Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Troubleshooting Electric Guitars

By Steven Dean


There are occasions when a guitar strummer will be facing technical issues such as a bent neck and poor intonation.

One of the largest reasons for poor sounding and unplayable guitars is the undeniable fact that the neck is either bent or badly aligned from the body. This could lead to a entire range of issues from fret buzz to poor action to your guitar just being a lot more tough to play than it should be.

In the guitar neck lies what's typically referred to as a truss rod, which is important because over- tightening it causes the neck to bend forwards, while loosening it turns it inwards. To deal with this problem you want a set of Hex keys, a level or straight edge, and a screw driver. What you want to do is to make sure that the strings are in place as the string stress is also a participatory factor to the way in which the neck of the guitar will bend. If you've a neck that is bowing out, you would like to tighten the screw and use your level to gauge its accuracy.

On the flip side, if it is bending inwards, you may want to loosen the screw until the neck is level which should help when it comes to working with your electrical guitar kit. Just tip toe lightly as even the smallest alteration will have a massive result on the neck of your guitar.

Ultimately, one of the the biggest issue guitar players face is poor intonation. This means that fundamentally your guitar has a tuning problem and while it may play relatively in tune between the 1st 5 frets when you explore the higher frets you might start hearing some of your notes sounding a little off. Poor intonation often needs some correction to the bridge saddles. These can be quite different depending on your guitar of choice but the elementals are typically the same.

Many individuals are intimidated when thinking about any aspect of the guitar set up but the reality is adjusting the intonation is actually fairly simple and any person can do it if they research it a little first.




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