When you enter the introductory gallery, you will see photos of guitar imagery, from the Renaissance to today's rock stars. We also have videos running, showing guitarists in action and capturing the culture of guitars, and an audio guide. The last room, which is mostly electric guitars, will have a large projection screen showing classic guitar moments from the last 50 years - from Jimi Hendrix lighting his guitar on fire to Les Paul burning up the fingerboard to Metallica to Dick Dale. So people will walk out with a sense of astonishment, at how many different styles and sounds and designs have come from the guitar. The guitar has been with us for 400 years and it's been loved and cherished, and the shape and look continues to change.
Guitars are right on the heels of whatever fashion trend is happening at the time.
Everyone at court wanted to learn, and God alone can imagine the universal scraping and plucking that ensued. On the contrary, when she is touched and played by a master hand, she will produce ever-new blossoms whose fragrant sonorities will please the ear. The guitar and the dog, in order not to be separated from man, have submitted themselves with resignation to the worst alterations of size and appearance. A different guitar will have different strengths and weaknesses. If you learn how different guitars want to be touched, you have a wider repertoire of tonal technique on all guitars.