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An '''acoustic guitar''' is a [[musical instrument]] in the string family. When a string is plucked, its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, resonating through the air in the body, and producing sound from the sound hole.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.yamaha.com/en/musical_instrument_guide/acoustic_guitar/mechanism/|title = The Structure of the Acoustic Guitar：How a guitar makes sound - Musical Instrument Guide - Yamaha Corporation))</ref> While the original, general term for this stringed instrument is ''[[guitar]]'', the [[retronym]] 'acoustic guitar' – often used to indicate the [[Steel-string acoustic guitar|steel stringed]] model – distinguishes it from an [[electric guitar]], which relies on electronic amplification. Typically, a guitar's body is a [[sound box]], of which the top side serves as a [[Sound board (music)|sound board]] that enhances the vibration sounds of the strings. In [[Guitar tunings|standard tuning]] the guitar's six strings<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.yamaha.com/en/musical_instrument_guide/acoustic_guitar/mechanism/mechanism002.html|title = The Structure of the Acoustic Guitar：Six strings, each with a higher pitch - Musical Instrument Guide - Yamaha Corporation))</ref> are tuned (low to high) E<sub>2</sub> A<sub>2</sub> D<sub>3</sub> G<sub>3</sub> B<sub>3</sub> E<sub>4</sub>.

Guitar strings may be plucked individually with a [[Guitar pick|pick]] (plectrum) or fingertip, or [[Strumming|strummed]] to play [[Chord (music)|chords]]. Plucking a string causes it to vibrate at a fundamental [[Pitch (music)|pitch]] determined by the string's length, mass, and tension. ([[Overtone]]s are also present, closely related to [[harmonic]]s of the fundamental pitch.) The string causes the soundboard and the air enclosed by the sound box to vibrate. As these have their own resonances, they amplify some overtones more strongly than others, affecting the [[timbre]] of the resulting sound.

==History==
The guitar likely originated in Spain in the early 16th century, deriving from the [[guitarra latina]].<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/art/guitar|title = Guitar &#124; History, Types, & Facts| date=16 February 2024 ))</ref> [[Gittern]]s (small, plucked guitars), were the first small, guitar-like instruments created during the Spanish Middle Ages with a round back, like that of the [[lute]].<ref>((Cite web|title = Gittern|url = http://www.medieval-life-and-times.info/medieval-music/gittern.htm|website = www.medieval-life-and-times.info|access-date = October 7, 2015))</ref> Modern guitar-shaped instruments were not seen until the Renaissance era, when the body and size began to take a guitar-like shape.

[[File:Dusepo gittern.jpg|thumb|left|A reconstruction of a medieval [[gittern]], the first guitar-like instrument]]
The earliest string instruments related to the guitar and its structure were broadly known as vihuelas within Spanish musical culture. Vihuelas were string instruments that were commonly seen in the 16th century during the [[The Renaissance|Renaissance]]. Later, Spanish writers distinguished these instruments into two categories of vihuelas. The vihuela de arco was an instrument that mimicked the violin, and the vihuela de Penola was played with a [[plectrum]] or by hand. When it was played by hand it was known as the vihuela de mano. Vihuela de mano shared extreme similarities with the Renaissance guitar as it used hand movement at the sound hole or sound chamber of the instrument to create music.<ref>((Cite book|title = The Art and Times of the Guitar|last = Grunfeld|first = Frederic|publisher = Macmillan Company|year = 1971|location = New York City|pages = 61–63))</ref>

By 1790 only six-course vihuela guitars (six unison-tuned pairs of strings) were being created and had become the main type and model of guitar used in Spain. Most of the older 5-course guitars were still in use but were also being modified to a six-coursed acoustical guitar. Fernando Ferandiere's<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.tecla.com/authors/ferandiere.htm|title=Ferandiere, Fernando Archives - Tecla Editions|website=Tecla Editions))</ref> book ''Arte de tocar la Guitarra Española por Música'' (Madrid, 1799) describes the standard Spanish guitar from his time as an instrument with seventeen frets and six courses with the first two 'gut' strings tuned in unison called the ''terceras'' and the tuning named to 'G' of the two strings. The acoustic guitar at this time began to take the shape familiar in the modern acoustic guitar. The coursed pairs of strings eventually became less common in favor of single strings.<ref>((Cite book|title = The Guitar and its Music|url = https://archive.org/details/guitaritsmusicfr00tyle|url-access = limited|last = Tyler|first = James|publisher = [[Oxford University Press]]|year = 2002|isbn = 978-0-19-921477-8|location = United Kingdom|pages = [https://archive.org/details/guitaritsmusicfr00tyle/page/n255 229]–231))</ref>

