Names of the parts of the guitar

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Names of the parts of the guitar

Head

The tip of the neck. There are different shapes depending on the placement of the pegs.

Peg

Wind the strings to tune.

Nut

A part between the fingerboard and the head that acts as a support for the strings. This is the fulcrum for the sound of the open string.

Neck

Section where the strings are located. Feeling changes depending on thickness, shape, material, and finish.

Fingerboard

The surface area of ??the neck, mainly maple (white) or rosewood (tea) are used. The preferences are divided by the shape (R of the fingerboard), the material, the finish, the appearance, the touch, and the sound.

Fret

It is a metal on the fingerboard that determines the pitch, and it changes by one semitone for each fret. There are various thicknesses and heights.

Neck joint

It is the section where the neck and the body are connected. There are bolt-on types, a set neck fixed by bonding, and a through neck which is pinched from both sides by the body. The joint method also affects the sound.

Body

he tone of the sound changes depending on the wood used in the body of the guitar. There is also a combination of two or more types of materials as represented by Les Paul, such as maple top / mahogany back.

Pick guard

Although it is intended to prevent the body from being scratched by picking, it also occupies an important part in terms of looks. Some types have pickups and controls attached to pickguards, such as Stratocaster.

Pickup

The pickup plays the role of a microphone that converts the vibration of the string that has been played into an electromagnetic signal by means of a coil and a magnet.
Pickups are roughly divided into single coil found on Stratocasters and Telecasters, and a humbuckers found on Gibson guitars. In addition, there are models with different tones and outputs, and various types of pickups are sold as replacement pickups.

Volume

Adjusts the volume. In addition to the application to adjust the volume, it is also used to adjust distortion and volume rendition (lower the volume at the moment of picking and erase the attack, gradually increasing the volume to make a violin-like sound).

Tone

Changes the tone. Normally you will use 10 (full), but if you turn it down you will hear a softer, milder tone.

Pickup selector switch

Switches between pickups. The bridge has a more solid tone, and the neck has a milder tone.

Bridge

It is attached to the body and transmits the vibration of the string to the body at the section where the strings are fixed.
It is also a part to adjust the string height, and on models equipped with a tremolo bridge, you can perform a vibrato effect or arming by moving the tremolo arm.

Strap pin

It is a pin for attaching a strap.

Jack

This jack is for outputting the signal picked up by the pickup. Connect a shield cable from here to the guitar amplifier.

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