SO, Are Guitars Vegan or Not? even Electric? SEE HERE!

Guitars are mainly produced vegan; they are built to some extent, and for some parts, with animal-focused materials. But it is made of animal origin, the animal-produced parts are sometimes the guitar nuts, fretboard inlays (produced from pearl which is an animal product), and the strings.

In medieval, guitars’ strings were made from cattle gut; dried lamb intestines, precisely. These days companies that  guitar strings with highly concentrative measures by applying some synthetic materials such as; epoxy, crushed glass, and plastic, etc.

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Are Fender Guitars Vegan?

For a few brands that are quite expensive, they make use of animal hide glue to put some parts of the guitar together. On the other hand, almost all other brands make use of highly concentrative measures.

Shellac, a yellowish viscous liquid discharged by feminine bugs is used to produce several polishing products for guitars.

Although, all products used for polishing, are not part of the guitars, most guitarist, or guitars, needs polishing products to keep them intact and smart.

Other Items used to Make a Guitar

Apart from the aforementioned, another notable animal product for guitar protection is tortoiseshell, which is majorly used to produce guitar pickguards and guitar picks.

This tortoiseshell is gotten from just a breed— named HAWKSBILL SEA TURTLE (scientific name is Eretmochelys imbricata). Asides from being used for guitar picks, it is also used for souvenirs, adorable items for decor, and food.

Are Electric Guitar Strings Steel?

Electric Guitar strings are made of nickel and steel, the steel wires are mostly weaved into the nickel. Others might alternate for purchasing strings that she purely steel or those that are pure nickel, these two methods have become a usual thing, lately.

In a nutshell, the recently produced guitars have switched to the use of synthetic materials in the process of production rather than the use of vegan.

Although, some parts of a guitar like the guitar strings, guitar picks, and pickguards, etc. are made from animal products. Even some electric guitar parts got vegan, therein.