Quick Guitar Tips

Tuning

Tuning is a problem for everyone. Tempering, used by piano tuners starts
from the middle pitch of the instrument and gradually exagerates the pitch
as it moves lower or higher.

Example;
Tune from your middle strings out to control neck pressure. Example in
Standard Tuning go in this order G3 - D4 - A5 - B2 - E6 - E1. Yet
tune G3 and D4 as perfectly in tune as you can then; the A5 and E6 ever
so slightly flat and the B2 and E1 ever so slightly sharp. Remember as a
string gets lower in pitch it has to be thicker and longer to intonate at the
12th fret. Repeat 3 times quickly.

The whole guitar is now tempered and tuned. Also use this technique for
all string instruments.

Cleaning

1.
Cleaning a rosewood or ebony fingerboard use;
1. 000 grit pad
2. lemon oil
3. Tung oil

2.
Cleaning a poly or epoxy body / back of neck use a damp cotton cloth.
 

3.
Here is a simple method to clean up glue residue from stickers or
caked on sweat and dirt deposits.  This is a shop technique that will
not harm laquer.

1. Naptha

2. Alcohol

3. Mineral Spirits

4. 50/50 mix of Ammonia & Water

One cleaner picks up the residue the last one left behind. You end up with
a clean and residue free area . Work each solvent slowly with a clean rag
for each one.

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