Know About Your Acoustic Guitar

KNOW ABOUT YOUR ACOUSTIC GUITAR 5. Fretboard Generally made of rosewood, the fretboard is glued to the neck. It's usually decorated with tortoise shell or plastic inlays which help you to see where you are on the fretboard. 6. Strings The strings are the main parts of the instrument, and a poor or 1. The Headstock worn set can make even the most Headstock is the focal point of the tuning system and it comes in two distinctive designs. Square talented player sound bad. The three bass strings are wound to give them depth, whilst their skinny counterparts are simply tensioned alloy wire. of three tuners headstock consis on either side and Fender style has six tuners on the left. 2. Tuner 3. Nut For each string, there are six tuners. They are used in guitar tuning to tune strings to their proper pitch. Each tuner consists of a nut and cog to tighten or slacken the string. Also known as The nut keeps the strings in position as they leave the head, by way of six small grooves. machine heads. 4. Frets 8. Bridge Frets are wire inserts which Acoustic and electric guitar bridges come in all shapes and sizes, but their purpose is the same. They adjust the pitch, harmonics and string height. These are adjusted with a sma mark the points on the neck where you pass each string to make different notes. They are normally made of nickel alloy, hammered home. screwdriver, the pitch is correct. 7. Pick Guard Located next to the sound hole (on acoustic guitars) or pick-ups (on electric guitars) the pickguard protects the main body of the instrument from pectrum scratches and finger marks. 9. Šoundboard The acoustic guitar soundboard is the top piece of wood on the main body. The sound hole is cut into it. Brought to you by http://www.nicheguitars.com/