GUITAR CRAFT ACADEMY BLOG
Cleaning a Guitar’s Electronics: Guitar Setup and Maintenance (Video)
https://youtu.be/poZzdkgfdoc After you've finished the guitar setup process, there are a few other things you can do to make sure your guitar is functioning properly. One is to clean out the potentiometers and the output jack. First, remove the electronics control...
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Adjusting Intonation: Guitar Setup and Maintenance (Video)
https://youtu.be/rSX4LT4IY_4 Now that the truss rod is adjusted, the string action at the bridge is adjusted, and nut slots are dialed in, you can now do the last step of the setup, which is to adjust intonation. Tuning fretted instruments Fretted instruments have...
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Using a Strobe Tuner: Guitar Setup and Maintenance (Video)
https://youtu.be/Gqkcub0o1Hc The best way to get accurate readings when setting intonation is to use a good-quality strobe tuner. This is because strobe tuners act as a magnifying glass when tuning a guitar. If you break down the interval in between two notes...
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Adjusting the Nut Slots: Guitar Setup and Maintenance (Video)
https://youtu.be/BXs6-q6L_VQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPqBVEfQ0CQ&t=4s After adjusting the truss rod and setting the string saddle heights at the bridge, you can now make the third adjustment, which is to the nut slots. There are three aspects of the...
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Adjusting a Fender Bridge: Guitar Setup and Maintenance (Video)
https://youtu.be/mTlnr5jxnwI If you are adjusting a Fender Strat-style guitar with a floating bridge, this is the point at which you will balance the trem so that the strings will pull the bridge base off of the body. Floating Strat bridges do have tuning and...
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Adjusting a Tune-o-Matic Bridge: Guitar Setup and Maintenance (Video)
https://youtu.be/t5Aiw-ROmBk Tune-o-Matic bridges are actually pretty easy to adjust, since the entire bridge sits on two thumbwheels at either side. The radius should be adjusted at the factory, but a good setup tech will check this to make sure that it is...
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Adjusting the Truss Rod: Guitar Setup and Maintenance (Video)
https://youtu.be/4On1PFHc3iw In any setup on a guitar with an adjustable neck, the first step will always be to adjust the truss rod. A guitar neck that is properly adjusted will have a slight amount of relief (not completely flat), which is what allows each fretted...
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Introducing Our Guitar Setup and Maintenance Video Series (Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYe6azOyr2c In our new Guitar Setup and Maintenance video series, Guitar Craft Academy instructor and professional Nashville luthier David Johnson will walk you through each step of the setup process and also cover cleaning electronics...
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Performance Tip from Bruce Buckingham: Why Guitarists Should Read Music
I never use tablature. Especially with jazz guitar students, I discourage them from using it. All the energy you put in learning tablature, you could be putting into learning to read music. You have to remember, tablature is just a guitar thing that the rest of the...
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Student Profile: Jesse Peery
Jesse Peery has been building things his entire life, first while growing up on his family’s East Tennessee farm and later as a mechanical engineer. But there’s always more to learn about what makes things work, which is what led him to Guitar Craft Academy. "I enjoy...
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