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How and Why to File Down Nut Slots on an Electric Guitar
Filling Down Nut Slots First of all, it should be said that this procedure works for any type of guitar with a wooden or plastic nut, including electric guitar, acoustic guitar and bass. 1. Take out your nut files and … Continue reading →...
How to Shim up a Nut on an Electric Guitar
Remove the Nut Now the first thing you’ll need to do before you shim up a nut is to remove the nut. In order to do this, you’ll need a soldering iron and a wet paper towel or rag (a … Continue reading →...
How to String an Acoustic Guitar
There are a lot of variations and methods for stringing a steel stringed acoustic guitar. Al Markasky demonstrates a method below which has been delighting his customers in Santa Cruz, California for over thirty years. This clip was taken from &helli...
How to Fix Fret Buzz
Fret Buzz is Annoying! Fret buzz is one of the most common problems to effect guitars. If you are experiencing it, you’re not alone. As a full time luthier and shop owner, I’ve probably fixed several thousand cases of fret … Contin...
Acoustic Guitar Setup and Maintenance
Buy on CreateSpace.com for $19.99! –> Product Description This video includes essential techniques for improving the overall sound, feel, look and playability of a steel stringed acoustic guitar. Al Markasky, a professional luthier with over...
How to Improve Your Sound
My name is Orion Kubow and I want to explain a simple method which I used to completely improve the sound and feel of my guitar. Rather than just throw a bunch of information at you, I thought I’d begin … Continue reading →...
How a Truss Rod Works
Not quite sure how that steel rod in your guitar neck works? The video clip below should explain things.The same principles apply to electric guitars, bass guitars and acoustic guitars with truss rods. As the clip shows, a guitar truss … Conti...
How to Correct a Forward Bow on a Bass
The problem here is usually that your truss rod is too loose and isn’t exerting enough pressure against the strings and the strings are having their way and pulling the neck forward. Strings on a tuned instrument exert anywhere from … Co...
How to Correct a Back Bow on a Bass
If your bass has a back bow in it’s neck, this means that the neck is arching away form the bridge of your bass. The normal cause of back bow is an over-tightened truss rod. That is, your truss rod … Continue reading →...
(3 of 3) Setting the Saddle Height on an Acoustic Guitar
Tools Ruler that measures 64ths of an inch (or millimeters) Ebony Shims Razor Blade Self Adhesive Sandpaper Sanding Block Metal Nippers Pliers Radius Gauge The third and final step in setting up an acoustic guitar is setting the action at … Co...