Social Distancing for Musicians
Doing my bit for public health.
This article written by Gerry Hayes and first published at hazeguitars.com
Presets can be a little tricky to explain as a concept, but a travel guitar that came in for a setup gives a really clear illustration of what's happening.
Installing a bolt-on neck you have to be careful to get the alignment right. Get it wrong and the strings can fall off the edge of the fingerboard and that's never good. Here’s a tip to help.
If you do this job, you'll find yourself needing good lighting in really awkward areas. I decided to do something to try and make this easier.
Part two of the shrunken and separated waist binding repair on this Martin acoustic. Let's get this glued up and back in shape
Binding shrinking at the waist is a pain. It can be repaired but does involve a little work to do it right.
I don’t feel like I’m a thought-leader when it comes to capo placement but people keep asking me about it. Time to nail my colours to the mast.
Direct or body-mount humbuckers are more and more common. If you’re planning on upgrading and swapping them out, there are some considerations that you should be aware of, though. Check it out…
We humans are great (mostly). Our amazing minds let us do incredible things. And sometimes, they try to screw with us. When that overlaps with guitars, I find it massively interesting. Check out the story of The Mystery B-String Noise…
Some body mount pickups can be installed using foam underneath. This is not without its problems though so be aware of the following when you’re considering adding or replacing pickup foam…
Gibson’s addition of PCBs gets a lot of criticism. Is it justified? Mostly no but with a little bit of yes.