The invention concerns an electric guitar comprising a body (1), a neck (2) fixed to the body and a scroll (3) located at the free end of the neck (2). The body (1) consists of a base body, an upper cache which covers the front side of the base body and is provided with an orifice for the chord support (5), and a lower cache which covers the rear side of the base body. The base body bears the chord support (5), the read head(s) and the connection socket (7) for the amplifier cable.