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The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots, used in a wide variety of musical styles, and it is also a solo classical instrument. It is most recognized as the primary instrument in blues, country, flamenco, rock music and many forms of pop.

The guitar usually has six strings, but four-, seven-, eight-, ten-, and Twelve string guitars also exist.

Guitars are made and repaired by luthiers. Traditional flamenco and gypsy guitars are played acoustically, but in contemporary music even "acoustic" nylon string flamenco-style guitars may have an inbuilt "pick-up" microphone, for ease of live stage performance, which sends a signal on to an amplifier, and usually allows for electronic manipulation of tone or for reverb and delay (echo) effects.