Guitar Anatomy

Video Transcript

"So, this is my guitar. This is a Martin D35 and I gig with it a lot, as you can tell. It's only about two and a half years but I've almost put kind of Willie Nelson hole in it under the pick guard. So, we're talking about anatomy of the guitar. So, this is the Head Stock, right here, this part. From here up is called the Head Stock. From here down, actually all the way to here, is called the Neck. And, the Neck is set into the guitar either by a bolt or glue, usually. Glue indicates high quality. This is the body of the guitar. This is a Dreadnought, which means it's basically a full sized. They also have thinner acoustic guitars and they also have jumbos, which are bigger then Dreadnoughts, but the Dreadnought is kind of the standard size. And then, down here is the end pin for holding a strap and here's another pin for holding a strap. My end pin actually also serves as an input for a, or rather, an output for a quarter inch cable because I have a pick up right here which picks up the signal from the strings so I can amplify my guitar through a PA without having to set up a microphone."