tar after a visit from Fernando Sor, one of the grates in early guitar, along with Matteo Carcassi, and Dionysio Aquado, all European guitarists who had a big effect on the technique of guitars today. The father of modern guitar is said to be Antonio de Torres Jurado who is known as a classical guitarist who modernized the guitar. He modernized the guitar by improving its tone, and increasing the sheer amount of sound that could be produced on it. This enabled guitarists to be heard in concert halls. The twentieth- century guitar came with the arrival of new non-Spanish guitars, and guitar makers. The new guitars were coming from Germany, Spain, England, and America. The new innovative design used better woods in the body, and neck. With a new kind of soundboard, and new features of volume, that was possible because of the new woods that were being used. Acoustic guitars were the new kind of guitars that revolutionized sounds, and style. These new acoustic guitars had a great sound with the new materials being used, and the sleeker design. New guitar companies started emerging in the early nineteen hundreds that perfected the making of acoustic guitars. Gibson, Martin, and National were some of the new guitar makers. Materials also were very important to the making of the guitar. The wood is probably the most important out of all. The wood has to be allowed to settle, which means that it has to loose most of its natural moisture. Many varieties of woods are used to make guitars from cedar to timber, each for a different tone. Acoustic guitars became the main focus in country, and folk music. One famous guitar player that used acoustic guitars was Roy Rogers, a southern county singer.Later, in the mid-nineteen hundreds the most revolutionary guitar ever came to be. The electric guitar; Solid-body guitars with tone, and volume control, pick-up selector switch, and pick-ups. Some of the first electric guitars were by Gibs...
