Guitar Parts

GUITAR PARTS

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	1.  Headstock 2.  Nut 3.  Machine Heads 4.  Frets 5.  Truss Rod 6.  Inlays 7.  Neck 8.  Heel 9.  Body 10.  Pickups 11.  Electronics 12.  Bridge 13.  Pick guard 14.  Back 15.  Sound board 16.  Body sides 17.  Sound Hole 18.  Strings 19.  Saddle 20.  Fretboard

 Headstock 

Headstock located at the end of the guitar fretboard. Tuning keys placed in this area. Tuning keys use to change the tension of the strings. They use to adjust the tone pitch of strings. Traditionally there are 3 tuning keys in a side of the headstock and 3 keys placed on the opposite side of the headstock. However, some guitars do not have headstock. In this guitars tuning keys placed on the body or the bridge of the guitar.

 Nut

Nut located in the headstock. Nuts are made by using bone, plastic, brass, stainless steel or other medium hard materiel. Nuts use to joint the fret board and the headstock together. Nut use to another purpose, which to place in the correct position of the strings. Nut use the correct measurement to place the correct position. Nut has a groove to place the string. On the other hand nut use to prohibit the incorrect vibration of strings. That means when the nut made use correct width and height, that is the reason to prohibit the useless tone generating. Simply the nut is the main thing to keep accurate distance among a fret and a string. 

 Machine Heads

Machine heads means tuning keys. Tuning keys use to change the tension of strings.  That is changing the accurate pitch of strings is the main character of machine heads. Machine heads made by using bone, brass, stainless steel, plastic or other materials. The other duty of machine keys is holding strings. 

 Fret Board

Fret board also called Finger Board. Fret board made by using piece of woods. It embedded with metal frets from the beginning and to the end of fret board. Guitar frets divide in to 2 main categories according to  the design. On the classical guitars fretboard is flat. And on the acoustic and electric guitars fretboard is slightly curved crosswise. Guitar fretboard measured by the fretboard radius.  Every segment divided by using metal materials, called frets. Most modern guitars using 21 frets or 24 frets.