Archive for the ‘Maintenance’ Category
Here’s a video that shows how do adjust the neck by way of the truss rod:
Here’s a video on how to string an electric guitar. It’s a great video and shows how to “lock” a string so that it will stay in tune better.
This is the third in a series of guitar maintenance videos from Elixir Strings and Taylor Guitars that I have posted. In this video, it starts by showing how to string a guitar and then shows the proper technique to adjust the truss rod in the neck.
A blog reader emailed me recently to ask how often I change my strings. The answer is whenever they start sounding dull, which for my quantity of playing (7 to 14 hours per week) is anywhere from 4 to 8 times a year. I should probably do it a bit more often but I have [...]
This is definetly worth watching if you play the acoustic guitar:
Fellow Guitarists, I own three guitars, a 6 string acoustic, a 12 string acoustic and an electric. I’ve been playing for over 30 years and I seem to always be changing my strings. I came across a video from Taylor guitars recently on how to change your strings. I thought that I knew it [...]
