Electric guitar are the most popular solid body instrument. A solid-body instrument is a string instrument built without sound box. Relying on an electric pickup system to directly receive the vibrations of the strings.
Most electric guitar bodies construction are made of wood, and include a plastic pick guard. The wood is rarely one solid piece. Most bodies are made of two pieces of wood. The most common woods used for electric guitar body construction include maple, rosewood, ash, poplar, alder, korina, spruce, rosewood, ebony and mahogany.
Some woods are used more in constructing certain solid bodies more than others. For instance, mahogany, maple, alder, spruce, and rosewood are commonly used in constructing the parts of electric guitars and bass guitars. Most electric guitar bodies construction are made of wood, and include a plastic pick guard. The wood is rarely one solid piece. Most bodies are made of two pieces of wood. The most common woods used for electric guitar body construction include maple, rosewood, ash, poplar, alder, korina, spruce, rosewood, ebony and mahogany.
Solid body instruments have some of the same features as acoustic string instruments. Like a typical string instrument they have a tuner and a bridge and a fingerboard (or fretboard). Ebony, rosewood and maple are commonly used to make the fingerboard.