Around 1850, the form and structure of the modern guitar was established by Spanish guitar maker [[Antonio Torres Jurado]] who increased the size of the guitar body, altered its proportions, and made use of fan bracing, which first appeared in guitars made by Francisco Sanguino in the late 18th century. The bracing pattern, which refers to the internal pattern of wood reinforcements used to secure the guitar's top and back to prevent the instrument from collapsing under tension,<ref>((cite book |last1=Mottola |first1=R.M. |title=Mottola's Cyclopedic Dictionary of Lutherie Terms |date=1 January 2020 |publisher=LiutaioMottola.com |isbn=978-1-7341256-0-3 |page=23 |url=https://www.liutaiomottola.com/books/dictionary.htm |ref=Mottola's Cyclopedic Dictionary of Lutherie Terms))</ref> is an important factor in how the guitar sounds. Torres' design greatly improved the volume, tone, and projection of the instrument, and it has remained essentially unchanged since.

== Acoustic properties ==
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The acoustic guitar's soundboard, or top, also has a strong effect on the loudness of the guitar. Woods that are good at transmitting sound, like spruce, are commonly used for the soundboard.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/211.web.stuff/billington/body.html|title=The Physics of the Acoustic Guitar - Body|access-date=September 27, 2017))</ref> No [[Amplifier|amplification]] occurs in this process, because musicians add no external energy to increase the [[loudness]] of the sound (as would be the case with an electronic amplifier). All the energy is provided by the plucking of the string. Without a soundboard, however, the string would just "cut" through the air without moving it much. The soundboard increases the surface of the vibrating area in a process called [[Impedance matching#Mechanics|mechanical impedance matching]]. The soundboard can move the air much more easily than the string alone, because it is large and flat. This increases the entire system's energy transfer efficiency, and musicians emit a much louder sound.
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In addition, the acoustic guitar has a hollow body, and an additional coupling and resonance effect increases the efficiency of energy transmission in lower frequencies. The air in a guitar's cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and soundboard. At low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a [[Helmholtz resonance|Helmholtz resonator]], increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound again depending on whether the air in the box moves in phase or out of phase with the strings. When in phase, the sound increases by about 3 decibels. In opposing phase, it decreases about 3 decibels.<ref>((cite web|title=Helmholtz Resonance|url=http://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/Helmholtz.html|publisher=newt.phys.unsw.edu.au|access-date=August 31, 2015))</ref> As a Helmholtz resonator, the air at the opening is vibrating in or out of phase with the air in the box and in or out of phase with the strings. These resonance interactions attenuate or amplify the sound at different frequencies, boosting or damping various harmonic tones. Ultimately, the cavity air vibrations couple to the outside air through the sound hole,<ref>((cite web|title=How does a guitar work?|url=http://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/music/guitar/guitarintro.html|publisher=newt.phys.unsw.edu.au|access-date=August 11, 2015))</ref> though some((Which|date=March 2014)) variants of the acoustic guitar omit this hole, or have <math>f</math> holes, like a [[violin family]] instrument (a trait found in some [[electric guitar]]s such as the [[Gibson ES-335|ES-335]] and [[Gibson ES-175|ES-175]] models from Gibson). This coupling is most efficient because here the impedance matching is perfect: it is air pushing air.

A guitar has several sound coupling modes: string to soundboard, soundboard to cavity air, and both soundboard and cavity air to outside air. The back of the guitar also vibrates to some degree, driven by air in the cavity and mechanical coupling to the rest of the guitar. The guitar—as an acoustic system—colors the sound by the way it generates and emphasizes harmonics, and how it couples this energy to the surrounding air (which ultimately is what we perceive as loudness). Improved coupling, however, comes costing decay time, since the string's energy is more efficiently transmitted. Solid body electric guitars (with no soundboard at all) produce very low volume, but tend to have long sustain.

