Even today, almost two centuries after its invention, the flat top guitar continues to be the most popular form of acoustic guitar. It was developed by Christian Frederick Martin, a German-born American luthier who made his first guitar in the United States in the 1830s.
Martin created an X-rayed guitar body that was able to handle the extra stress generated by modern steel strings, which created too much strain for Spanish guitar-wearing Torres-style enthusiasts.
The tight steel strings also resulted in a different style of playing that used a pick. This fundamentally changed the type of music that could be made on steel-string instruments, and the precise, subtle melodies of classical guitar were replaced by brighter, chord-driven music.
The common use of picks for playing also led to the development of the pickguard, added below the sound hole on most flat top guitar models.
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