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Finally I spray on a bit of beeswax furniture polish (no silicone) spread it out and let it dry and then buff it off with a soft cloth. I have had some very good results with this, with some beaten up old guitars restored to almost new condition. The beeswax works great on fretboards too, lemon oil just sinks in to the wood and goes dull. Beeswax is also adsorbed but it leaves a nice surface sheen as well.

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A very loose way of checking your relief is to hold (or have someone hold) down the string at the first and last frets and then try to slip a *new* playing card under the string at the 7th fret. That's about .010" thick, so if it lifts the string you might want to add a bit of relief, and if it doesn't touch the string at all, you may want to tighten the truss rod.

I highly recommend you pick up a book called "How to Make Your Electric Guitar Play Great" by Dan Erlewine. Runs about $14 at Amazon. It'll teach you pretty much everything you need to know about setting up your guitar.

Erlewine's books are awesome. That one in particular. It really de-mystifies the process and has some great tips on maintenance and adjustments, along with specs that he measured off the guitars of a selection of pros like BB and Stevie Ray. Did you know that it was Dan Erlewine who sold (traded) Mike Bloomfield his 'burst?

Some players will hold the low E at the first fret. With the right thumb, hold the same string down at the body-joint fret and with the right index finger tap that string to see how far it moves. It gives you a good idea of the gap in the middle as if the string were the straightedge. I've never been able to tell anything by "sighting down the neck." The optical illusion of thick and thin strings always makes me think the neck is twisted.

Mine is "How to make your own electric guitar" by Melvyn Hiscock. And yes, that's really his last name! Not only does it show you how to set up, intonate, and wire it up, it also show you how to make them.

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Do you think is it worth to put a Dimarzio super distortion pickup on bridge position instead the stock Infinity pickups on my Ibanez GIO series guitar?

Guitar is very nice and very well made and it is playable.

I have also an 1977 USA Fender Strat, and when I hold them, really both are very well made.

Thanks a lot.

Say that you are shopping for a guitar and you try a lot out. You find that some of the guitars feel better than the others. Now, this could be because the body is contoured the way you like, or the size of the neck works well for your hands. Those kind of things are not adjustable, but they are very important and should steer you towards a certain style of guitar.

The first time I got a setup on my first electric (Ibanez Roadstar II), I got it right away. Knowing that just by using a few allen wrenches you could dramatically improve the way it felt and played this much, I felt confident to start experimenting with the saddle height and eventually the truss rod.

Getting your guitars set up regularly can get expensive, especially if you have multiple guitars. It can be much more economical to spend the time to learn a few simple things that can get your guitar setup the way you like with minimal investment.

I like to get a quick height adjustment on an electric by lowering the string down until it just starts to buzz when it is played. Then, I raise it up just enough that it stops buzzing. There it is, as low an action that your guitar can handle in just a few steps. Love it!

So far, so good. But here is the trickiest one. Nut slot height is just as important as setting the action at the bridge. The nut slot sets the height of the open string. If it is too high, the guitar can feel stiff and hard to play. If it is to low, you get a ton of buzzing.

Plug your guitar in and check all of the knobs and switches to make sure they work. If you have any dead pickup settings or you get crackling when you turn the knobs, you will need to get access to the electronics of the guitar. In a strat, they are under the pickguard and in other guitars, they could be accessed from the back of the guitar.

Intonation is adjusting the string length on an electric guitar so that the open strings and the fretted notes are all in tune. You can tell that your guitar needs to be intonated when you tune the open string but the fretted notes still sound out.

Some people say the guitar in contemporary culture is pass. What are your feelings on the future of the guitar and guitar repair?

Guitar, pass? No way! I see more guitars being made, sold, played, set up, and repaired today than ever. The world needs guitar makers and repairers, and new generations will go far beyond what came before them. I meet young luthiers who are already raising the bar, and many of them are graduates of luthier schools.

When you get a guitar, especially if its been shipped from overseas, things can sometimes end up being loose. When you set your guitar up, make sure everything is tight. Check all the screws in the tuning peg heads, the nuts that hold the tuners in place, the input jack nut and the nuts around the volume and tone pots.

