Luthite

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title: "Luthite" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["electric-bass-guitars"] description: "Material used to construct the body of bass and electric guitars" topic_path: "general/electric-bass-guitars" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luthite" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Material used to construct the body of bass and electric guitars ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Cort_Curbow_bass_guitar_body_and_pickup.jpg" caption="Body of a Cort Curbow bass guitar from Luthite"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Cort_Curbow_bass_guitar_Luthite_body.jpg" caption="Luthite sticker on bass guitar body"] ::

Luthite is a lightweight synthetic material developed by the Westheimer Corporation (a United States-based importer of Cort Guitars) for the construction of bass guitar and electric guitar bodies. The term refers both to the composite material and to its forming process.

References

References

1. "Westheimer Corporation".

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