Guitar Parts
Hello everybody! Today we will talk about our guitar’s anatomy. Below is a picture of acoustic-electric guitar.
The electronics you find on the guitar below is used to amplify the guitar output, so basically this guitar is an acoustic-electric guitar.
Other Guitar Parts and Their Assignment:
Headstock a.k.a. peghead is mainly functioned to hold the guitar tuning pegs and the strings.
Machine Heads / Tuning Pegs are mechanical tuners to hold and adjust the strings tension.
Frets are metal wires precisely inserted along the fretboard at certain intervals, each interval represents half step note higher than the previous one.
Neck is the guitar part supporting the fretboard.
Fretboard is the neck surface containing the frets.
Nut is located at the end of the fretboard near the headstock. Its small grooves determine the string height and also the string spacing.
Sound hole is a hole made on the guitar top to resonate the strings’ sound.
Bridge is a part of the guitar where all strings are inserted. Together with the tuning pegs they give tension to the strings.
Pins are used to secure the strings inserted into the bridge. Note that not all of the bridges have these pins.
Saddle is the guitar part located at the bridge that determines the guitar action. The higher the saddle the more gap is created between the strings and the fretboard.
Pickguard prevents the guitar top from being scratched by the pick or fingernails.
Some guitar parts can be replaced easily, i.e. saddle, nut and tuning pegs but parts such as frets and bridge will require a guitar technician to fix.
To Your Guitar Success
-TJ-
Beginner Guitar Lessons Admin
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