When was acoustic guitar invented?

Answer 1

The guitar in something resembling its modern form with a compact, waisted body, six single strings and a neck with metal frets dates back to about 1790. Earlier Guitars had a longer, less waisted body, five pairs of strings and frets consisting of gut threads tied to the neck.

The modern Spanish or "classical" guitar owes its design almost entirely to Antonio de Torres Jurado's late 19th-century instruments.

In North America, further development took place during the next 30 or so years, primarily by C.F. Martin and Orville Gibson, resulting in the earliest steel-stung guitars by the turn of the 20th century. These reached their two modern forms (flat-top and archtop) by about 1920.

The major innovations in acoustic guitars since then have been electric amplification (Lloyd Loar, 1920s), use of synthetic materials for guitar bodies (Mario Maccaferri, 1950s and Charles Kaman, Ovation, 1965), and bronze strings (D'Addario, 1974).

Answer 2

It is not exactly known who created the first acoustic guitar, but historians have speculated that an Italian named Gaetano Vinaccia was the one who created the first acoustic guitar in the year 1779. Spain's Antonia Torres Jurado is credited as the creator of the first classical guitar.

For steel string acoustic guitar, credit can be given to Christian Fredrick Martin (founder of C.F. Martin guitar co). Born in Germany in 1796 he was a cabinet maker by trade. He trained under Johan Stauffer a famous guitar maker of that day.

C.F. Martin migrated to the United States and established C.F. Martin guitars here in 1833 in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. They invented the X-bracing system and the steel string guitar in the early 1900's. To this day, C.F. Martin remains a private, family owned business (current CEO, C.F. Martin IV) and their steel string guitars are regarded by many to be the best manufactured guitars in the world

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Answer 3

It partially depends on your definition of a guitar. I personally would say it's a stringed instrument with a fretted neck, a waisted body, and a single sound hole - something that looks like a guitar, even if the number and tuning of strings might differ.

Given that definition, the earliest guitars were called vihuelas, and are depicted in art from at least 1510, perhaps earlier.

The oldest existing guitar (that I know of) is attributed to Belchior Diaz, a Portuguese builder who probably made the instrument around 1590. It has ten strings arranged in five courses. The modern tuning and standard arrangement of six strings was common by the late 1700's.

Answer 4

In Italy, in the sixteenth century. The instruments had a beautiful tone, but were as fragile as potato chips and you had to be within four feet of them to hear anything. It was a mater of slow development from there. C. F. Martin was the prime mover from that point on.

Answer 5

i know there were guitars back in the 1700s.

Answer 6

maddy rojahn the guitar inventer.

Answer 7

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