Lesson 2: Parts of Your Guitar

The Guitar is broadly Divided into three Parts - The Headstock, The Neck and The Body

The Headstock:

The Top part of the Guitar connected to the Neck is called the Headstock. The Headstock consists of Tuning pegs. These tuning pegs, allow you to vary then tension in the string which is attached to them, and hence the pitch of the string can be adjusted.

The Neck:

The Neck is the area where you'll be playing. It consists of the fingerboard, which is divided into small frets. By pressing down the string onto different frets, you can alter the note produced.

At the junction between the Headstock and the Neck, you find the "nut". This is a small piece of material usually made of Plastic. The main purpose is to hold the strings in place.

The Body:

The neck of the guitar connects to the body. There is no fixed shape for the body, it can vary from one guitar to another. However as a general rule, it is a hollow structure with an opening (called the Hole) designed to project the sound produced in the Guitar.

The Strings run all the way from the Tuning Pegs in the Headstock, to the bridge in the body. The bridge serves as the destination point.
In Electric Guitars, the sound hole is replaced by a pick-up, which is a mini microphone, designed to tap the sound produced and let it out to an amplifier.