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—B.B. King

Guitars have three main parts: the body, the neck, and the headstock. The body plays a large part in the tonal characteristics of the instrument. It is the largest section of the guitar and includes: the cutaway, the upper and lower bout, the pickup guard, volume and tone knobs, output jacks, strap button, and the electric bridge. The upper bout is the part of the body that is nearest to the neck of the guitar. The lower bout is largest part of the guitar and is nearest to the string termination of the bridge. A cutaway is the indentation next to the neck of the guitar which allows the player to have easy access to the upper frets. The pickguard protects the body of the guitar from being scratched from the pick. The output jack allows signals to come out of the guitar. The electric bridge is on electric guitars that support the strings of the guitar.

The neck is the long, thin piece of wood that sits between the headstock and body of the guitar. This area includes: the fretboard, the frets, and the truss rod. The fretboard is attached to the tops of the neck and the guitar strings run along the top of it. The frets are the metal strips running along the fretboard. Frets are important because they allow specific notes to happen when the strings are pressed against them. Lastly, the truss rod is a long, adjustable piece of metal that is mounted inside the neck and runs the length of the neck, helping to keep it from bending under the tension of the strings.

The headstock sits at the top of the guitar and includes: tuning machines, tuning posts, tuning pegs, and the nut. Tuning machines includes the tuning posts that hold each string in place and tuning pegs that tunes each string.