Five-string guitar or five-string may refer to:
Plucked Baroque guitar, c. 1600–1750 bass guitar, with five strings (also often with four or six strings) extended-range electric bass guitar, with five strings (also often with six or occasionally more strings) five-string banjo (also often with four or six strings) six-string guitar with one string removed, often the low "E", and retuned vihuela, from Spain, Portugal, or Italy c. 1450-1550 (also often with six courses of strings) Mexican vihuela, c. 1800–present, often played in mariachi groups
Bowed a five string violin, a modern version of a violin with an extra string (six and seven string electric violins also exist)
See also Guitar (disambiguation)