Other early guitars were made by stringing wires across clay pots, strings between bowls, or even made from melons. But the guitar as we know it didn't take its current shape until it reached Europe. There it took the shape of a woman: softly rounded shoulders that flow smoothly into a thinner waist and then to another gently rounded curve at the bottom. The allusion of the guitar being shaped like a woman appears often in history. This is not surprising as the female body was so widely celebrated. The Spanish saying, "La mujuer y la guitara, para usarlas hay que templarias'" or," to use a woman or a guitar, one must know how to tune them," is a fine example of the ties between women and the guitar.