List of guitar terms

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The following is a list of guitar terms, separated by type and alphabetical order.

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Contents

[edit] Parts

  • Headstock (or Head)
  • Nut
  • Machine heads (or Tuning Keys)
  • Frets
  • Fretboard
  • Truss rod
  • Inlays
  • Neck
  • Neck joint
  • Body
  • Pickups (Electric - Single-coil, Humbucker, Soapbar) (Acoustic - Piezo-electric)
  • Bridge
  • Pickguard
  • Resonating chamber (Acoustic)
  • Soundboard (Acoustic)
  • Strings
  • Cord (Electric, some Acoustics)
  • Tuner
  • Guitar Floor Processor
  • Effect Pedal

[edit] Techniques

[edit] Slang

  • Guitar Face
  • Shred
  • Stomp Box (Effects Pedal)
  • 7 String
  • 12 String
  • Slide Guitar
  • Tab (Tablature)
  • Fret Buzz
  • Stack (Amp[s] & Head)
  • Axe
  • Jam

[edit] Effect Terms

  • Stomp Box (Effects Pedal)
  • Wah Pedal
  • Pre-Amp
  • Crunch
  • Gain
  • Dirty
  • Distortion
  • Overdrive
  • Brown Sound
  • Delay
  • Chorus
  • Reverb
  • Flanger
  • Bass, Middle, Treble
  • Clean
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