Most electric guitars up to this point were influenced heavily by acoustic guitar design, however acoustic guitar design was based as much on how the body shape influenced the tonal output and volume of the guitar as it was for comfort and aesthetics. This was an attempt to break from tradition and 'modernize' electric guitar design in response to the success of the Fender® Stratocaster®, first introduced in 1954, which although shared the same ‘figure 8’ stylings, was considered a departure from the more traditional guitar shapes that preceded it. the wider lower bout, narrow waist and upper bout consisting of a single-cutaway as per the Les Paul® and Telecaster® or the double-cutaway/horn shape of the legendary Stratocaster® and SG®.īut, back in 1958, Gibson®, in an attempt to change the game somewhat introduced the ‘modernist' series. These body shapes are more or less synonymous with the electric guitar and share some fairly obvious similarities e.g.
This same design was then leaned on heavily when the first acoustic steel string guitars were developed, and naturally when the first electric guitars began to appear in the 1930s. That being the rounded, figure 8 shape all guitars have evolved from overtime since Spanish Luthier Antonio Torres Jurado first standardized the shape of the classical guitar back in 1850. If you consider the most iconic electric guitar body shapes, for example, the Gibson® Les Paul® and SG® or the Fender® Stratocaster® and Telecaster®, all of these shapes tend to stick within a predictable design framework.
We’ll also discuss building your own DIY EXP style guitar, including timber, pickups, wiring, and finishing.
XPLORER GUITAR HOW TO
Interested in learning how to build your own EXP-style guitar? In the following article, we’re going to dive into the history of this legendary guitar and some of the artists that have played them.
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