How many times have you wondered how a guitar was made or what it was made from?.  Guitar making is an art and a science. The guitar has always been made from wood but these days composite material also plays a role. The metal parts of the guitar also have progressed to a very sophisticated level. The making of a guitar has not changed very much over many centuries. The entire world contributes to the guitars we have today in the woods that come from these countries.

Maple is the most often used material for the guitar neck as the wood must be very hard. Before the truss rod was used in guitars it was even more important to have a hard wood for the neck of the guitar.

Rosewod and maple are used for the guitar neck as well. A lifetime of use can be had from the wearing of these woods. Fret boards can also be planed as they wear to produce an even surface and allowing them to last even longer.

For many years the tuning pegs of a guitar were exactly that, a wooden peg with the string wrapped around it. With modern machine heads, as they are called, much finer tuning adjustments are possible. Bridges are also adjustable now as well. Together these two items have made it so you can tune a guitar and it will stay in tune.The guitar tuner is also a large contributing factor that allows guitar players everywhere to be in tune all the time.

The invention of the electrical pickup changed the course of history for all guitar players. At the beginning the electrical pickup was a very crude instrument if you will. From the simple beginnings of the pickup came the electric solid body guitar of today. The pickup now allowed the guitar to be used in situations it could never have been heard prior to this, such as with a drummer. The pickup altered the guitar forever.

Even though the materials and technology have changed, the guitar remains much the same as it has from the beginning.