The original, popular Acoustic Guitar Owner's Manual is now scaled to fit into your guitar case! It's everything you need to know about your guitar: how to care for it, protect it, get a good setup, and become a more savvy repair-shop customer. Complete and unabridged.
(String Letter Publishing). Acoustic guitarists can now better understand their instruments, preserve and protect their value, and get the sounds they really want, thanks to this new book from the experts at Acoustic Guitar magazine. This indispensable guide begins by acquainting players with their instruments and laying to rest some pervasive guitar myths, then proceeds through various aspects of basic care, setup, common repairs, and pickup installation. Whether it's cleaning and polishing a beloved guitar, protecting it from theft or changes in humidity, selecting a case, or performing diagnostics, readers will become more savvy acoustic guitar owners and repair-shop customers and can forego dubious advice from well-meaning friends and anonymous "experts" on the Web. Includes a primer and glossary of terms.
Gives practical advice on selecting, tuning, preserving and repairing an acoustic guitar, shows how to change strings, and describes the inner structure of guitars
The acoustic guitar has always reigned supreme in classical, flamenco, folk, delta blues and country music. This title includes case studies of key models - from a Martin D28 to a Yamaha budget classic - and explains how to set up, maintain and repair most popular types of acoustic guitar.
New in Paperback. Most rock and pop guitarists begin their playing on an acoustic guitar, and the advent of MTV's Unplugged and improvements in acoustic amplification mean this once poor relation has returned to centre stage - although, of course, the acoustic guitar has always reigned supreme in classical, flamenco, folk, delta blues and country ......
This is the first hands-on how-to manual devoted to acoustic guitars. This guidebook shows owners and dreamers the basics of selecting and buying acoustic guitars; performing maintenance and repairs like tuning, setting intonation, doing fret repairs, adjusting bridges and nuts, and troubleshooting; doing spur-of-the-moment stage-side fixes; and adding some basic "performance" enhancements like aftermarket pickups and more.
(Guitar). Learn to diagnose common problems relating to the adjustment, upkeep and repair of your acoustic guitar, as well as nylon-string guitars and ukuleles. Topics include: humidity * cracks * braces * bridge plates * frets * guitar action * intonation * neck angle * tuning machines * strings * strap buttons * end pins * buying a used guitar * cleaning & polishing * pickups * and much more.