The guitar is a musical apparatus with hoary roots that is used in a wide diversification of musical styles. It typically also-ran six strings, but four, seven, eight, ten, and twelve string guitars also exist.

The vihuela enjoyed only a short period of popularity as Fender Custom Guitars it was superseded by the guitar; the last surviving publication of music for the instrument appeared in 1576. It is not clear whether it represented a transitional form or was clearly a doodle that combined countenance of the Arabic oud and the European lute