Cutaway guitar
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The cutaway guitar is a term for guitars with a section of material near the fretboard cut off towards the bridge, usually in the shape of a curve. This cut from the guitar reduces the weight of the guitar, allows easier access to the higher notes on the fretboard, and changes it's tone.
Many models of electric and acoustic guitars have been redone to feature cutaway or double cutaway bodies, and there have been guitars created exclusively cutaway. The most famous manfactured double cutaway guitar has been the Fender Stratocaster, and the most famous single cutaway the Gibson Les Paul.