Tip 1: How to reduce the distance between strings and the neck

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Tip 1: How to reduce the distance between strings and the neck

Distance between neck and strings - value is a variable. The longer the distance, the more effort the left hand of the musician makes to press the strings against the neck. This is especially true when the game is played at a fast pace. Reduce the distance can be with simple manipulation. Changing this value affects the intonational sound of the guitar.

You will need

Guitar, a ruler with small divisions, a screwdriver and a special key (for establishing the strings of an electric guitar)

Instructions

Find the 12th harmony of the guitar. Distance it is best to reduce at this level - between the partition and the lower surface of the string.

How to reduce the distance between strings and <b> fretboard </ b>

Using a string holder, relax the string. Then, by measuring the distance with the ruler, reduce it to the nearest millimeter and fix the changes. Only in this case the string will not rattled. The optimal distance between the friction of the frets and the string: for acoustic guitar - 2-3 mm, for electric guitar - 1-2 mm. For an electric guitar, the distance for each string can be adjusted separately, since the strings are fixed separately. To do this, "open" them with a key and unscrew it with a screwdriver. The first time to do it better with an assistant. Then, when you "punched" your hand, you can do it alone.

If you want to change the distance between neck and one of the strings, it is best to refer the instrument to a qualified specialist. Only he can do this work so accurately that the string sounded in unison, there was no dissonance.

Check the sound. You can do this by taking a sound on an open string, then squeezing it to 12 fret and taking the sound again. The sound between these notes should be equal to an octave. If it's not, continue tuning.

Another way is to take an open sound on a string whose distance is changed. Then remove the flasher, holding down the 12 fret and compare the sounds - if properly configured, they must match.

Note that if the sound at 12 fret turns too high, then the sounding part of the string is short and it should be lengthened by displacing the lower pivot point (bottom sill).

The pure sound of the guitar directly depends on the distance of the bottom peg to 12 fret. The main thing is that this distance would be equal to the distance from 12 fret to the top paddle.

Tip 2: Why the strings rattling

Guitar is one of the most commontools in the world. Without it, it is impossible to imagine either a large stage, or an entrance yard in the evening. But if for the variety instruments are watched by specially trained people, then in the hands of an amateur guitar sometimes begins to behave not quite decently. For example, the most common problem of amateur guitarists is the unpleasant rattling of strings even with the cleanest technique of the game.

To understand why the guitar starts to rattle,it is enough to recall the structure of this instrument with a seven hundred year history. The modern guitar as a whole is divided into body, neck and head. The head is called the ring mechanism of the guitar. On the body is the neck and nails - a shelf for fastening strings. In the case there is also an outlet - a resonator opening. On the neck there are frets and ladder pads - they should be paid more attention. Lad - this is a section of the neck with a length that causes an increase in sound strings for one semitone. There is a special formula that establishes the exact values of frets, depending on the length of the strings. At the border of the modes, the metal fretboards are reinforced in the neck, they are from 19 on classical guitars to 27 on electric tools. The main way to extract sound when playing the guitar is to change the length of the oscillating part strings, in other words, the guitarist presses the string toneck, and, to be more precise, to the ladle's neck. No matter how strong he may be, sooner or later he wears out. The pads are the second most worn part of the guitar after the string. The stunts may not rattling at all musically, for example, because the scattered ladder sneaker has come out of its nest. A few tenths of a millimeter can be quite enough. Replacement parts in this case will not be required - it is enough to adjust the height of the required paddles. It happens and vice versa: due to wear, the paddles become too low, and during the game the correct cut-off does not occur strings. In this case, it is necessary to work on the mode. Another defect that causes rattling is often found on poor-quality guitars, but is also associated with frets. This defect is an incorrect bending of the guitar neck, which is connected either with a constriction of the strings, or with the storage of the guitar under improper conditions, or with the poor quality of the wood used for the production of the neck. The old Soviet guitars can be helped by a guitar key and a sharp eye, newer models can only be helped by the lute - the guitar master's thing. The rattling of strings is a very unpleasant phenomenon for those who appreciate music. However, the appearance of such a defect can be an excellent reason for a preventive examination of a favorite tool from a qualified specialist. Indeed, the prevention of diseases - a pledge of a long life as a tool, and the musician himself, not representing life without music, even in the courtyard.

Tip 3: How to make the neck for an electric guitar

Guitar vulture is much more fragile than it is commonly believed, it breaks and splits, and therefore the musicians are forced either to change the instrument or repair the bar.

You will need

- electric grinding machine;
- electric jigsaw;
- electric drill;
- milling machine;
- compressor unit (spray gun, paint and varnish);
- plane;
- scrapers;
- Sherhebel;
- joiner clamps;
- Pliers;
- cutting pliers;
- a hammer;
- knife;
- files;
- Screwdrivers (cross).

Instructions

For the manufacture of fretboard electric guitars determine the wood. When selecting wood, pay attention to the location of the fibers, their location should be symmetrical, without sharp bends. The selected wood should not have knots. Check it for a sound, tap it. You can take maple, ash or mahogany. Usually masters use pine and spruce, but oak wood does not fit.

Make a pattern from the neck. The head of the neck can be made straight or inclined 13-17˚. If you do in a straight line, then you need to install the retainers, so that the strings are pressed against the upper flange.

If you make the head of the neck without tiltingwith respect to the neck, then make the whole piece from a single piece. If it has a slope, then make a part from a separate piece of wood, and then glue it to the neck.

Prepare the wood. Make the markup. Prepare the workpiece from both sides the same narrowing to the upper flange. Use a jigsaw to cut the workpiece and the head of the neck. The neck in cross section has two bends (1 - the radius of the lining, 2 - the profile of the fretboard). At the upper threshold, create a profile using the file. At the heel of the neck, make a profile with a clip. Connect with each other.

The most difficult job is marking frets. Try to make it more accurate. Dimensions for any mensur are on the Internet. For smooth cuts, make a semblance of a chair. To the fretboard frets were smooth, give them the same radius as the lining, or completely straighten.

With a hammer or kiyanki fret gently, from the end. File the frets on the sides skew. Align them relative to each other in height using a bar and skin.

The work with the tree is over, you canto start painting work. Place the place for painting in advance to clean from debris and dust. The body of the guitar before painting, sand it with fine sandpaper (P500-1000), removing all irregularities. Apply the first layer of nitrogrunt.

Then remove it with a fine sandpaper. Do not overdo it! The primer was necessary in order to fill the pores in the wood. Again, apply a layer of nitrogrant, again grind. And only after these works apply a paint, and then a varnish.