Explore fun facts about the guitar, from its ancient origins to its place in outer space. The instrument's lineage is traced back over 3,000 years to a Hittite carving, evolving through various cultures to become the modern guitar. Learn about the birth of the electric guitar through two key innovations: the 1932 Rickenbacker, the first commercially successful model, which solved the problem of volume in big bands; and inventor Les Paul's famous "Log" prototype, a solid-body guitar he built from a fence post to eliminate feedback, paving the way for the iconic Gibson Les Paul.

Discover the world's largest playable guitar, a 43.5-foot-long instrument in Texas, and its microscopic counterpart, a 10-micrometer nano-guitar smaller than a blood cell. The guitar was also the first instrument played and recorded in space, thanks to astronaut Chris Hadfield's famous performance of "Space Oddity" aboard the International Space Station. Finally, the official Air Guitar World Championships, an annual event in Finland that proves you don't even need a guitar to feel the power of rock and roll.

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