Get To Know Your Acoustic Guitar

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acutab
January 31, 2008

Noted guitar builder and repair specialist Marty Lanham of The Nashville Guitar Company gives an inside look at the flattop, steel string guitar. Learn how the guitar creates its sound, and what each component contributes to the tone - plus what you need to know about common repair and maintenace of your guitar. 2 hour DVD.

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Millions of people own acoustic guitars, but not many know much about how they generate tone, how they are built and maintained, or how they can be adjusted to improve tone, responsiveness or playability. Many guitarists have questions about proper care - or whether and when their instrument needs a visit to the repair shop - but don't have access to skilled luthiers to ask such questions.

Marty Lanham is Nashville's "go to guy" when delicate repair or restoration is needed on fine acoustic guitars. Prominent guitarists in country and bluegrass music rely on Marty for regular maintenance, and many use his handmade guitars on stage and in the studio. On this DVD, Marty shares his many years of experience as a luthier to help you get to know, and understand the acoustic guitar.

Marty provides an overview of the many component parts of the steel string guitar, describing what each contributes to the overall sound. You'll get to see the body of a guitar before it is assembled, and a number of disassembled guitars in the shop for repair. He then describes some of the most common guitar maintenance and repair issues, and how you can both spot and prevent them.

Symptoms of fret wear, loose braces, bridge plate wear, bride pulling up, and neck twist and warpage are among the topics covered in detail, with many close ups. He goes over neck relief, temperature and humidity, tuning machines, intonation, finish issues and when a guitar's neck may need to be reset. Causes (and fixes) for high or low action are also discussed and demonstrated.

Topics covered on Get To Know Your Acoustic Guitar:

component overview
bridge pulling up
loose bracing
bridge plate wear
action and saddle height
temperature and humidity
truss rod adjustments
cracks
restringing
intonation
finish care
choosing a used guitar
neck problems
tuning machines

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guitar acoustic unplugged steel string bluegrass flatpick fingerpick vintage deadnaught herringbone prewar d28 d18

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PullOutYourGuns (3 months ago) Show Hide

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i have a yamaha fg 335 acoustic and i wanna know how much it would cost to repair the neck and head??? i knw its a cheap guitar but ehh or should i just buy a new one? idk how much they cost

pretourious (5 months ago) Show Hide

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Very informative and useful information, thank you for posting!

vengeance76 (7 months ago) Show Hide

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does acoustic guitar make be adjust anyway i mean the action

AdventEye (7 months ago) Show Hide

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Can someone tell me how can the top side of the guitar be replaced (if possible), and how much it would cost?
Acoustic guitar.

tman916x (3 months ago) Show Hide

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idk if you've got the answer already, but if you want to replace the soundboard you might as well buy a new guitar. If it's beyond a normal repair then it might not be worth it to go through the trouble because you'd have to take off the neck, undue the bindings, find a way to loosen the glue and re-brace the guitar. Hope that helped.

ihavethatguitar (10 months ago) Show Hide

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i have that guitar.

debo17453 (7 months ago) Show Hide

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No you don't, he does...

sucker

nellee123 (11 months ago) Show Hide

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I've been wondering the same thing for a while now but can't find any answers on youtube :( ..anyone know?

NuG919 (11 months ago) Show Hide

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there is a video from FPE.. I believe..on fret buzz..it goes over adjusting the action.check it out

nellee123 (11 months ago) Show Hide

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thanks ill check it out :)

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