So electric guitars use pickups to “pickup” vibration of strings to determine the sound. How does the body of the guitar play a role there? Moreover, how does the type of material the body is made of play a role?
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The shape and the material of the body affects how the body vibrates, and that affects how the strings ressonate (because they are attached to the body+neck), and the pickups also vibrate with the body.
If you record the sound of the exact same build of a guitar, but a body with different type of wood, and check the frequency spectrum, you’ll visualize the diifference.
HOWEVER
That difference is not audible. Whoever tells you otherwise, is either trying to sell guitars for absurd prices (I’m looking at you, PRS), or is the kind of person who listens with their eyes (and is trying to justify spending thousands of dollars in a single guitar).
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