How Do You Know Which Hardware Needs Modification? When you feel something is wrong with your guitar, it’s usually the hardware. But before upgrading things, you need to know which part needs modification. The first telltale sign is a guitar going out of tune. That can happen for many reasons, such as a minor dent on the nut. If your guitar is tuned to a specific style, like country or reggae, upgrading the hardware can mess things up. So take time to figure out what is actually wrong. Remember, we can’t modify the hardware on any guitar to our liking. In our testing, we have come across many Faber guitar parts that won’t do any good with modification and require a complete body alteration. Let’s take a closer look at the significant Faber hardware components that can do better with an upgrade. The Headstock Inarguably, the most essential of all Faber guitar parts to keep the instrument in tune is the headstock. Why? Because these strings can only run through the Guitar bridge on