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How can I design my own guitar?

Playing the guitar requires patience, skills and a lot of hard work. Only after years of regular practice, you can become a full-fledged guitar player. Guitarists like Joe Satriani, Jimmy Page and Slash were known not only for their crazy solos and ruffs, but also for their unique guitar designs. You too can build your own guitar. In this article, you will learn how to create your own guitar.

Acoustic guitar parts

There are two types of guitar - electric and acoustic. In addition, there is another type called bass guitars. While the first two are six-string guitars, bass guitars have four strings. An acoustic guitar consists of tuning keys, head, neck, nut, frets, fingerboard, position markers, strings, body, sound hole, pick guard, saddle and bridge.

Electric guitar parts

An electric guitar comprises the headstock, tuning keys, but, frets, fret markers or position markers, body, neck pickup, bridge pickup, tone switch, volume knob, toggle switch, bridge and tremolo. The pickups can be single coil or double coil, or a combination of these.

Design your own guitar

Warmoth guitars are known for their guitar designs. Here, you can find bass guitar bodies, electric guitar bodies, left hand guitars and other types of electric and acoustic guitars. You can visit the website Warmoth.com to learn about designing a guitar. Once you are on this website, click on the “build your body online” button. Using this, you can choose the body-style for your guitar. Choose the wood type and features such as custom pickups for your guitar. Once you have completed these steps, you can confirm the guitar body, and return to the main page. Here, you will find a link which states: Build your own neck online. Use this link to make a custom guitar. You can also add accessories such as strings and tuners to your guitar. Once your custom guitar is ready, you can follow the instructions to install the tuners on the guitar neck, and to bolt the neck to the guitar body.

Learn to play the guitar

A well-designed guitar is not the key to becoming a good guitar player. You must learn the notes on the guitar, guitar chords and other guitar techniques to become a professional guitarist.

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