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Electric Guitar Care and Setup
Adjusting the action at the bridge can be done several ways depending upon the instrument. An electric guitar can be corrected by adjusting a thumbwheel or ...

Setting up and taking care of your electric guitar has never been easier. This FAQ books shows you how to properly clean and care for your guitar. Also covered are adjusting the action and intonation as well as working with bridges, saddles and nuts. Many photographs, diagrams and illustrations are used to help you keep your guitar in top condition.? Shows you how to properly clean and care for your guitar.? Covers adjusting the action and intonation as well as working with bridges, saddles and nuts.? Includes Many photographs, diagrams and illustrations are used to help you keep your guitar in top condition.

Gibson Tone Tips: Nuts

Many players give little thought to that thin, slotted strip of organic or synthetic material that lies across the end of the fingerboard and guides your strings on their way to the tuners, but the stuff your nut is made from plays a big part in shaping your tone. In partnership with the bridge saddles, the nut is one of the two “anchor points” that determine the speaking length of your string — the components that denote the break between the section of the strings that vibrates and makes all the sound and the “dead” portions — and it greatly affects both the way in which the strings ring, and the amount of vibrational energy that is transferred into the neck and body of the guitar.

Early quality acoustic guitars usually had bone nuts, and often still do, and this traditional material contributes to a warm, rich tone. Players are frequently surprised to learn, however, that Gibson electric guitars from the golden age of the solidbody — the 1950s and early ’60s — had nylon nuts. There are many formulations of this plastic, but the one commonly used was known as nylon 6/6. Although it sounds counter-intuitive and not at all a tone-inducing material, it actually did the job very well, and was a small but significant ingredient in some of the best sounding guitars of all time, and now the most expensive on the vintage market! A nut made from this hard, dense form of nylon is sturdy enough to be long wearing, and contributes to a surprisingly full, resonant tone.

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Guitar Intonation String Gauge | My Favorite Musician?

by Michael

Problem fixing Electric Guitars

There are occasions when a guitarist will face technical screw ups such as a bent neck and poor intonation.

One of the biggest reasons for poor sounding and unplayable guitars is the incontrovertible fact that the neck is either bent or poorly aligned from the body. This can cause a full range of issues from fret buzz to poor action to your guitar just being a load more difficult to play than it should be.

Within the guitar neck lies what's typically referred to as a truss rod, which is important because over- tightening it causes the neck to bend forwards, while loosening it turns it inwards. To counter this difficulty you want a set of Hex keys, a level or straight edge, and a screw driver. What you want to do is to ensure that the strings are in place because the string tension is also a contributing factor to how the neck of the guitar will bend. If you've got a neck that's bowing out, you would like to tighten the screw and use your level to gauge its precision....

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D'Addario EXL115 Electric Guitar Strings 11 -49 | Steel City Guitars

by bassman

Product Description

D’Addario Electric Guitar Strings 11-49 BLUES/JAZZ ROCK EXL115 . D’Addario XL Nickel Wound Electric Guitar strings are world-renowned as “The Player’s Choice” amongst players of all genres and styles. XL’s are precision wound with nickelplated steel on a hex-shaped core, resulting in strings with a distinctive bright tone and excellent intonation. . 11 14 18 28 38 49 ….

Product Details One complete set of electric guitar strings Blues/jazz rock gauge (.011-.049) Wound strings are round wound, made from nickel-plated steel. Unwound strings are plain steel Strings packaged in Corrosion Intercept bags for guaranteed freshness Made in USA by D’Addario, New York. Customer Reviews

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Electric Guitar intonation News

Preview calendar: Clubs and concerts for Nov. 3-9

North County Times - Dec 31, 1969

Trio Kobayashi ---- Specializes in intonation music for brass, with a repertoire that includes vocal music of the Renaissance to collaborations with living composers; 8 pm Nov. 14; Prebys Music Center's Experimental Theatre, UCSD, La Jolla; free;

Les Paul In A Swirl Finish

Sonic State - Dec 31, 1969

A Gibson spokesperson told us, "Not one element of construction or component quality is sacrificed to bring you this high-performance electric guitar, and the Gibson USA Les Paul Studio Swirl might just be the most head-turning Studio model ever

Rotosound launch Darkzone guitar strings

Lick Library News - Dec 31, 1969

Rotosound have unleashed Darkzone drop tuning high output Nickel Plated Electric Steel Guitar Strings not only in time for Halloween, but eternity! Darkzone are a hybrid string set that includes monstrously super heavy bottom E and A strings that are

Damn & Blast! Supersonic Festival 2011 Reviewed

The Quietus - Dec 31, 1969

Resembling a demented young Alfred Molina in tartan scarf and blue prison jacket, frontman Tim Cedar breaks string after string as he and fellow guitar-strangler Iain Hinchliffe conjure a gale force rusted-riff blizzard, casually threaded through with