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The guitar is one of the most popular musical instruments in use today, and it spans a huge range of musical styles; rock music, country music and flamenco music all use the same instrument to create wildly different sounds. The guitar is an instrument that has been around since the 1500's, but it has undergone several big transformations during its history. The development of the electric guitar is the most obvious and most recent mutation, and it had a huge effect on the popularity of the guitar.

One great website that can provide a wider variety of guitars is Ibanez.com. There you can browse and search through all the Ibanez brand guitars.