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GALLERY: Guitar Heroes - Legendary Craftsmen from Italy to New York

Guitars from D’Angelico, D’Aquisto, Monteleone, and Italian craftsmen featured in The New York Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Guitar Heroes Exhibit. Photos courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

"This guitar is thought to have originated in Naples, Italy, and features a spruce top with ebony back and ivory and tortoiseshell inlay. It is an early example of a 6-string guitar, but is decorated in a style of much older instruments."