  Some were black as these:   Who cares if some Moors were Black? The guitar wasn't a Moorish invention, it's origin was in ancient Rome hundreds of years before the Moors showed up in Spain, even the often unreliable wikipedia doesen't deny this. The modern guitar is descended straight from the Roman cithara, and also the Viking's 6 string lute. Cultures from all over the mid east and Asia had guitar like stringed instruments but the modern guitar has it's origins in Europe. Bada boom, bada bing. :cool: