Often depicted in carvings c. 800 AD, the Norse hero Gunther (also patent as Gunnar), played a lute with his toes as he lay http://www.jhguitars.com/ dying in a snake-pit, in the legend of Siegfried. By 1200 AD, the four string "guitar" had evolved into two types: the guitarra morisca (Moorish guitar) which had a rounded back, broad fingerboard and many soundholes, and the guitarra latina (Latin guitar) which resembled the new-fashioned guitar with individually soundhole and a narrower neck.
The electric bass guitar is akin in tuning to the traditional double bass viol. Hybrids of booby trap and electric guitars are also common