All these complex air coupling interactions, and the resonant properties of the panels themselves, are a key reason that different guitars have different tonal qualities. The sound is a complex mixture of [[harmonics]] that give the guitar its distinctive sound.

== Amplification ==
((Main|Acoustic-electric guitar))
[[File:Ovation acoustic guitar.jpg|thumb|120px|An Ovation Celebrity with sound hole caps (similar to [[Ovation Guitar Company#Ovation Adamas|Ovation Adamas]]<ref>((harvtxt|Carter|1996|p=127))</ref>), whose parabolic shape reduces feedback]]
Classical gut-string guitars lacked adequate projection, and were unable to displace [[banjo]]s until innovations introduced helped to increase their volume. Two important innovations were introduced by [[United States]] firm [[C. F. Martin & Company|C.F. Martin]]: steel strings and the increasing of the guitar top area; the popularity of Martin's larger "[[dreadnought (guitar type)|dreadnought]]" body size among acoustic performers is related to the greater sound volume produced. These innovations allowed guitars to compete with and often displace the banjos that had previously dominated jazz bands. The steel-strings increased tension on the neck; for stability, Martin reinforced the neck with a steel [[truss rod]], which became standard in later steel-string guitars.<ref name="DenyerMartin">((harvtxt|Denyer|1992|pages=44–45))</ref>

[[File:Pattern on Acoustic Guitar.JPG|thumb|left|180px|Many acoustic guitars incorporate [[rosette (design)|rosettes]] around the sound hole]]
An acoustic guitar can be amplified by using various types of pickups or microphones. However, amplification of acoustic guitars had many problems with [[audio feedback]]. In the 1960s, [[Ovation Guitar Company|Ovation]]'s parabolic bowls dramatically reduced feedback, allowing greater amplification of acoustic guitars.<ref name="DenyerOvation">((harvtxt|Denyer|1992|p=48))</ref> In the 1970s, Ovation developed thinner sound-boards with carbon-based composites laminating a thin layer of birch, in its Adamas model, which has been viewed as one of the most radical designs in the history of acoustic guitars. The Adamas model dissipated the sound-hole of the traditional soundboard among 22 small sound-holes in the upper chamber of the guitar, yielding greater volume and further reducing feedback during amplification.<ref name="DenyerOvation"/> Another method for reducing feedback is to fit a rubber or plastic disc into the sound hole.

The most common types of pickups used for acoustic guitar amplification are piezo and magnetic pickups. [[Piezo pickup]]s are generally mounted under the bridge saddle of the acoustic guitar and can be plugged into a mixer or amplifier. A Piezo pickup made by Baldwin was incorporated in the body of Ovation guitars, rather than attached by drilling through the body;<ref>((harvtxt|Carter|1996|pp=48–52))</ref> the combination of the Piezo pickup and parabolic ("roundback") body helped Ovation succeed in the market during the 1970s.<ref name="DenyerOvation"/>

[[Magnetic pickup]]s on acoustic guitars are generally mounted in the sound hole, and are similar to those in electric guitars. An acoustic guitar with pickups for electrical amplification is called an [[acoustic-electric guitar]].

In the 2000s, manufacturers introduced new types of pickups to try to amplify the full sound of these instruments. This includes body sensors, and systems that include an internal microphone along with body sensors or under-the-saddle pickups.

