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What Your Guitar Is Made Of

A guided tour of the instrument itself, for players who can hold a guitar but have never been told how one works. Nine lessons on the parts of acoustics and electrics — bodies and bracing, bridges and saddles, frets and truss rods, strings and tuners, pickups, controls and amplifiers — what each part does, why it is shaped the way it is, and the problem somebody invented it to solve.
Beginner · ~112 min · 9 lessons

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Lessons

  1. 1. Three Jobs Every Guitar Does
  2. 2. The Body: Soundbox or Solid Plank
  3. 3. Bridge and Saddle: Where the String Ends
  4. 4. The Neck: Frets, Scale Length and the Truss Rod
  5. 5. Strings and Tuners: Six Wires Under Tension
  6. 6. Pickups: Turning Movement into Voltage
  7. 7. Volume, Tone and the Selector Switch
  8. 8. The Amplifier Is Part of the Instrument
  9. 9. One System, Not a Bag of Parts