![]() ![]() It’s main purpose is to create a place where the string can “break”, or lay, over a stopping point. The nut is a piece of material at the base of the headstock, and the top of the neck. However, they serve their purpose well on the types of guitars that use them (mainly Floyd rose locking nut and bridge guitars). These fine tuners work like the tuning machines, but have much less range to tune. I should let you know that there are types of guitars that have both tuning machines at the headstock, and FINE tuners at the bridge. The tuners are what adjust the pitch of the guitar strings as they are attached to them. Not all tuners are created equal as some are of higher quality than others and there are different types, such as standard and locking. These are mechanical tuners, which means they have gears and can be adjusted rather easily. The tuning machines, or tuning pegs, are located on the headstock and are often called “tuners” for short. ![]() Personally, I prefer the truss rod adjustment at the headstock, but there are some extremely high quality guitars with adjustment holes at the base of the neck (where the neck meets the body). ![]() On some guitars, you’ll find an opening on the headstock where you can adjust the truss rod. It houses the tuning machines, which attach to the strings and allow for pitch adjustments of the guitar strings. The Headstock is located on the neck, on the end of the guitar, opposite the big slab of wood that is the body. I hope this helps illuminate your understanding of the guitar and it’s construction. Recommended Reading: How To Get Started Playing The Guitarįor right now, this is just for recognition purposes. Some of these topics can be discussed at long length, but this isn’t the time for those discussions. If I say, “place your hand on the 5th fret”, you need to first know what a fret is, right? Of course! That’s what this article is for. Why? Well, because I use these terms all the time and we need to be able to speak the same language. Hey everyone! The first thing I do when I start teaching a new guitar student, is help them memorize the parts of the guitar. ![]()
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