W1: Guitar Parts

Question 1

What’s another name for the pegs?

Answer 1

Tuners

Question 2

What is the part of neck called where you put your finger on the strings?

Answer 2

Fretboard

Question 3

What are the attachments called on the bridge of an electric guitar?

Answer 3

Saddles

Question 4

What are the two types of pickups and their sound differences?

Answer 4

Single coil
Thinner, twangier, brighter

Humbucker
Squarer, louder, fatter sound

Question 5

What’s another name for the Whammy bar?

Answer 5

Tremolo bar

Question 6

What is the plate called below the strings on the body?

Answer 6

Pickguard

Question 7

What is the hole above the neck and what is it for?

Answer 7

Truss rod adjustment - adjusts the bow of the neck and therefore the height of the strings (action)

Question 8

What part does an acoustic have that an electric does not?

Answer 8

Soundhole

Question 9

What frets are markers usually on?

Answer 9

3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 12th frets

Question 10

Where is the nut?

Answer 10

At the top of the neck, below the truss-rod adjustment hole and the tuners.

Question 11

What do locking tuners do?

Answer 11

Allow you to cut off extra string completely and minimize tuning irregularities.