Its normal for string tension to bend the neck forward, think about it, you have somewhere in the neighborhood of 160 lbs of pull. You might need a small...
if the neck is bending and the string is not streching to accomidate, you have a structural problem, the neck needs to stay flat for the optimum action to be...
Hi Josh, You run the risk of ruining your saddle . Stop trying to do this yourself and take the guitar to a luthier/repairer. Dreadnaughts are OK for certain...
hi Drew,you mean that the saddle would be a diagonal that in the base part is thicker than to the treble part? by the way, the guitar is a dreadnought type, i...
Josh, the flatness of the base of the saddle must be absolutely flat , square etc, esp. if you have an undersaddle pick-up - as they require a very even...
gotcha! yes there is a certain amount to be removed. it is already done by scratching to the sand paper. it is quite nervous at first because i am afraid if...
Josh, yes there should be a very slight bend in the neck - giving you the ability to press a string at the first fret, and insert a piece of paper (no more)...
in terms of the bendness of the finger board, it is slight bending because of the tension given by the strings. i am using Martin Darco Strings (red Cover), a...
Josh, the first thing to check is the straightness of the finger board. From the headstock look down the neck. Is it bent or straight ? Does the end pot to...
i mean 6 millimeter. is that too high? flat top? you mean the sound board? if the sound board, yes, it is. what will i supoose to do in this kind of situation?...
Hi Josh, 6 m/m is too high. Tell us what sort of guitar this is - i.e. flat-top, archtop etc., and the methodologies for adjusting action varies. Ol' Andy ...
hello, i have one guitar that sounds great as i play. it has no problem regarding the sounds, strings, body. however, i am a little bit worried about the...
I read somewhere that some tend to twist the string before threading it into the tuner, to give it a tad more tension, and twang???? I still think that a dull...
If you go to any of the websites from guitar center, musicians friend, music 123, look up the following guitars or google them: Ibanez Montage Taylor T5 ...
I am sure that all of us who have ever done gigs have horror stories, not quite as bad as the scene in Blues Brothers. I play mostly in jazz clubs, so the...
Hi tony, You have reminded me of the night back in 1999, when I took a "taster" gig at a local pub. I took along my brand new Collings guitar, and at the end...
Well, I did buy a new guitar: an Ibanez Montage 650 electric acoustic hybrid and a Boss multi effects pedal box. It was a birthday gift to myself. I never had...
Wow - it's quiet around here! Is everyone busy playing or are you all too quiet to be heard ? I'm interested t know if ANYONE has bought another guitar in the...
I'm selling 2 extraordinary instruments. One is a custom Brazilian Rosewood/Adirondack 13-fret OO made by Caldwell Guitars of Spicewood, TX. The other is a...
How To Make A Great Guitar Solo By Tom Hess <http://tomhess.net/> Summary: How To Make a Great Guitar Solo You have permission to publish this article...
Buying a guitar is hard enough for someone who is just getting started with the instrument, but what can be even more difficult, is the decision of what to get...
Andy wrote: Hi John, I have tried Thomastik strings on one of my archtop guitars and they worked OK for a particularly bright instrument, as they seem to me to...
Hi John, I have tried Thomastik strings on one of my archtop guitars and they worked OK for a particularly bright instrument, as they seem to me to be not very...
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Used 'em for years. I always forget where I buy them from but it is a shop owned by two women that have distributed them for several years. I will dig out...
I've been using Tomastik-Infeld Plectrum strings for many years now. When I put my first set on, it was like getting a new guitar. It was as if I had never...
Hi Scott, Shortly after I sent my initial e-mail, it occurred to me that Newtones might not be known in the USA (a tad coals to Newcastle?) but I am delighted ...
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