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STRING THEORY

Having played acoustic and electric guitar for around 55 years (and been a teacher for 20 years) I’ve been fortunate to have played nearly every make and model of guitar. What I’ve found, not surprisingly, as they are made of a variable material (wood), is that they are all different. And these differences translate into how they feel and respond to different string gauges.

Historically, I was never happy with how my guitars played so I set out to learn how to set them up and tweak them to my personal preferences. Because I was an industrial chemist for many years, taking a structured approach to action, neck relief, pickup heights, intonation, etc, was a straightforward process. That said, even though