This thread is dedicated to discussing everything that has to do with the GUITAR, but first ...
... What's a GUITAR ?
The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six strings, but four, seven, eight, ten, and twelve string guitars also exist.
Guitars are recognized as one of the primary instruments in blues, country, flamenco, rock music, and many forms of pop. There is also a solo classical instrument. Guitars may be played acoustically, where the tone is produced by vibration of the strings and modulated by the hollow body, or they may rely on an amplifier that can electronically manipulate tone. Such electric guitars were introduced in the 20th century and continue to have a profound influence on popular culture.
Traditionally guitars have usually been constructed of combinations of various woods and strung with animal gut, or more recently, with either nylon or steel strings.
I'll start with the components of the electric guitar : (Wikipedia)
1- Headstock
2- Nut
3- Machine heads (or pegheads, tuning keys, tuning machines, tuners)
4- Frets
5- Truss rod
6- Inlays
7- Neck
8- Heel (acoustic) – Neckjoint (electric)
9- Body
10- Pickups
11- Electronics
12- Bridge
13- pickguard
14- Back
15- Soundboard (top)
16- Body sides (ribs)
17- Sound hole, with Rosette inlay
18- Strings
19- Saddle
20- Fretboard (or Fingerboard)
the GUITAR thread -
9th June 2008
