How To Adjust Acoustic Guitar Truss Rods
One way to stylize your guitar to your preference is by adjusting your truss rod. A 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.
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4 Acoustic Guitar Fingerboard Cleaning Tips
The maintenance you would perform on the body of your acoustic guitar is generally different from the cleaning method you would use on its fingerboard. READ MORE
3 Acoustic Guitar Cleaning Tips
Here’s some tips we suggest regarding the best ways to clean your acoustic guitars. First, use a soft cloth such as a 100% cotton T-shirt is also a great wiping tool, polisher, and cleaner.
Busted Baptism
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 the rocky ground below.
Misplaced rage cost me an acoustic
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.
Third times the charm
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.
Beyond Repair
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.
Angry, I destroyed a good friend.
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, a Gamma Dreadnaught with an adjustable bridge…
Like a doggy hangin’ out the window
A few years ago I picked up a previously owned Taylor acoustic from a local pawn shop… custom pickguard and mother of pearl tuners….