clipped from: acousticguitarinformation.com For many centuries now, people have been playing guitars in all kinds of shapes and sizes and acoustic guitars were the first ones to be played. However, over time, the shape of this type of guitar has changed greatly and below we take a brief look at the acoustic guitar history.
As you will soon discover the acoustic guitar is in fact a descendent of the classical guitar that has been around for over 100 years in the form that we know today. However, the main difference one will immediately see between these two types of guitars is that one is strung using nylon strings whilst the other uses steel ones. It is the acoustic guitar that in fact is strung using steel strings and it is these, which provide a much brighter and louder sound than the classical one. This is probably the reason why so many people who play folk or blues music on a guitar prefer to use this type.