History, Facts, & More about the Fender Telecaster Guitar

The Telecaster is a classic electric guitar introduced in 1950 by Fender, initially known as the Broadcaster. However, after a trademark dispute with Gretsch, a competing manufacturer, the guitar was renamed as the Telecaster in 1951. The name was inspired by...

Cleaning and Maintaining a Guitar’s Electronics

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 cavity backplate or pick...

Adjusting a Fender Bridge: Guitar Setup and Maintenance (Video)

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 stability issues, but if they...

Student Spotlight: Nicholas Worch

After picking up the drums at age 9, Nicholas Worch quickly realized that drum kits aren’t the most portable instruments. Yet, when he switched to guitar a few years later, his drum style became an influence on his chugging, beat-driven guitar playing,...

Tech Tip from Dave Johnson: Slide Away

(Dave Johnson is an instructor at Guitar Craft Academy Nashville and the owner of Scale Model Guitars in Nashville.) Even after more than a decade as a luthier, I still learn new things here and there where I can’t believe I never knew about them...