As a cold spell travels across the United States, many musicians are concerned about the potential damage to their precious instruments. Sudden temperature changes can have a significant impact on guitars, causing warping, cracking, and loss of tuning stability. In this article, we will discuss the causes of such damage and outline methods for protecting… Continue Reading The Current Cold Spell and its Effects on Guitars
The great thing about simple technology is that you can maintain it and tinker with it yourself. Not to mention that you can get equipment on the cheap and spiff it up to your standards. So, if you’ve recently procured a good used tube amplifier or need to address problems with your own, start with… Continue Reading Tube Amplifiers Maintenance Tips
Whether in the studio, on the road, or in your garage, having an organized cable system can save you a ton of time and a lot of hassle. Clean setup and easy breakdown make for much less stress. This will also save time when you need to determine what cable has gone out because you… Continue Reading Guitar Cable Organization Tips
If you’ve accumulated a lot of guitar pedals and you’ve mastered how to use them and you’re ready to take your show on the road, now all you need is a way to transport and quickly set up your rig at your gig. In short, you need a pedalboard. You could obviously buy one pre-made… Continue Reading How to Organize Your Guitar Pedalboard
If you’re traveling long distance to a gig, or moving homes, or taking your guitar on vacation, follow these simple tips to safely ship your guitar. PREP THE GUITAR AND CASE Reduce tension on the guitar’s neck by loosening up the strings a bit. Then place folded newspaper (or even better, print free/acid free paper)… Continue Reading How To Safely Ship Guitars
Here’s some steps we recommend to eliminate rattles in your acoustic guitar. 1. Look Around For Loose Guitar Parts When you play your acoustic guitar and the whole instrument vibrates, not just the strings, sometimes you’ll be able to notice loose parts on your guitar. 2. Listen Closely For Rattles, Especially In The Headstock Other… Continue Reading 4 Steps to Fix Acoustic Guitar Rattles
A guitar’s truss rod is a steel rod that runs inside the neck; one end of the rod has a bolt that can be used to adjust its tension. You can adjust this part of the rod through the soundhole or the peghead. The other end of the rod is anchored to give the adjusting… Continue Reading How To Adjust Acoustic Guitar Truss Rods
The maintenance you would perform on the body of your acoustic guitar is generally different from the cleaning method you’d use on its fingerboard. Here’s 5 tips to help: 1. Use Guitar Manufacturer Cleaning Products If you’re looking for guitar manufacturer products which are better to use for this, Dunlop, Fender, Gibson, and Dean Markley,… Continue Reading 4 Acoustic Guitar Fingerboard Cleaning Tips
Here’s some tips we suggest regarding the best ways to clean your acoustic guitars. 1. Use A Soft Cloth Most musical instrument manufacturers produce accessories that help maintain your acoustic guitar, but using a soft cloth such as a 100% cotton t-shirt is also a great wiping tool, polisher, and cleaner. The older the T-shirt,… Continue Reading 3 Acoustic Guitar Cleaning Tips
Higher-end guitars are typically made of thin strips of glued wood and are very much affected by temperature and humidity. Unbeknownst to many people, the temperature of the room can affect how much moisture the air can hold, so both factors will impact the wood because wood is considered “hygroscopic”, meaning it takes in and… Continue Reading Ideal Temperature and Humidity for Guitar Storage
It’s a good idea to clean and oil your guitar fretboard on a fairly regular basis to keep it looking and sounding it’s best. Here’s some suggestions on the best ways to clean your guitars’ fretboards. 1. Finished Fretboards Only Need Occasional Cleaning Finished fretboards feature a clear finish and usually only need occasional cleaning.… Continue Reading 4 Tips For Cleaning Guitar Fretboards
In this video, Master Guitar Luthier and blues player, George Goumas gives us some tips on how to chose and modify a lap steel bar. George explains that one of the essentials of playing a lap-steel guitar properly is being able to master the bar. He uses a Stevens steel bar from Stevens Corp which… Continue Reading Lap Steel Guitar Instructions and Tips – Using the Bar
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