== Types ==
[[File:Acoustic guitars in store 20180625.jpg|thumb|340px|A selection of acoustic guitars in a store, including [[Steel-string acoustic guitar|steel-string]] and [[Classical guitar|classical]] type instruments]]
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Historical and modern acoustic guitars are extremely varied in their design and construction. Some of the most important varieties are the [[classical guitar]] (Spanish Guitar/Nylon-stringed), [[steel-string acoustic guitar]] and [[Colombian tiple]].
*'''Nylon/gut stringed guitars''':
**[[Vihuela]]
**[[Gittern]]
**[[Charango]]
**[[Cuatro (instrument)|Cuatro]]
**[[Ukulele]]
**[[Baroque guitar]]
**[[Romantic guitar]]
**[[Classical guitar]], the modern version of the original guitar, including [[Classical guitar with additional strings|additional strings]] models:
***[[Seven-string guitar|Seven-string]]
***[[Eight-string guitar|Eight-string]]
***[[Nine-string guitar|Nine-string]]
***[[Ten-string guitar|Ten-string]]
***[[Eleven-string guitar|Eleven-string]]
***[[Thirteen-string guitar|Thirteen-string]]
**[[Flamenco guitar]]
**[[Lute]]
*'''Steel stringed guitars''':
**[[Steel-string acoustic guitar]], also known as western, folk or country guitar, including the [[Twelve-string guitar|twelve-string]] model
**[[Colombian tiple]]
**[[Resonator guitar]] (such as the ''[[Dobro]]'')
**[[Archtop guitar]]
**[[Selmer guitar|Selmer/Maccaferri (Manouche) guitar]]
**[[Battente guitar]]
**[[Lap steel guitar]]
**[[Slide guitar#Lap slide guitar|Lap slide guitar]]
**[[Parlor guitar]]
**[[Lyre-guitar]]
*'''Other variants''':
**[[Harp guitar]]
**[[Pikasso guitar]] (a variant of harp guitar)
**[[Contraguitar]] (Viennese variant of harp guitar)
**[[Acoustic bass guitar]]
**[[Banjo guitar]]

=== Body shape ===
[[File:Body_Shape_Guitars.jpg|thumb|right|340px|Common guitar body shapes: A. Range – B. Parlor – C. Grand Concert – D. Auditorium – E. Dreadnought – F. Jumbo]]
Common body shapes for modern acoustic guitars, from smallest to largest:

'''Range''' – The smallest common body shape, sometimes called a ''mini jumbo'', is three-quarters the size of a jumbo-shaped guitar. A range shape typically has a rounded back to improve projection for the smaller body. The smaller body and scale length make the range guitar an option for players who struggle with larger body guitars.

'''Parlor''' – [[Parlor guitar]]s have small compact bodies and have been described as "punchy" sounding with a delicate tone.<ref>((Cite web|title = Parlor Pickin': The 2015 Guide to Buying a Parlor Guitar|url = http://acousticguitar.com/parlor-pickin-the-2015-guide-to-buying-a-parlor-guitar/|website = Acoustic Guitar| date=5 May 2015 |access-date = February 16, 2016))</ref> It normally has 12 open frets. The smaller body makes the parlor a more comfortable option for players who find large body guitars uncomfortable.

'''Grand Concert''' – This mid-sized body shape is not as deep as other full-size guitars, but has a full waist. Because of the smaller body, grand concert guitars have a more controlled overtone and are often used for their sound projection when recording.

'''Auditorium''' – Similar in dimensions to the [[Dreadnought (guitar type)|dreadnought]] body shape, but with a much more pronounced waist. This general body shape is also sometimes referred to as an "Orchestra" style guitar depending on the manufacturer.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.guitarlobby.com/types-of-acoustic-guitars/|title=9 Types of Acoustic Guitars (Most Common Styles)|website=Guitarlobby.com|date=15 August 2020|access-date=18 April 2021))</ref> The shifting of the waist provides different tones to stand out. The auditorium body shape is a newer body when compared to the other shapes such as dreadnought.

'''[[Dreadnought (guitar type)|Dreadnought]]''' – This is the classic guitar body shape. The style was designed by [[Martin Guitars]] to produce a deeper sound than "classic"-style guitars, with very resonant bass. The body is large and the waist of the guitar is not as pronounced as the auditorium and grand concert bodies. There are many Dreadnought variants produced, one of the most notable being the Gibson J-45.

'''Jumbo''' – The largest standard guitar body shape found on acoustic guitars. Jumbo is bigger than an Auditorium but similarly proportioned, and is generally designed to provide a deep tone similar to a dreadnought's. It was designed by Gibson to compete with the dreadnought, but with maximum resonant space for greater volume and sustain. The foremost example of the style is the [[Gibson J-200]], but like the dreadnought, most guitar manufacturers have at least one jumbo model.

