Instruments
Solid-body instruments
- Some electric guitars
- Most bass guitars
- Electric upright bass
- A few electric mandolins
- Most electric violins
- Most electric sitars
- Most electric violas
- Electric cello
Solid-body instruments do not include:
- Semi-acoustic instruments.
- Electric pianos, even those with strings such as the electric grand piano.
- Pedal steel guitar.
Electric lap steel guitars without sounding boards are considered to be solid-body instruments by some authorities, and not by others. This has a major effect on some claims of historical priority, as they predate the first models of solid-body electric guitar, which may otherwise be claimed to be the first commercially successful solid-body instruments. While noting this, it will be assumed that electric lap steels without sounding boards are solid-body instruments for the purposes of this article.
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