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, but […]



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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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How to restring your guitar04.06.07

NOTE: This is for beginners -as in people wanting to learn more about restringing techniques.
You know, this is my favorite but most dangerous part of guitar maintenance that I or you will ever do. Watch you fingers when working with the strings at the head of the the guitar. Look at some previous posts for […]



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Breaking in new guitar strings04.03.07

After putting new strings on your guitar, do you ever notice that they go out of tune easily for a while after? You’d think that after all of your careful preparation and time that you put into it, that you shouldn’t have to worry about tuning it for a long time to come? WRONG! You […]



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Humidity issues01.14.07

This is the most important part of guitar maintenance that you always forget. I know that this is a problem that i have from time to time. I just can’t resist the look of my Larrivee in the morning when I wake up and walk on down the stairs! When the sun bounces off it’s […]



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