== Playing techniques ==
The acoustic guitar is played in a variety of different genres and musical styles, with each featuring different playing techniques. Some of the most commonly used techniques are:

=== Strumming ===
((main|Strum))
Strumming involves a rhythmic upward and downward motion of the picking hand (right if playing a right-handed guitar; left if playing a left-handed guitar) across the [[String (music)|strings]], while the opposite ("fretting") hand is in [[Chord (music)|chord]] formation. This can be done with or without a [[guitar pick]], depending on if the guitarist wants a crisp or more dull and blended sound, respectively. There are many common strumming patterns, which are played based on the specific [[time signature]] of a given song.<ref>((Cite journal |last=Krout |first=R. |date=1999-01-01 |title=Contemporary Guitar Applications |url=https://academic.oup.com/mtp/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/mtp/17.1.6 |journal=Music Therapy Perspectives |language=en |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=6–7 |doi=10.1093/mtp/17.1.6 |issn=0734-6875))</ref> Simple [[Beat music|on-beat]] strumming is typically the first and least complex technique that guitarists learn. Guitarists can also alternate patterns or emphasize strums on specific beats to add rhythm, character, and unique style to a song.<ref>((Cite book |last=Shipton |first=Russ |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yHbHDgAAQBAJ&dq=guitar+strumming+pattern&pg=PA3 |title=The Complete Guitar Player: Book 1 |date=2012-10-23 |publisher=Wise Publications |isbn=978-0-85712-961-1 |language=en))</ref> An example of a song featuring the strum technique is "[[Free Fallin']]" by [[Tom Petty]], where you hear full open chord strums. 

=== Fingerstyle ===
((main|Fingerstyle guitar))
Fingerstyle, also known as fingerpicking, involves a patterned plucking of the strings with the picking hand. This technique focuses on playing specific notes in a [[Melody|melodic]] pattern, rather than full chord strums. Guitarists use their thumb, index, middle, and ring fingers, which are notated as "p" (as in pulgar), "i" (as in indice), "m" (as in medio), and "a" (as in anular), respectively, based on the Spanish language.<ref>((Cite book |last=Manzi |first=Lou |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BTV0xDisMJEC&dq=guitar+fingerpicking&pg=PA3 |title=Fingerpicking Pattern Encyclopedia (Book & CD) |date=July 2000 |publisher=Alfred Music Publishing |isbn=978-0-7390-1092-1 |language=en))</ref> This "PIMA" acronym in sheet music or tabs tells guitarists which picking hand finger to pluck a string with in a given picking pattern.<ref>((Cite web |title=What is PIMA? |url=https://www.fender.com/articles/techniques/what-is-pima |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=www.fender.com |language=en-US))</ref> When strings are plucked downward, this technique produces a clear and articulate sound that adds movement and melody to a song. A variation of fingerstyle is "percussive fingerstyle," where guitarists combine traditional fingerstyle with rhythmic taps or hits on the body of the guitar to imitate a [[Percussion instrument|percussion]] sound.<ref>((Cite book |last1=Martelloni |first1=Andrea |last2=McPherson |first2=Andrew |last3=Barthet |first3=Mathieu |title=Nime 2021 |date=2021-06-01 |chapter=Guitar augmentation for Percussive Fingerstyle: Combining self-reflexive practice and user-centred design |chapter-url=https://nime.pubpub.org/pub/zgj85mzv |publisher=PubPub |doi=10.21428/92fbeb44.2f6db6e6))</ref> An example of a song featuring the fingerstyle technique is "[[Landslide (Fleetwood Mac song)|Landslide]]" by [[Fleetwood Mac]], where you hear plucked moving notes rather than full strums. 

