You can preset the basic intonation of your guitar by taking a tape measure and measuring from the inside of the nut to the center of the 12th fret (the fret wire itself; not the fingerboard). Double that measurement to find the scale length of your guitar. Adjust the first-string bridge...
The article presents a book review for "The Fender Stratocaster Handbook: How To Buy, Maintain, Set Up, Troubleshoot, and Modify Your Strat," by Paul Belmer.ShoafBrownUniv.EricBrownUniv.C.BrownUniv.EBSCO_bspLibrary Journal
For this we’re using a Custom-built Fender Japan ST-68X hybrid Stratocaster as our subject, and we’re changing the existing Fender Custom Shop pickups for a set of House Of Tone, 68’ Specials. What you will need: Soldering iron Wire cutters Solder sucker Solder Stratocaster or S-type...
Wire cutters Neck Rest to secure the guitar Radius Gauge Long Straight Edge Guitar Setup: The Right Tool For The Job Learn more about getting the right tools for setting up your guitar. How to sight a guitar neck The first step in any setup is to look at the neck and see what correc...
Packed into every Stratocaster, Telecaster, and Jazzmaster is both 75 years of sound innovation as well as hands-on craftsmanship from Fender’s army of experienced luthiers. Because of this hand-made approach, no two Fender guitars are exactly the same...
Fender Stratocaster connected directly to an oscilloscope. Each 'wave' on the oscilloscope is caused by one string vibration. The highest voltage (peak of wave) is created by the fastest string speed when it's moving directly over the pickup. The zero voltage point (center of graph) is ...
Think "guitar god," and a particular image of Jimi Hendrix springs to mind: Hendrix kneeling, shamanlike, before his Fender Stratocaster, his hands seeming to coax flames from the instrument. Captured by photographer Jim Marshall at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, this image is burned into the...
A number of scientific fields are called upon in the creation of a Fender Stratocaster, but probably none so central to the production of potentially artistic tone than the sciences involved in the construction of a Stratocaster’s pickups. Here’s a brief look at the science behind the magic...
This pickup consists of a bar magnet wrapped with perhaps 7,000 turns of fine wire. If you have read How Electromagnets Work, then you know that coils and magnets can turn electrical energy into motion. In the same way, they can turn motion into electrical energy. In the case of an el...
like Fender Stratocasters, you will need to remove the entire pickguard to remove the selector. Simply unscrew the pickguard from the body, flip it over, and rest it on the top of the body. The pickguard will still be wired to the body, so you can’t go very far with it. Then,...