• Modern dimensions of the classical instrument were established by Antonio Torres Jurado (1817-1892), working in Seville in the 1850s

• Torres and Louis Panormo of London (active 1820s-1840s) were both responsible for demonstrating the superiority of fan strutting over transverse table bracing.

The electric guitar is used extensively in jazz, blues, and mass and roll, and was commercialized by Gibson in collaboration with Les Paul, Electric Guitar and independently by Leo Fender of Fender Music. The lower fretboard commotion (the height of the strings from the fingerboard) and its electrical amplification lend the electric guitar to some techniques which are less frequently accustomed on audio guitars