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...laced the tuners with locking ones, use `Big Bends Nut Sauce` as lube on the nut and have even filed the string slots on the nut a little wider and curved so the strings feed at a better angle to th...
...tic bridge is installed correctly, I saw pictures of Les Pauls having in mounted the other way round. The string height is what I like to optimize, but being experienced with Fender guitars I'm not to...
Whats the easiest way to tune your guitar down one step ? is it simply 1 fret lower all strings?? Thx in advance Barry
I previewed one in a guitar store. For the money it had a lot of circuit hiss IMHO. I ended up getting a Behringer acoustic amp. Lots of features but also a good deal of circuit noise. Sounds good and
Any input will be appreciated...Thanx! ~James L~
... have the finger style punch and clarity that I want down low but love how the thing sounds from the E (A string 7th fret) up. I have EMG active J pickups. Presently the bass also has light gauge st...
...f music, so versatility is important to me. I like a very clean sound, and don't want any buzzing in the strings. The low-E string on the crappy guitar I've been borrowing buzzes so much it's unplay...
...ect me to an internet site or two where I can learn how to *properly* set up a bass guitar: bridge, neck, string height. I want quite low action. Thanks for any advice....
...re any reasonable ways to up grade the tuners? They`re the aul` strip the wood screw on the back, heavy strings make em twist variety. Doesn`t look good, doesn`t function well. It`s a poor design i...
... been having problems playing clean chords because of my large fingers. Its hard to get my fingers on one string at a time. Seems like I'm always touching the next string. I've been focusing on riffs ...
... frets. I don't have a fret crowning file, and I plan on refretting my Aria Pro II anyway, and I broke a string at the saddle last night, so I used that as an opportunity to do a little homebrew fret...
I was given an old suzuki acoustic guitar. Its probably 30 yrs old and has been stored with the strings tight. This has warped the neck slightly raising the strings off the frets to make it somewhat d
...ting hand is too far out in the classical position. Is that classical position only for the smaller nylon string guitars? If so, what's the "correct" way to hold a regular larger one?...
...stic guitar. Should I bother learning "power chords" with it? They sound is crapy on it, though the fifth string ones below the fifth fret sound better then ones played towards the neck on the sixth s...
...bass sound. i have a behringer bass v amp, if you have any hints with that but specifically i am thinking string height. i can raise the strings pretty high up so i can play fingerstyle heavily ala ge...
...would accompany the silimar one I already have. Well, it just doesn't have the same punch on the E and B strings. I've gone through a total set up twice now and I noticed that both times I've had to...
Fender Custom Classic (Custom Shop) Jazz Bass American Deluxe 4 string Price paid: $1799 at Music 123 Body: Alder Finish: 3-tone, nitro cellulose Pickguard: Tortoise shell Neck: Maple, satin finish,
...e speaker too soon. You should purchase extra guitar speakers, because speakers are like tubes and guitar strings: they regularly break when pushed into their interesting, nonlinear range. You can al...
...carpel tunnel in my left wrist and have problems with a thick neck and/or high action). I'm getting some string buzz on a few of the stings when played open. I do not hear if I just give the string ...
Are there actually differences in the tone and sustainability in Teles that have string through bodies? for personal replies, remove PESTSTRIP.
...ms, but nothing about the starting points for any of these. I know that an A minor starts at the 6th string 5th fret, but don't really know what dictates the other notes. I sort of understand th...
I played some a few months back at a store that was having a sale on them. I played four or five of them. None of them had the issues that you describe, but it is entirely possible that those ones ha
I would like to purchase some Strings for my Tanglewood TW28SNQ (learner) Guitar. However can i use any brand of string with my Tanglewood Guitar, such as Fender? Also does anyone recommend i purchas
To prepare my jazz bass project, i'm searching for drawings of Jazz Bass deluxe a strings; or simply the drawing of the body's contour of a jazzbass deluxe 4 strings; at size 1:1 if it's possible; or
I just grabbed my old dreadnaught and realized one of the strings sounded dead, so I put new strings on it. WOW, what a difference! I don't play this guitar very much, and I hardly ever change the s
... and thick. My fingering is somewhat clunky on some chords and the result is buzzing. Thumbing the low e string is also a problem sometimes....
Would like to build my own bass, at least the body. Now searching for plans for Fender 5- and 4-string Jazz basses. Would be very happy for a copy if possible.
I'm trying to set my eq, and am wondering what sound frequencies is each open string at? Low E is 40hz, right? Also, what frequency is each string at it's respective 12th fret?
...very hard to play the A-shape barre chord . When i use fingers 2,3 and 4, I mute with finger 4 the sixth string. and finger two does hardly fit ( no space) When i use finger 3 to barre 3 frets then o...
...I've been playing guitar for 5 years, but now I have my brother's Tele and have absolutely no idea how to string this thing. Can anyone help???...
...een everything from 0.75mm to 0.3mm (0.012") being suggested on various websites. I am using 45-105 gauge strings, and like medium-low action George...
I have an active P Bass and the E string is much louder then the A and the D for some reason. Any suggestions? Its only one year old. I plan on returning it to have some warranty work done on it. Befo
I have a 1970 Guild D35 NT acoustic and am looking for advice on which brand, type and gauge of strings to use. I'm only using it for recording using a microphone - no pickup. I'm mostly recording a
... on the Les Paul Forum http://makeashorterlink.com/?F2EF62777 that one way is to "play an open low E or A string and adjust the pickup height up or down as the note is ringing. You will be able to hea...
Does anyone have any experience with this bass? Care to share your opinion?

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