Parts of the Electric Guitar

By Christopher Schlegel

This lesson is an overview of the parts of the electric guitar.

Basic parts of any typical electric guitar include:

Neck:
head stock
tuners (tuning pegs, machine heads, tuning gears)
nut (the "zero fret")
fretboard
frets

Body:
top, back, sides
pickups
bridge saddles
bridge plate, block or bar
pickup selector
volume, tone knobs
input jack for cable

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