Archive for the ‘Guitar Maintenance’

Time to overhaul my Gibson RD – Artist?08.10.07

This guitar is my baby! I have been through thick and thin with this thing. I now feel and fear that this perfect instrument has to be improved in one area and one area only. I love the “character marks” on it, that means “wear and tear” for the uninitiated. The oxidization or colour change [...]

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Tremolo Bars08.02.07

Has anyone ever wondered what the tremolo setup in their guitars look like, but was too afraid to take it apart. I’ve never had a guitar with a tremolo bar but my buddy did and one day he decided to show me. My buddy in Brantford was a collector of guitars. He was rather talented, [...]

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I’m not violent but shouldn’t someone get these idiots04.09.07

I am forever asking certain guitar players “why don’t you wind up the excess string on the end of your guitar head? Someone is going to lose an eye!” This style of finishing is like a cowboy lasso. I always ask them if they have ever had the end of their string go into their [...]

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