Dan Erlewine’s Maintenance & Setup for Steel-string Acoustic Guitars Vol. 1

Dan Erlewine’s Maintenance & Setup for Steel-string Acoustic Guitars Volume 1. Your guide to evaluating the condition of acoustic and resophonic guitars, and making them play their best. If your repair experience is mostly with electric guitars, these DVDs will show you how to apply your skills to flattops and resophonics. If you specialize in acoustics, this information is essential. If acoustic setup makes you nervous, this DVD will give you the information and confidence you need. The focus of this DVD is evaluating the condition of your acoustic or resophonic guitar, and getting the most out of it. Your guide to evaluating the condition of acoustic and resophonic guitars, and making them play their best. If your repair experience is mostly with electric guitars, these DVDs will show you how to apply your skills to flattops and resophonics. If you specialize in acoustics, this information is essential.
If acoustic setup makes you nervous, this DVD will give you the information and confidence you need. The focus of this DVD is evaluating the condition of your acoustic or resophonic guitar, and getting the most out of it. Information covered:

Flattop Acoustic Guitars:

• Installing strings correctly on the inside of your guitar: understanding the relationship between the bridge reinforcing plate’s (“bridge pad”) condition and goodtone, playability and a guitar’s longevity
• What to do about bridge and bridge pad problems
• Structural integrity checklist. Prevention is the best cure, so learn what to look for inside your guitar
• The most common problems with vintage flattops
• Optimum action setups for different playing styles
• Good nut and saddle height
• When does a neck need to be re-set?
• When does a bridge need to be replaced?
• Pro setups
• Understand the setups of these professional players, and hear the results
• Roy Bookbinder shows why he likes his Recording King and Washburn De-Luxe (both made by Gibson in the 30s and 40s)
• JD Hutchison shows how he gets his ’52 Martin D-28 to keep up with “the boys the Telecasters and steel guitars”
• Paul Geremia details the setups of both his Stella 12-String and Gibson J-35 – Two different setups for two different playing styles
• Jorma Kaukonen details his road guitar, a Gibson acoustic electric as well as his “pure” (unamplified) studio guitar – a Gibson Advanced Jumbo

 

Language: English
Year: 2006
Country: USA
Running time: 2 hours
Quality: DVDRip
Video: XviD, 640×480, 29.970 fps, 1440 Kbps
Audio: MP3, 48.0 KHz, 2 ch, 112 Kbps
Booklet: No
Size: 1.34 Gb

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