page_title: Outline of guitars
section_title: Parts
hierarchical_section_title: Outline of guitars / Parts
caption_attribution_description: English: This image shows an electric guitar. Deutsch: Dieses Bild zeigt eine 6-saitige E-Gitarre (Epiphone Les Paul) mit einem Gurt. Español: Este cuadro muestra una guitarra eléctrica, de marca Epiphone Les Paul, con una correa.
context_page_description: The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to guitars:
  A guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Most guitar necks have metal frets attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with either nylon or steel strings. Some modern 2010-era guitars are made of polycarbonate materials. Guitars are made and repaired by luthiers. There are two primary families of guitars: acoustic and electric. An acoustic guitar has a wooden top and a hollow body. An electric guitar may be a solid-body or hollow body instrument, which is made louder by using a pickup and plugging it into a guitar amplifier and speaker. Another type of guitar is the low-pitched bass guitar.
context_section_description: Body: The solid body of an electric and the hollow sound box of an acoustic
  Bridge
  Fingerboard (fretboard)
  Frets
  Wiring and electronics (including volume and tone controls)
  Headstock (peghead, head)
  Inlay
  Machine heads (tuners)
  Neck
  Neck joint: see Set-in neck, Bolt-on neck and Neck-thru
  Nut
  Pickguard
  Pickup (Electric – Single coil (including P-90), Humbucker) (Acoustic – Piezoelectric)
  Sound board (Acoustic)
  Strings
  Truss rod
caption: An Epiphone Les Paul electric guitar
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