The intonation is the tuning across the entire string. This is a vital part of making sure that your guitar sounds in tune all the way up the fretboard. If the intonation is out, the notes can sound in tune at the open string, or even on the lower frets, but as you climb the fretboard the pitches can drift making chords and notes sound out of tune.

The intonation is adjusted by moving the bridge saddles back and forth to either lengthen or shorten the string. Check out the full-length intonation video on the Blackstar Youtube channel to find out how to do this for your guitar type.

If you find your guitar is sounding under powered, the pickups might be too far from the strings. Most pickups are adjusted by adjusting the screws either side that hold them to the pickup surround, pickguard or body of the guitar.

Inside the guitar neck is a steel rod called a truss rod. The job of the truss rod is to counteract the tension of the strings. When you tune your guitar, the strings apply pressure on the neck, pulling it towards the bridge. The truss rod pulls the opposite way to balance the tension out.

This article on guitar setups and 5 great setup tips for your guitar was written by Leigh Fuge. Leigh is a professional guitarist and content creator and also works alongside musicteacher.com to create guitar focused, educational and entertainment content.

Truss rod is something you can spot quickly. If you have a capo put it on the first fret...if not you can use your index finger of your left hand but you will need to have a little reach to test it. Now fret the 17th fret with your right hand. There should be about a hair to a millimeter of space between the strings and the 8th fret. If you used a capo use your left hand to lightly tap the string down towards the frets while looking closely. If you don't feel it contacting the fret as you are tapping it then you need a truss rod adjust. If there is enough space to squeeze a dime in then you need it adjusted. PLEASE NOTE....you should have your strings on and tuned when you do this test. 99% of the guitars I have ever owned did not need a truss rod adjust right out of the factory. If you feel the action is to high then make sure the nut is the proper height before you do any thing else 75% of your guitars operation is dictated by the nut. Most guitars have a means of adjusting saddle height at the bridge but if you Nut is to low or to high you have problems and need to either get it in to a tech or plan for a big risky project.

A question we here at Bigsby receive quite often is that of tuning stability. In this section we offer a few tips that will help you set up your guitar. One thing to remember when setting up your vibrato equipped guitar: all vibratos (all brands and models) operate under the same set of principles. A vibrato changes the pitch of a guitar by allowing strings to go slack, lowering the pitch; or pulling the strings taut, raising the pitch. All guitars have to be set up for this operation to function properly. Another tidbit to keep in mind when using your Bigsby vibrato is that of limitations. The Bigsby vibrato is designed to fluctuate the pitch of your guitar a couple of steps, not dive-bombing 7 or 8 steps.

Step 2: Check the saddles on your guitar-again looking for any impedance. Just like the nut, burrs on a saddle will prevent a string from going back to its original position (in tune). If burrs are detected, a nut/saddle file or abrasive cord can be used to smooth out the slot.

If you have already tried the tips above, this next set of information details and discusses materials and possible changes for your guitar. As mentioned above, the nut is the number one area to focus on when setting up your Bigsby equipped guitar. Yes, tuning machines and saddles also make a substantial difference, but the nut is generally where issues persist and focus needs to be directed. A properly cut and polished nut allows the string to return to its zero point (in tune) each time a string is bent or vibrato used. Aiding in a properly cut nut is the material itself. Different materials have different properties, the merits of which must be decided by the individual player.

Locking tuning machines are made by a whole host of different manufacturers including Sperzel, Schaller, Gotoh, Grover and others. The basic idea behind a locking tuning machine is to lock a string in place by means other than wrapping it. This can be achieved in a few different ways including a locking string shaft cam. By wrapping a string in place on a guitar in the traditional (non-locking) way, the surface area on which it could slip is much greater. Overlapping on wrapped strings are often a point of tuning instability on any guitar. By using a locking tuning machine (any style, and brand) that locks a string in place without a single full wrap, you are decreasing the area on which a string can bind or get hung up. When using a vibrato, this becomes even more of an area of interest since you are putting slack, or pulling taut the string. e24fc04721