Parts On A Guitar

Various Parts Of A Guitar

Although there are huge variety of guitars (acoustic, electric, classical, electric-acoustic, etc.), they all have many things in common. The diagram to the left illustrates the various parts of a guitar. 
At the top of the guitar in the illustration is the "headstock", a general term which describes the part of the guitar attached to the slimmer neck of the instrument. On the headstock are "tuners", which you will use to adjust the pitch of each of the strings on the guitar.

Before getting into how the guitar works, it will be beneficial to take a look at the different parts that make up a guitar. A guitar has three main parts- a body, neck and headstock. There are various styles and designs for acoustic guitars, but no matter the style, all of them have essentially the same parts.

The Neck: - The neck is the long, slender part of the guitar connecting the body to the head. The front of the neck is called the fret board. This is where the frets are spaced down the entire neck. The frets are thin bars that are set perpendicular to the strings. The frets make it possible to create a variety of tones by changing the vibrating length of the strings.

The Head Stock: - The headstock is where the tuning pegs are located. The piece separating the headstock from the neck is called the nut. The purpose of the nut is to prevent the strings from vibrating beyond the neck.

The Body: - The body acts as an anchor for the neck and bridge. The top of the body is called the sounding board. It is responsible for almost all of the guitars acoustics, and is what allows the ear to hear the sound created by playing the guitar. The sounding board generally has a large hole cut in it called the sound hole. The bridge, which is also located on the sounding board, is what anchors the strings to the body.

The Frets: - If you closely observe the guitar in your hand you can notice that there are metal strips running across the entire surface (the neck part). And we "The Guitar Players" address it as "fret" on the Guitar. The word "fret" means the piece of metal itself and it also means the gap/space on the neck between one piece of metal and the next.

We will discuss about the other parts as we go. And I don't want you to get confused about the parts and all.