The Guitar

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The Guitar

• From Sumeria to Psychedelia

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Stringed instrument, Sumeria, 2500 B.C.E.
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Hittite carving, 1500 B.C.E.
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Guittern, circa 1400 A.C.E.
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Five Course guitar, 1680
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Guitar by Antonio de Torres, circa 1862
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Christian Frederick Martin, steel-string guitar,
19th century
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Gibson L3, 1915
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Rickenbacker Electro Hawaiian, The Frying Pan,
1931
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The Les Paul Log, circa 1940
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Les Paul Gold Top, 1954
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Les Paul Flying V, 1958
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Eric Claptons Gibson SG, 1967
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Princes Yellow Cloud guitar, 1989
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Images Reference List

• Chapman, R. (1993). Antonio de Torres guitar.
  Retrieved June 27, 2004, from http//www.ilstu.ed
  u/jmscott/etude2/images/torres3.jpg
• Electric guitar, Yellow Cloud model. Retrieved
  June 27, 2004, from www.mfa.org/exhibitions/
  guitars/preview/24.htm
• Eric Claptons 1967 Gibson SG. Retrieved June
  27, 2004, from http//www.channel1.com/users/lspr
  ague/foolsg/psycsg.jpg
• Hilprecht, H. V. (1903). Playing herdsman on a
  terra-cotta plate from Nipper- circa 2500 BC.
  Retrieved June 27, 2004, from http//www.guitarsi
  te.com/
• Gibson Flying V. Retrieved June 27, 2004, from
• http//www.si.edu/lemelson/guitars/noframes/de03
  .htm
• Guittern" taken from "The Coronation of the
  Virgin" British Library, Arundel. Retrieved June
  27, 2004, from http//www.guitarsite.com/

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• Les Paul Log. Retrieved June 27, 2004, from
  http//www.si.edu/lemelson/guitars/noframes/eg08.
  htm
• Martin steel-string guitar. Retrieved June 27,
  2004, from http//www.si.edu/lemelson/guitars/nof
  rames/lg01.htm
• Peterson, R. (2004). 1915 Gibson L3. Retrieved
  June 27, 2004, from www.randysguitars.com/
  html/collection_2.html
• Peterson, R. (2004). 1954 Les Paul Gold Top.
  Retrieved June 27, 2004, from
  www.randysguitars.com/ html/collection_2.html
• Rickenbacker Electro Hawaiian. Retrieved June
  27, 2004, from http//www.si.edu/lemelson/guitars
  /noframes/eg02.htm
• Stekovics, J. Guitarre, 1680, detail. Retrieved
  June 27, 2004, from http//www.uni- leipzig.de/mus
  eum/musik/musik/exponat/mi/chordo/gezchord/lauteni
  n/gitarre/ nr.536/536d1.html
• The Gate Relief from Sendschirli. Retrieved June
  27, 2004, from http//www.guitarsite.com/