Electric guitar tuning

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Tuning the electric guitar is carried out in several stages. First you need to adjust the truss rod, which is located inside the neck. The brace prevents deformation from the load coming from the tension of the strings. Initially, in new guitars, the truss rod is set and does not need to be touched. Tuning is needed when the guitar has already been played. To do this, hold down the sixth string and look at the gap between the string and the seventh fret. It should be no more than 0.4 mm. If everything is normal, then the anchor should not be touched.

If the clearance is greater than normal, adjustment will be required. To do this, loosen the strings so as not to break. Unscrew the bolts on the curtain that closes the coupling. Install the hexagon to the stop. Tightening occurs clockwise, and relaxation is counterclockwise. The key must be turned slowly and no more than half a turn per day. Otherwise, the neck may be damaged. After that, you should tune the strings and put the guitar to lie down for a day. It happens that at one time the tuning of the electric guitar does not give results and you need to repeat the procedure, this requires patience. If the adjustment does not work, then the cause may be an anchor defect, unevenbending of the neck, slant wood, or uneven string wrap.

Electric guitar tuning requires a certain string height. The optimum clearance is shown below:

- 1 string: 1.5mm;

- 2 string: 1.6mm;

- 3rd string: 1.7mm; - 4th string: 1.8mm;

- 5th string: 1.9mm;

- 6th string: 2.0mm.

Loosen the threads before adjusting the height.

Tuning an electric guitar includes adjusting the working length of the string - scale. If it is not adjusted, then the guitar will be out of tune. If the scale is set correctly, then the error will be the most uniform throughout the neck. It is better to tune the scale with a tuner or by harmonics, which above the twentieth fret should sound like a clamped string at the twelfth fret. If the sound of the thread is higher, then you need to increase the scale, and if it is lower, then reduce it.

Changing the strings is a simple step, but there are some tricks. Usually new electric guitars have cheap cords. It is best to replace them immediately. First you need to install the central spring, and after replacing and before tightening, the remaining springs. Then unscrew the screws and remove the clamps. Set the thickest sixth string first, then the first, then all the others.

An important rule is not to remove all the strings at once. First, remove the first one, measure a new one along it, bend it a little in the place of the required length, insert and pull it. Do the same manipulations with all other strings. This sequence is importantso that the anchor does not go. The new strings will stretch for a couple more days, so the guitar will need to be tuned. If a string breaks, except for the first one, you need to change the entire set, as the sound of strings from different sets will be terrible.

The last tuning of the electric guitar is adjusting the height of the pickups. To get an excellent signal, the pickups must be as close to the strings as possible. In this case, it is necessary that the strings do not touch the pickup magnets.

The choice of an electric guitar depends only on your tastes and desires, choose a musical instrument individually.