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2. Guitar tech - Wikipedia

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   The guitar tech also might perform any of a variety of maintenance tasks, such as checking that the string height of the guitars is set properly, modifying ("dressing") the height and arc of the frets, adjusting the intonation of the instruments, checking that tubes (valves) on tube amplifiers are working properly, and that cables are in good condition and free from crackles and hum caused by ...

3. Schecter Guitar Research - Wikipedia

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   The following instruments are no longer in production by Schecter Guitars as of 2012. Although, some guitars, like the Damien-7, The Banshee Elite, and Hellcat VI have been brought back for 2016 and are currently available to purchase on Schecter's official website. [7] Guitars. Banshee; 00 Series = 006 Elite (2008), 007 Elite (2000–2007)

4. Bolt-on neck - Wikipedia

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   The "bolt-on" method is used frequently on solid body electric guitars and on acoustic flattop guitars. In the typical electric guitar neck joint, the body and neck cross in horizontal plane. The neck is inserted into a pre-routed opening in the body (which is commonly called a "pocket"), and then joined using three to four screws.

5. Capo (musical device) - Wikipedia

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   Spring clamp capo A guitar capo with a lever-operated over-centre locking action clamp Demonstrating the peg removal feature on an Adagio guitar capo. A capo (/ ˈ k eɪ p oʊ ˌ k æ-ˌ k ɑː-/ KAY-poh, KAH-; short for capodastro, capo tasto or capotasto [ˌkapoˈtasto], Italian for "head of fretboard") [a] is a device a musician uses on the neck of a stringed (typically fretted) instrument ...

6. Elderly Instruments - Wikipedia

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   Specializing in fretted instruments, including acoustic and electric guitars, banjos, mandolins, and ukuleles, Elderly maintains a selection of odd or rare instruments. Elderly is known as a premier repair shop for fretted instruments, as one of the larger vintage instrument dealers in the United States, and as a major dealer of Martin guitars ...

7. Machine head - Wikipedia

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   Exposed gears are much more common in premium bass guitars than in six-string non-bass instruments. The machine heads on a classical guitar. Note the exposed gears and the decorations. Martin EB18 bass guitar headstock, showing Martin open-type machine heads. The reverse of the machine heads on a "folk" steel-string acoustic guitar.

8. Luthier - Wikipedia

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   The 20th-century American luthiers John D'Angelico and Jimmy D'Aquisto made archtop guitars. Lloyd Loar worked briefly for the Gibson Guitar Corporation making mandolins and guitars. His designs for a family of arch top instruments (mandolin, mandola, guitar, et cetera) are held in high esteem by today's luthiers, who seek to reproduce their sound.

9. Guitar wiring - Wikipedia

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   Guitar wiring refers to the electrical components, and interconnections thereof, inside an electric guitar (and, by extension, other electric instruments like the bass guitar or mandolin). It most commonly consists of pickups , potentiometers to adjust volume and tone, a switch to select between different pickups (if the instrument has more ...