solid-body

No hollow resonance

Solid-body describes an electric guitar or bass whose body is a solid piece of wood rather than hollow.

Unlike acoustic or semi-hollow instruments, solid-body guitars produce almost no sound without amplification, but they resist feedback at high volumes: a solid-body Fender Stratocaster, He switched from acoustic to solid-body for the louder venues.

guitars

electric

Powered by current

pickup · humbucker · fretboard · sustain · mahogany · maple · alder · bolt-on · bridge · tremolo

construction

unibody

Integrated structural shell

compact · sturdy · heavyweight · durable · seamless · one-piece · integral · mass · structural · reinforced

Opposites
guitar/instrument construction

solid-bodysemi-hollow

Having internal cavities

archtop · acoustic · chambered · resonator · acoustic-electric

acoustic resonance

solid-bodyhollow

Empty within

resonant · acoustic · chambered · semi-acoustic

Family

solid, body, solids, solidly, solidify, solidified, solidifying, solidification, solidarity

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G