Know Your Acoustic Guitar Parts And Functions

Before we further learn the guitar, it is good to know in advance if the guitar parts and their functions. Because it will be very helpful when we read the tutorial about tips / tricks guitar uses terms / names of the parts of the guitar, so if we already know and understand the guitar parts and their functions would be easy and quick to understand.

But in this post, special parts acoustic guitar. For electric guitar / electric I'll share another time.


#Know Acoustic Guitar Parts And Functions

Know Acoustic Guitar Parts And Functions

Explanation

1. Head (Headstock)

Head of acoustic guitar are at the top of the guitar. This guitar head wood raw material which at its parts are Tunner and Nut. At the head of the guitar is also usually present brand or brands.

2. Nut

Nut is a little pads that are used to keep all six strings of the guitar in order to sound out sounding tinny. In addition nut usually white.

3. Tunner

Tunner function to tune the guitar.

4. Fret

Generally, on acoustic guitar fret of 19 units. Fret function to set the tone of the strings.

5. Neck (Neck)

Neck of the guitar is a left hand we hold the guitar. Do not buy a guitar that his neck arched neck of good guitar is perfectly straight.

6. Liaison

Liaison is a solid wood that is used to connect between the neck (neck) the guitar body (body).

7. Body (Body)

The shape of the guitar body is very diverse, and depend on the tastes of the guitar maker.

8. Bridge

Bridge function to associate the guitar strings on the guitar body.

9. Soundboard

Soundboard is a resonance box sound on the guitar. Soundboard is shaped like a tube in which there is a room that serves to meresonansikan sound of guitar strings, so the sound of the strings will be louder and louder.

10. Sound Hole

Earpiece is used as the access part of the soundboard. Vibration of a guitar string will emerge through this hole before the sound of the guitar soundboard diresonansikan by.

11. The string (String)

Type string guitar strings are very diverse because each has characteristics different sounds. Number of acoustic guitar strings there are 6 pieces, and each - each string also has a different tone that is E, A, D, G, B, E '(Standard Tuning).

12. Saddle

Saddle is bantalah contained on the guitar bridge. Functions the same saddle nut with a function which is to sound tinny guitar strings terdengan.

13. Fingerboard / fretboard

Fingerboard is the part where we put our fingers to press the strings on a particular fret. Finger board located on the front of the neck (Neck).