On an acoustic guitar, this process involves adjustments to your instruments truss rod, nut, and bridge. Although you can make some adjustments yourself, more thorough and severe adjustments should be looked at
Gibson guitar nuts are much easier to remove than Fender nuts, at least most of the time. Gibson nuts are usually very similar to acoustic guitar nuts. Les Paul nuts are glued on the wrist of the headstock and butted up against the end of the fretboard. These style nuts can easily be ...
To route out the area between the bridge and tail of the guitar, drop the center cutout, back into the body—this will help support the router as you remove the material. Leave about ½" to ⅜" at the bottom, connecting the bridge and tail of the body. Now, route a ½" ...
The bridge also acts as a brace to reinforce the guitar body. Since most acoustic guitar braces are on the inside of the guitar, you may have never thought of the bridge being an external brace. Internal guitar braces help support the load from the tension of the guitar strings. The bridg...
Remarkably, you can achieve both acoustic and electric style tones with this guitar, which could come in handy for the versatile player. It has a piezo pickup in the bridge position, noiseless pickup, and a body-sensing pickup, which is what allows you to access a variety of colors from...
3. The Black Handcrafted Steel String Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar This oneis yet another great choice for beginners looking to pick up their first guitar. The guitar features a Calputa Fretboard and Calputa Bridge. This acoustic also features a Liden Top and a black pick guard. This is anothe...
1. Remove the old tuners (Image credit: Jack Ellis) So let’s extract the old ones starting with the 10mm nuts on the headstock face. Be careful not to scratch the paint job of course (not that this Gibson here is brand new). Get the MusicRadar Newsletter Want all the hottest music ...
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The very first guitar effects were built into instruments themselves. In the 1930s, Rickenbacker made a clunky Vibrola Spanish guitar with motorized pulleys that jiggled the bridge to create a vibrato effect. In the 1940s, DeArmond manufactured the world's first standalone effect, a type of ...