Guitar guide
Understand your guitar.
Learn why guitars feel and sound different without getting buried in specifications.
Interactive anatomy
Tap any part.
Pickups
What it is
Magnets wrapped in wire that turn vibration into signal.
Why it matters
Neck pickup is warm, bridge pickup is bright and biting.
Head to head
Compare two body styles.
Solid-body: Rock, metal, pop, anything loud
Acoustic: Singer-songwriter, folk, campfire
Pickup voices
Four ways to hear a string.
Single coil
Glassy, snappy, detailed
Think: Strats, Teles, funk, country
P90
Raw, punchy, a little growl
Think: Garage rock, blues, punk
Humbucker
Thick, warm, smooth
Think: Classic rock, jazz, heavy riffs
Active
Tight, compressed, consistent
Think: Modern metal, fusion
Guides in this section
Go deeper.
Beginner · 6 min read
Guitar Types Explained
Solid-body, hollow-body, acoustic and classical guitars each have a distinct feel and sound.
Beginner · 5 min read
Pickup Types
Single coils are bright and clear, humbuckers are thick and quiet, P90s sit in between.
Intermediate · 5 min read
Understanding Scale Length
Scale length is the vibrating length of the strings between the nut and bridge.