In this guitar lesson, we discuss the parts of the Electric guitar. I show you each and every part of a Fender Stratocaster, and I discuss what each part does. It is important to know what the parts of your guitar are called so that you can communicate properly with other guitar players.
We discuss the head, tuners, neck, and fretboard of the guitar more in-depth in the Parts of the Acoustic Guitar lesson.
The electric guitar body is different from an acoustic because it is just one slab of wood without all the individual components. An acoustic has a top, back, sides, and bracing, but an electric guitar just has a body.
The bridge of an electric guitar has adjustable saddles, and on this Stratocaster, there is a tremolo block, springs, and a tremolo claw.
The electronics consist of guitar pickups which pick up the vibrations of the strings and use electromagnetic fields to convert the sound into AC electricity. This goes through wires to the volume and tone controls, and then out to the output jack.