Study The Parts of A Guitar Before Buying

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Study The Parts of A Guitar

• Learn About The Guitar Before Learning To Play

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Introduction

• One of the most beautiful experiences in life is
  to learn an instrument. Its fun and exciting. If
  you are interested to learn guitar and are on a
  quest to find the best one then there are a few
  things which you must pay attention to as well.
  If you want to purchase a new guitar, then it is
  vital to be familiar with the guitar parts to
  make the best choice.

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Why You Should Know About Guitar

• A lot of first-time buyers are reluctant to spend
  a lot of money on the first instrument thinking
  that will they be able to learn and continue or
  not. To meet this demand, a lot of suppliers
  offer cheap guitars and for an inexperienced
  learner, child or parent this is not a good
  situation as you may end up purchasing a guitar
  which is not very playable and hence many
  individuals give up in frustration thinking that
  they are not able to learn the instrument.
  Therefore, its vital to know your guitar.

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Parts Of Guitar Neck

• Lets first understand the parts of a guitar
  neck. It includes headstock, frets, fretboard,
  tuners, and truss rod. The narrow section of
  guitar that has strings which you need to press
  down while playing a note or chord is known as
  the guitar neck.

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Fret Fretboard

• Fingerboard or fretboard Just under the strings
  you will find the fretboard that is marked and
  shaped so the strings can be pressed at proper
  points to get the required sound. Frets On the
  fingerboard, you will notice some raised bits of
  wires and these run from top to bottom. They help
  the strings to be shortened when they are pressed
  down behind the frets.

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Neck Joint Headstock

• Neck joint The place where the body to the neck
  connects is knowns a neck joint. Some guitars do
  not have guitar neck screws to hold the neck
  joint in place. However, some guitars have the
  neck screws. This depends on how the guitar is
  constructed.
• Headstock You will find a headstock at the end
  of the strings where the strings end. It is home
  to the bits so you can easily tune the guitar
  which is known as the tuning pegs or tuners.

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Tuners Bridge

• Tuners These bits are twisted to tune the
  guitar. Tightening and loosening the strings
  helps to make changes to the pitch of the guitar
  strings. You can do this with the guitar tuner
  buttons.
• Bridge It works like a component that helps in
  transferring the string vibrations to the body so
  the acoustic guitar can amplify them. Thats how
  the guitar sounds good. On most of the electric
  guitars, the bridge height can be adjusted which
  changes the distance between fingerboard and
  strings which is also called the playing action.

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Nut Saddles

• Nut The place where the headstock joins the
  neck, strings run through a piece of wood,
  plastic and sometimes other materials. It is
  known as the nut. Thus, the nut helps to
  understand where the playable part of string
  ends.
• Saddles Just opposite the nut you will see the
  saddles which defines where the playable string
  ends. A saddle is a single piece of material
  which is quite similar to the nut. Many purchase
  guitar saddle screws to keep the saddle in place.

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Body Soundhole

• Body The body of the guitar is the big curvy
  part which needs to rest against your body when
  you play the instrument. You strum the guitar
  strings on the body which is hollow and has a
  hole in between. It is known as the soundhole.
• Soundhole Soundhole amplifies the noise of the
  guitar strings when you strum. The soundhole is
  like a speaker of the guitar and it is found only
  on acoustic guitars and not on electric guitars.

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Tailpiece of Guitar

• If the strings of the guitar are not anchored
  from both sides then it will flip around. Strings
  are secured on the tuners at the headstock. On an
  electric guitar with the help of the tailpiece
  that sits behind the bridge, strings are secured
  by running them through the body on a bridge.

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Conclusion

• So, if you know these basic parts of the guitar
  then purchasing a new one will be easy. Knowing
  these parts and their functions will allow you to
  understand the functions and help you make a
  decent choice to pursue learning the guitar
  properly.