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Parts Of The Guitar

Michael Palmisano @michael

While acoustic and electric guitars have differences, both are constructed with the same three basic parts - the head, the neck, and the body. While it’s very easy to see in the video, here are the essential parts of each:

Head Stock

Tuners

Tuning pegs

Nut

Neck

Nut

Fretboard

Frets

Body

Bridge

Floating (bridge moves with a tremolo bar)

Non-floating (bridge is fixed to the guitar)

Sound hole (acoustic)

Pickups (electric)

Pickup selector (electric)

Varies from guitar to guitar, but generally bridge, neck or combo position

Volume / tone knobs (electric)

Input jack (electric)

If you want, post a video and talk about your guitar!

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