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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
About 10 years ago, my brother and I were tuning up to play some hymns for a church baptism on the bank of a small creek near our church. While tuning my year old Tacoma Chief C1C, my strap came loose from the button near the neck causing the guitar to begin its journey toward… Continue Reading Busted Baptism
I dated a woman that was selfish to a fault, she was jealous of me spending time with my guitars. One night she grabbed my acoustic, that my dad had given me & threatened to break it. I snatched it back & DEMOLISHED IT INTO THE FLOOR. Splinters…. Strings….. KABOOM. Wasn’t a great guitar, but… Continue Reading Misplaced rage cost me an acoustic
i have washburn ab 10 acoustic bass guitar. i was playing at a party and leaned it against a chair for a minute… boom it fell over face first and broke it right at the nut, dang. some gorilla glue and clamping and a week later was as good as new. played it outside at… Continue Reading Third times the charm
When I was in junior high. I left my acoustic guitar at my buddy Ed’s house because we were going to play music the next day. When I got to school that next day Ed told me that he and his friend Terry were lifting weights in the basement by the musical equipment. Terry was… Continue Reading Beyond Repair
My Girlfriend at the time was angry as I played my guitar 6-10 hours a day at the time, we argued and she grabbed the guitar (the only thing that my dad ever gave me, that wasn’t a beating) out of my hands, and acted like she wanted to smash it, so I grabbed it… Continue Reading Angry, I destroyed a good friend.
A few years ago I picked up a previously owned Taylor acoustic (not the top top end, but still a Taylor) from a local pawn shop. It was a beauty, blonde top with lots of beautiful woodgrain, a custom pickguard and mother of pearl tuners. The thing was a work of art really, not your… Continue Reading Like a doggy hangin’ out the window
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