==== Slide ====
((main|Slide guitar))
Slide guitar is a common technique that can be played on acoustic, steel acoustic, and/or electric guitars. It is primarily used in the blues, rock, and country genres.<ref>((Cite book |last=Roth |first=Arlen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i5bIDgAAQBAJ&dq=slide+guitar&pg=PT3 |title=Traditional, Country and Electric Slide Guitar |date=1975-06-01 |publisher=Oak Publications |isbn=978-1-78323-493-6 |language=en))</ref> When playing with this technique, guitarists wear a small metal, glass, or plastic tube on one of their fretting hand fingers and slide it across the [[Fingerboard|fretboard]] rather than pressing firmly on singular [[fret]]s.<ref>((Cite journal |last1=Pakarinen |first1=Jyri |last2=Puputti |first2=Tapio |last3=Välimäki |first3=Vesa |date=September 2008 |title=Virtual Slide Guitar |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/comj.2008.32.3.42 |journal=Computer Music Journal |volume=32 |issue=3 |pages=42–54 |doi=10.1162/comj.2008.32.3.42 |s2cid=17362752 |issn=0148-9267))</ref> The picking hand either strums or plucks as normal. This produces a smooth and blended transition between notes and chords, called [[glissando]].<ref>((Cite journal |last=Troutman |first=John W. |date=2013 |title=Steelin' the Slide: Hawai'i and the Birth of the Blues Guitar |url=http://muse.jhu.edu/content/crossref/journals/southern_cultures/v019/19.1.troutman.html |journal=Southern Cultures |language=en |volume=19 |issue=1 |pages=26–52 |doi=10.1353/scu.2013.0003 |s2cid=143900953 |issn=1534-1488))</ref> An example of a song featuring the slide technique is "[[For Emma, Forever Ago]]" by [[Bon Iver]], where you can hear a seamless sliding melody over the song. 

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Wartburg-Laute.JPG|[[Gittern]] (1450)
File:Lute (by Princess Ruto, 2013-02-11).jpg|[[Lute]] (17th century)
File:Jean-Nicolas Grobert - Early Romantic Guitar, Paris around 1830.jpg|[[Romantic guitar]] (c. 1830)
File:GuitareClassique5.png|[[Classical guitar]]
File:JME ten string guitar.jpg|[[Ten-string guitar|10-string guitar]]
File:Gibson SJ200.jpg|[[Steel-string acoustic guitar]]
File:Resonator Style0.jpg|[[Resonator guitar]]
File:Chitarra battente (2).jpg|[[Chitarra battente]]
File:Guitarra-lira.jpg|[[Lyre-guitar]]
File:Pikasso Guitar (lowres).jpg|[[Linda Manzer|Pikasso]]
File:Lapstyle.jpg|[[Steel guitar]] (c. 1920)
File:Guitare harpe.jpg|[[Harp guitar]]
File:Vihuela Mexicana 001.JPG|[[Mexican vihuela]]
File:12 string Yamaha acoustic guitar.jpg|[[Twelve-string guitar|12-string guitar]]
File:Martin B65E.JPG|[[Acoustic bass guitar]]
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== See also ==
* [[List of acoustic guitar brands]]

== References ==
((Reflist))

== Further reading ==
* ((cite book|last=Carter|first=Walter|year=1996|title=The history of the Ovation guitar|editor-first=Jon|editor-last=Eiche|publisher=[[Hal&nbsp;Leonard Corporation]]|series=Musical Instruments Series|location=Milwaukee, Wisconsin|edition=first|pages=1–128|isbn=978-0-7935-5876-6|id=HL00330187; ((ISBN|978-0-7935-5876-6)); ((ISBN|0-7935-5876-X)) (softcover); ((ISBN|0-7935-5948-0)) (hardcover)<!-- Hal Leonard -->))
* ((Cite book
 |title = The guitar handbook
 |first = Ralph
 |last = Denyer
 |others = Special contributors [[Isaac&nbsp;Guillory]] and <!-- NOT [[Alastair Crawford]] -->Alastair&nbsp;M.&nbsp;Crawford; Foreword by [[Robert&nbsp;Fripp]]
 |isbn = 0-330-32750-X
 |location = London and Sydney
 |publisher = Pan Books
 |edition = Fully revised and updated
 |year = 1992
))
* ((cite book
 |last = Mottola
 |first = R.M.
 |title = Building the Steel String Acoustic Guitar
 |date = 20 October 2021
 |publisher = Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp
 |url = https://liutaiomottola.com/books/steel.htm
 |isbn = 978-1-7341256-1-0
))

== External links ==
* ((Commons category-inline|Acoustic guitars))

((Guitars|Type))
((Authority control))

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[[Category:Rhythm section]]

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