Why Do Guitar Headstocks Break? (One Little Scratch Explains Everything)
A strip of maple veneer, one little scratch, and it breaks right there. That’s why headstocks break, and most of it isn’t bad luck.
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Author: Tom Bills
The Guitar Is An Energy System (Not A Wooden Box)
The biggest shift in thirty years of building happened pushing a lawn mower: I stopped seeing a wooden box and started seeing an energy system.
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Guitar Truss Rod Guide: Types, How It Works & Adjustment
The guitar truss rod is one of the most important parts of any acoustic or electric guitar because...
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Why I Put The Same Strings On Every Guitar
I put the same strings on every guitar I build, the way a studio uses the same monitors. I need to hear the guitar, not the strings.
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Should You Level Frets Straight, or With Relief?
A shop in Italy put my guitar on their PLEK machine and it came back needing nothing. What decides that isn’t the leveling. It’s the shape of the neck’s bow.
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