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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Shape doesn’t affect sound in ELECTRIC guitars… there are some “tonewood” folks out there, but this has been tested and demonstrated false. In electric guitars, the pickups create a magnetic field that “pick up” the vibration of the strings. The sound is transmitted electronically to the amplifier. If there is ANY influence at all, it would be so incredibly minimal that you would not be able to audibly detect it.
In acoustic guitars this is vastly different where the density of the woods chosen and the shape of the guitar are what create the sound of the guitar.
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