About the Body of a Left Handed Guitar

Video Transcript

"In this segment I am going to discuss the body which is right here the solid part that is lying next to me, connected to the neck. Essentially the purpose of this is obviously is to help you play the guitar and have all these other components in here. There are different style bodies. This one would be referred to as a stretch style and what it is it just has the nice little smooth contours here and along the back. The side here where you can rest your arm, and it is a lot easier to play as oppose to if it was a straight and it is very comfortable and relaxing for your forearm. On this particular one, this is called a pick guard, and essentially what this does is help you from keeping scratch up the body and finish on the body of the guitar. Bodies come in several different colors and finishes. Some people have graphics paint on them like cartoon characters or comic book characters. This is just a standard cherry red finish. Many of them come in like black, blue, yellow, which ever colors you can think of."