What are the Parts on the Guitar (1 of 2)

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Submitted by Walt on Saturday, 14 March 2009No Comment

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There are many parts to the guitar. Whether it be electric guitar or acoustoc, the parts are basically the same. The only difference being that electric guitar has pickups, whereas the acoustic guitar has a Soundhole (which acts as the pick up and amplifies the sound)

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What are the Parts to the Guitar?

The guitar is broken into 3 sections -The head, the neck, and the body.

Head = AKA as the headstock. This is where the tuning pegs are

Neck = Where the fretboard is. The notes you play on guitar are along the fretboard

Body = The fat part on the guitar. This is where the bridge/pickups/soundhole are

Tuning Pegs = On a 6 string guitar there will be 6 tuning pegs. These can be twisted in order to make strings higher/lower

Nut = The thick ‘Fret’ at the beginning of the guitar neck – its’ technically not a fret, rather it holds the string in place and is the beginning of the strings length

Frets = metal bars along the Fretboard/Neck

Strings = Usually wound of copper. In standard tunings of EADGBE.

Soundhole = AKA as an ‘F’ hole. Found on acoustic guitars, this takes the place of pick ups, so the sound can be amplified without electricity

Pickups = Found on electric guitars (and some acoustic guitars). This literally ‘picks up’ the sound, then runs it through an amplifier

Bridge = The end of the string. The bridge rests on the body of the guitar

To learn more about the parts to the guitar, then Watch the Other Video I did on Revision 3!