| Keeping your guitar tuned is THE first
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| | about 30-45 Minutes to fit, stretch and
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| step in sounding hot and professional.
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| | warm them and yourself up.If you have
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| Tune-up perfectly and THEN play is the
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| | ever played a guitar which sounds fine in
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| order of the day. Tuning tip number one
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| | the lower regions but goes out of tune as
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| starts right here. Get yourself a decent
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| | you move up the neck, the answer could
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| and well made guitar that naturally stays
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| | well be dirty or kaput strings. If you
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| in tune without constant tweaking. No
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| | change them and the problem goes away,
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| matter how much you perfect the art of
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| | then you know. If it doesn't go away, it
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| guitar tuning, a cheap instrument will
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| | could be the guitar intonation. Get a
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| seriously hamper your efforts.No matter
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| | good and trusted guitar-tech to check it
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| how well you play your latest lick or
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| | for you.When you put new strings on (if
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| arpeggio, it won't sound hot unless your
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| | you have a Floating Bridge, do them one
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| in perfect Guitar Tune Nirvana either!
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| | at a time, DO NOT take all the old ones
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| Conclusion: Invest in a good or even
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| | off at once), tune them up to concert
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| great guitar and your halfway there
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| | pitch, then spend about 20 minutes
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| regarding guitar-tuning dilemmas.To start
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| | stretching them by hand. Left hand holds
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| off, here are 2 simple but BIG tuning
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| | everything down at the nut, place 4
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| tips for any type of six-stringer:After
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| | fingers of your right hand underneath one
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| every sweaty, no-holds barred, gig or
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| | string, and slowly pull it out until you
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| rehearsal, CLEAN YOUR STRINGS! It may
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| | feel the tension and gently sort of
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| sound painfully obvious, but this is the
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| | bounce it forward and backwards, and
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| biggest guitar tuning problem and
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| | S-T-R-E-T-C-H...and loosen...and
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| string-killer of them all. Some people,
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| | S-T-R-E-T-C-H...and loos...Slide your
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| including yours truly, can rust and
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| | hand position up the neck along the
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| destroy a set of strings overnight, by
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| | string, pull it out at various points and
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| gigging with them and not cleaning the
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| | so on, covering the entire length from
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| chemicals and sweat off, immediately
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| | nut to bridge. Then retune it and do it
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| afterwards. When this happens, tuning can
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| | all again. The first few times the string
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| be almost impossible.So cleaning your
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| | tuning will drop by as much as an octave.
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| strings is step one to guitar tuning
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| | After a few stretch/tune ups you'll
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| nirvana. This simple precaution lengthens
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| | notice it doesn't drop anymore. If you
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| their lifespan, maintains tone AND
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| | let this stretching happen naturally, it
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| tuning. Use a lint-free cloth, wrap it
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| | can take a week or so until the guitar
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| under and around each string, one at a
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| | strings stop jumping out of tune every 2
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| time, and wipe up and down, with a slight
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| | seconds. Your guitar will be as fit as a
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| pressure, cleaning the complete
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| | fiddle.So adhering to these two simple
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| surface.Use pure alcohol on the cloth if
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| | but effective steps will improve any
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| necessary, you can buy a small bottle of
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| | guitars tuning and even playability. Once
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| Isopropyl Alcohol in the chemists.
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| | you get into the habit of cleaning and
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| Squeaky clean!WARNING: Be careful with
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| | stretching your guitar strings and it
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| this stuff it's poisonous if taken
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| | becomes second nature, you can turn your
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| internally!Be careful not to run your
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| | attention to other important playing
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| fingers along the string too, it cuts
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| | points without having to tune up every
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| deep and hurts like hell! I tie the cloth
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| | few minutes. It's well worth the
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| around the neck afterwards (they tend to
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| | effort.Next we look at some Fender
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| mysteriously disappear for some strange
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| | Stratocaster whammy bar tips, Lee Chang
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| reason just when needed), and make it a
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| | specials to avoid, and how a humble home
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| regular habit.Unless you're an
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| | pencil can save your guitar life
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| experienced player, DO NOT PUT NEW
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| | :).***David O'Toole is a guitar player,
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| STRINGS ON YOUR GUITAR BEFORE A GIG! ...
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| | music fan, and musician from Ireland.
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| hi John ;-). If you must, try and allow
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