocaster
Fender
Telecaster / Broadcaster / Nocaster
Fender
Precision Bass
Gibson
Les Paul
Gibson
Explorer & Flying V
Hofner
Violin Bass
Mosrite
Custom Electric
Rickenbacker
Electro Spanish
Modern Classic Guitars
This section features modern guitars with revolutionary
looks and / or cutting-edge technology.
Paul
Reed Smith Dragon
PRS Santana II
Eddie
Van Halen Kramer "Frankenstein"
Steinberger
Headless Bass
The
Yellow Cloud
Parker
Fly Deluxe
Six String Guitars
Here you can read about the history of many famous six string
guitars throughout history, including several 'artistic' custom
made six-string guitars .
Ovation
Adamas
The
Puppetteer
Martin D-45
Interdonati
000
The "Our Lady"
Selmer
/ Maccaferi
Gibson Super Jumbo
200
12 String Guitars
Rickenbacker
360-12
National
Glenwood 99
Bajo Sexto
Guitarron
Resonator Guitars
Resonator guitars are less well known today. These guitars usually
substitute a soundhole for a resonating metal piece inside the
body. Dobro
Resophonic
National
Triple Pesonator
Archtop Guitars
D'Aquisto
New Yorker Classic
D'Angelico
New Yorker
Stromberg Master
400
Gibson
L-5
Hollow Body Guitars
Hollow-body guitars, as opposed to solid body models like the
Les Paul, generally have a larger 'hollow' body, usually with
f-holes. Hollow-body guitars are used a lot in blues and jazz.
 Hoyer
Bianka
Gibson ES 335
Gretsch Chet Atkins
Gretsch
White Falcon
Spanish Guitars
This section features Spanish guitars and
/ or Spanish-influenced guitars.
The
Ramirez Spanish
Flamenco Guitar
Presentation Guitars
Sometimes also called parlor guitars, presentation guitars
usually have a smaller body size and are heavily decorated
with pearls and luxury items.
C.F.
Martin Presentation Guitar
Anthony Biehl and Lyon &
Healy
Harp Guitars
The
Pikasso
Orville Gibson
Joseph Bowman
Lyre guitar
Prairie State
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