To understand the electric bass guitar, you would need to fully understand the parts of the guitar. What are the parts of the electric bass guitar? Here are the following parts.
Tuning heads or tuners – these tuners and tuning heads are used to tighten or to loosen the strings. Tightening or loosening the string would either decrease or increase the tension. Tightening the string would make the pitch higher, while loosening the string would make it lower.
Headstock and nut – is the piece of wood where the tuning heads are attached. The nut is between the headstock and the fretboard which raises the strings off and make them vibrate freely.
The neck this is the longest part of the bass. This is where you hold with you fretting hand. There are some guitars where the neck is very slim and faster to play, while others would still be chunkier. Necks are mostly made of maple and mahogany.
Fretboard and frets – this is also called the fingerboard. This supports you fingers when you are fretting. It contains the frets; the frets are pieces of metals found in the fretboard and at specific intervals. The intervals which the frets are spaced correspond to half notes. There are also fret markers which can be found in the fretboard. These markers helped the guitarist to identify the frets the guitarist to identify the frets just by looking at it.
Strings – there are commonly four strings with an electric bass guitar. Sometimes there are also some bass guitars which have about five or six strings. The four strings would be E, A, D and G. The four strings are tuned an octave lower than the regular guitar.
Body – the body of the electric bass guitar could be made of fiberglass, graphite, Lucite or Plexiglas. It is essential the body made of something hard and dense enough to resonate in a satisfactory way. There is a cavity inside the body where the electronics is found.
Pick-up – this is a magnetic device which allows the vibration to b picked up.
Volume and tone controls – these controls the volume and the tone of the bass guitar.
Pickguard – this protects the body from scratches.
Strap buttons – this is very important whenever performing in standing position. This can be found in the bottom edge of the bass guitar, with the other one on the top edge of the body.
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