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Anthony Olinger - ArticlesAnthony is a professional luthier specializing in making and repairing handmade electric basses and guitars. He owns and operates Xylem Handmade Basses and Guitars. You can visit Xylem on the web at http://www.xylembassguitar.com.
Guitar and Bass Setups for Drop TuningDo you keep your guitar or bass drop tuned? Have you ever noticed that your instruments' intonation is a little off, or the strings are a little too loose when you leave it drop tuned for a long time? You can correct a lot of the quirks caused by long-term drop tuning with a few of the simple adjustments described in this article. Guitar And Bass Repair: The Free Guitar And Bass Modification To Customize Your ToneOne of the simplest ways to adjust your guitar or bass can have a profound effect on its tone, and better yet, the adjustment is free and takes very little time or skill to perform. Adjust the height of your guitar or bass’ pickups according to the guidelines in this article and, with a little experimentation, you can come closer to playing the tone of your fantasies. Guitar and Bass Repair - Perfect the Tuning of Your Instrument - Intonation Troubleshooting Part 2Part One of this article explained how to fix certain factors that corrupt the intonation of guitars and basses, such as faulty nut slots or excessive neck relief. Part Two will discuss how to fix a few more issues that cause flawed intonation. For a review on how to properly set intonation, refer to the Xylem article "Guitar and Bass Repair: Beyond Basic Tuning - Intonation, What is it and How Does it Work?". Guitar and Bass Repair: Perfect the Tuning of Your Instrument - Intonation Troubleshooting Part 1Have you ever found yourself in this situation? You’ve set the intonation on your guitar or bass perfectly. Your tuner reads exactly the same pitch for the harmonic at the twelfth fret and the fretted note at the twelfth, but some frets still produce notes that are out of tune. This two-part article will address various intonation problems and their solutions. Guitar and Bass Repair: Beyond Basic Tuning - Intonation, What is it and How Does it Work?Have you ever had a guitar or bass that didn't quite play in tune no matter how many times you tuned it up? If so, it is quite possible that your instrument's intonation is incorrect. If you've never heard of intonation, read further because it may be the key to making your instrument play in tune. This article will discuss what intonation is, why it needs to be set properly, how to read it and how to make basic adjustments to your instrument's intonation. Guitar and Bass Repair: Improving Tone, Action and Sustain Without Spending a Nickel Part ThreePart Two of this article covered how to properly adjust truss rods and optimize the relief of a bass or guitar based on a standard reference. Part Three will present specific examples describing how to correct certain types of fret buzz, upbowed, backbowed or twisted necks by adjusting a truss rod. Part Three will also describe how to fine-tune a truss rod to optimize an instrument’s relief based on its individual characteristics. It is recommended that you read Parts One and Two of this article Guitar and Bass Repair: Improving Tone, Action and Sustain Without Spending a Nickel Part TwoPart One of this article discussed how truss rods work and how to determine the neck relief of basses and guitars. Part Two of this article will go on to describe how to properly adjust truss rods to optimize neck relief and improve the playability and sound of basses and guitars. This article assumes that you have an understanding of how truss rods work and how to read an instrument’s relief (refer to Part One of this article for a review of this material). Guitar and Bass Repair: Improving Tone, Action and Sustain Without Spending a Nickel Part OneThe design and mechanics of adjustable truss rods are straightforward and simple. Despite this simplicity, truss rods and their effect on instruments are often misunderstood. A properly adjusted truss rod can improve an instrument's action, tone and sustain, eliminate fret buzz and prevent the neck from warping. The following article will reveal the design and mechanics of single action (traditional)truss rods and explain how to tell if yours needs adjustment by reading neck relief.
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