Outline of Guitars - Parts of A Guitar

Parts of A Guitar

  • Headstock (peghead, head)
  • Nut (instrumental)
  • Machine heads (or Tuning keys)
  • Frets
  • Fretboard (fingerboard)
  • Truss rod
  • Inlay (guitar)
  • Neck (music)
  • Neck joint: see Set-in neck, Bolt-on neck and Neck-thru
  • Pickup (music technology) (Electric – Single coil (including P-90), Humbucker) (Acoustic – Piezoelectric)
  • Bridge (instrument)
  • Pickguard
  • Body: The solid body of an electric and the sounding box of an acoustic
  • Sounding board (Acoustic)
  • Strings (music)

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