Wednesday, July 6, 2011

The parts that are included in an Electric Guitar

By Steven Dean


The neck of the Guitar First we have the neck of the guitar itself, in some guitars this is one solid piece (e.g. Fender Telecaster) where in others the guitar neck has an inlay with the frets, this will usually come with a different timber to the neck itself and so the preferred options includes Maple, Ebony as well as Rosewood. Inside the neck is the Truss Rod, these come in single or double variants and they are used to change the straightness of your neck to assist towards bowing or perhaps bending. The Truss Rod can generally be stiffened at the headstock. After that we certainly have the head stock as well which is in which you will add the tune set up (machine heads and adjusting pegs). Some guitars may also have string instructions for keeping the guitar strings constantly in place. Lastly we have the nut which is located at the top of the neck and contains openings for those strings to put in. These are typically made from bone or sometimes ivory.

The Guitar Body The body is simple and is typically a robust piece of timber routed to the guitar components. The neck either bolts right on to the overall body or is glued depending on the guitar kit you have chosen. Neck thru models are also stuck but run the length of the guitar.

The Guitar Bridge The bridge stands out as the part to the backside of your guitar right behind the rear pickup where the guitar strings are attached to. This bridge is often hung in the back of the guitar body. Typically the balance is achieved by springs functioning counter to the guitar string ends. Bridges can be categorised within both Tremelo or Non-Tremelo versions.

Hardware This is where the majority of your music is produced of course. If you opt to individualize further this is probably the spot where you will begin as most guitar kits just come with entry level pickups. Pickups come in many different types yet to produce just a bare bones approach to this - pickups are obtainable as either single coil or humbucker. Single coil is best known for clear bluesy tones while Humbuckers now have generally been used for rock and roll as well as heavier tones. There are also stacked Humbucker pickups, Active pickups and so the list continues. We would discuss pickups in a separate post in more detail sometime soon since it is a topic that rationalizes more than a more casual glance.

You then you now need your selector switches to choose what pickup is currently employed. Such often come in three or 5 way selector buttons enabling different combinations of pickups to stay in action at the same time. The primary reason for this would be to allow a guitar tonal variety. Next we now have Volume and Tone Potentiometers (also known as pots ) another part you could possibly consider personalizing to get much better command as once again much like adjusting pegs possessing much better command will allow a lot more accuracy using your specific sound. Finally you will find the input jack to connect the lead which is fairly self explanatory. Most of these pieces will come pre-wired in the largest part of Guitar Kits on the market today nonetheless you may consider managing the wires on your own after you have a much better understanding of the guitar components to provide you even greater influence over your tone. Place it all together and you have your normal electric guitar.




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