Tuners- The tuners are located on the head stock. Turning the tuners tightens or loosens the strings and gives you a different sound depending on which way you turn them.  It is relatively easy to tune your guitar by ear, but even easier if you use an electronic tuner or an online guitar tuner.

Nut- This is located at the top of the guitar neck and is used to hold the strings apart from one another.

Neck- The neck is a crucial part of the guitar.  It is where you push down on the strings to make different chords or notes.

Sound Hole- This is where the acoustic guitar gets it’s sound. The sound hole amplifies the sound of the strings as they are played.

Body- This is the main part of the guitar and for an acoustic guitar is typically constructed from wood.  Different sizes and shapes of the body will produce different sounds.

Bridge- The bridge is where the strings are connected at the bottom of the guitar right below the sound hole.

Frets- The frets are the metal inlays on the guitar neck. Pushing down a string on the fret gives you different notes.

Vibrato Arm(whammy bar)- This changes the pitch of every string by loosening the bridge. This is what makes that great waaa waa sound.

Pickups- The pickups pickup the signal of the vibrating string and send the signal through the wiring to the amplifier.

Pickup Selector Switch – This is used to switch between pickups. Different pickups give you different tones. The pickup closest to the neck will give you a deeper smooth tone. While the pickup closest to the bridge will give you a higher tone.

Volume and Tone Controls – The volume and tone controls allow you to switch between very strong loud tones to very smooth quiet tones.

Output Jack- Where you plug the guitar into the amplifier.