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Pay close attention to the angle of each string in relation to the tailpiece. The tailpiece should be adjusted so the strings never touch the rear edge of the Tune-o-matic. Contact here can cause tuning problems, so all the strings need to clear the bridge frame. You must have the genuine guitar spare parts to replace any like, wraparound bridge , custom guitar tailpiece , etc.  When the tailpiece is adjusted, I finish filing the string slots. This involves carefully sloping down the back of the slots to allow each string to follow its natural angle as it emerges from the tailpiece to the point where it contacts the saddle. Adjusting intonation. The final step is to intonate the guitar by moving the new saddles forward or backward in the bridge to shorten or lengthen the vibrating portion of the string. The saddle-intonation adjustment screw is located at the rear of the bridge, and the idea is to move each saddle forward (by turning the screw counterclockwise) or backward...

This is a tale about choosing whom you let work on your favorite guitars…..The victim here was a 63 Gibson 335 reissue. The owner wanted the neck shaved, a common mod back in the day but not seen so much today with all the thin shredy necks on the market.  The plan is to save the guitars identity and provide the slim, oil finished neck the owner wants. So we begin with some disassembly and salvage. Here is the online source of genuine guitar parts like  Gibson Nashville bridge , wraparound bridge, guitar tuner buttons, strings etc. First up I need to remove the fret board so I use it on the new neck. I do this with a heat gun and some small spatulas. I use heat shields that are made out of heavy cardboard wrapped in aluminum foil to protect the finish on the top of the guitar. I prefer to start at the body and work my way up the neck. Once the FB is off I can remove the neck. Since I cannot save the neck there is no reason to waste time steaming apart the joint. He...

Here's my latest free song lesson video: A beginner lesson on Leonard Cohen's amazing "Hallelujah." My arrangement is inspired by the gorgeous Jeff Buckley cover. It's been so fun releasing these free song lesson videos over the past couple weeks. I remember the excitement my blog generated almost 10 years ago--at that time, there wasn't a whole lot of support for guitarists on the internet, especially if you were just starting out. I'm sensing that same excitement again. I'm loving producing the lessons, and people are loving learning from them. Thanks for all the great feedback! Read More:  https://www.heartwoodguitar.com/another-song-lesson-video-hallelujah-by-leonard-cohen-jeff-buckley/#comment-173436

Introduction Do you have an acoustic guitar that needs to be restrung? Follow the steps to restring your instrument and make it sound brand new again. Step 1 Twist the 6 knobs in appropriate directions to unstring the guitar. There are six strings on a guitar. From the thickest string to thinest, or left to right, the stings are named E(low), A, D, G, B, and E(high) strings. In order to unstring the strings, turn the knobs for E(low), A, and D strings in clockwise direction and turn the knobs for G, B, E(high) strings in counter clock wise direction. Step 2 Carefully remove the pins from the bridge and remove the old strings. Step 3 Take the new strings out of of the package. Pin the stings onto the bridge, into the pinholes from left to right in the following order; E(low)-A-D-G-B-E(high). Refer to the cover of guitar strings package to distinguish the strings Step 4 Insert the end of each string into the head machine. Leave about 1 to 2 inches of string...