Electric guitars vary a bit from jazz boxes to humbucking shredders, but electric is electric and there’s plenty of common parts. The things they have in common with their acoustic guitar counterpart is a body and neck. The rest is up to however you like it tricked out. Electric guitars have been around since the early-to-mid 20th century. Les Paul and Leo Fender introduced us to a revolutionary moment in the world of guitar and music in general. Where big body acoustic guitars and jazz boxes with “f” holes had been the norm, suddenly an electric pickup with copper and magnets gave the guitar a whole new purpose. Let’s look at the typical parts of an electric guitar.
