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2. Truss rod - Wikipedia

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   Truss rods are frequently made out of steel, though graphite and other materials are sometimes used.. The truss rod can be adjusted to compensate for expansion or contraction in the neck wood due to changes in humidity or temperature, or to compensate for changes in the tension of the strings (the thicker the guitar string, the higher its tension when tuned to correct pitch) or using different ...

3. Action (music) - Wikipedia

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   On a typical steel string acoustic guitar, for example, the action is adjusted by carefully sanding the guitar's saddle so that the strings sit closer to the fretboard. [1] The action on a guitar is also slightly affected by the adjustment of the truss rod. Tightening the truss rod bends the neck backwards, lowering the action—and loosening ...

4. 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 ...

5. Fender Contemporary Stratocaster Japan - Wikipedia

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   “D” profile neck with a 12" radius. "Single action" or "BiFlex" truss rod adjustment on the headstock. Microtilt neck angle fine adjustment. Some models have string trees. Some models have a coil split switch. 22 medium jumbo frets. Fender Roto-matic tuners, and 4 bolt neck plate. 11 screw pickguard. Some models don't have a pickguard ...

6. 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 ...

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8. Inharmonicity - Wikipedia

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   This is distinct from any temperament issue." Even if a guitar is built so that there are no "fret or neck angle errors, inharmonicity can make the simple approach of tuning open strings to notes stopped on the fifth or fourth frets" unreliable. Inharmonicity also demands that some of the "octaves may need to be compromised minutely." [6]

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