By Matt Eaton Intro to Engineering and Design Blue 1 The Tanbur The earliest form of guitar was the tanbur The body was a tortoise shell and the strings were made from animal guts The earliest form of guitar was the tanbur The body was a tortoise shell and the strings were made from animal guts Renaissance Guitars 4 course or 5 course 8 or 10 strings The size of a ukulele Classical Guitars Almost the same as modern acoustic Same size and tuning used today Easier to play than earlier guitars Electric Guitars The inventor of the electric guitar was Adolph Rickenbacker. Rickenbacker and two of his friends invented pickups The three men formed Electro Strings The Use of Guitars Music Weapons Scenery Timeline Resources Wikipedia.com Guyguitars.com History-of-rock.com Google.com/images