THE GUITAR is the world's most widely used musical instrument, but how did that happen? This is the story from the first acoustic guitars to today's electric guitars and digital guitar solutions. Get the answers to why the number of strings, the shape and the size have changed. And what happened when power was applied to the guitar! Meet the greatest guitar legends, read about Gibson, Fender and battered and beautiful guitars at auction - and get an insight into the art of building a guitar, even sustainably. Added a lot of pictures and anecdotes from the multi-stringed world of the guitar. A perfect gift for any guitar lover. Editorial reviews “A thoroughly exciting book that anyone with even the slightest interest in the guitar as an instrument will find fascinating ...” — Danish Library Association “Jakob Bondo Schultz has written a book that should be part of the canon for every guitar enthusiast” — Kulturinformation “This book should be on every guitar lover’s bedside table” — Jesper Sivebæk, associate professor of guitar at the Royal Danish Academy of Music About the author Jakob Bondo Schultz is a luthier and guitarist. He learned to build the instrument from the renowned American luthier and instrument maker Irving Sloane when they both lived in Brussels in Belgium around 1980. Today Jakob works as a professional luthier in Denmark. He builds classical, steel string acoustic as well as electric guitars. In addition to building guitars, Jakob plays the Spanish guitar in the acoustic guitar duo Bondo & Claxton.