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I couldn't find a really good tutorial, but THIS isn't too bad. Basically, your string should go down the hole in the tuner, and then bend it 90 degrees, and wrap it around the shaft 2-4 times. There is absolutely no reason your tuners should work just fine. Light "Cowards can never be...

That rules out a Rick. Try Fender's 12 string Strat. The string spacing is still too narrow for me, but it sure has a big headstock. Besides, it's near impossible to find an electric 12 which actually has a wide enough neck. Light "Cowards can never be moral." M.K. Gandhi

God, I hate Ricks. I don't know a single repair person who will not charge you close to double for any work done on a Rick. Not because we hate them, but because it takes twice as long to do anything you need to do on a Rick. Which is why we all hate them. I know a number of well known...

I'm pretty sure I've said all of this before, but.... I am firmly of the belief that strings are one of the areas where a larger company is a better choice. Most of the smaller brands of strings are just buying their strings from one of the big guys (D'Addario, GHS, La Bella or Ernie Ball -...

They're all wrong, and most of them are assholes. Or at least they are idiots. The guy who's worth listening to is the one who has a style of his own. He could be fast as shit (well, at least some of the time), or he could be all about feel, but whatever he's (or she's) doing, it's their own...

I haven't tried it. I can think of no way of amplifying an acoustic guitar that sounds worse to me than a microphone inside the guitar. For my own use, I would never, EVER, use a internal mic. Oh, one other solution I forgot to mention - a really good magnetic pickup, like a Sunrise...

My first guess would be a bad string, but it could be the pickup is too close too. Light "Cowards can never be moral." M.K. Gandhi

Well, you didn't say which pickup you are using, but there are a number of different possibilities. All of them depending, of course, on which set of compromises you want to make. If you need volume, you are probably going to have to deal with some degree of quack. However, you can improve...

Well, I can't swear that it would make the guitar worse, and I don't think it would make the sound any better, but I think "no comment" on that one. Light "Cowards can never be moral." M.K. Gandhi

Well, it's a better quality brand than Superglue, but yeah, they are held together with CA's. It's the right adhesive for the material, though, and holds the stuff better than anything else could. The only problem is it's a giant pain in the ass to work with. Well, also, if the surfaces are...

Call Martin and find out where the nearest warranty shop is. Obviously, I can't say for sure without seeing the guitar, but this is frequently covered under the warranty. Only the warranty shop you take it to can say for sure. Trust me, you don't want to try to do it yourself - those things...

Yup, that's just the labor. Light "Cowards can never be moral." M.K. Gandhi

At a guess, including all required set up and such, and depending on the amount of work needed on the neck pocket, about $250-350. Light "Cowards can never be moral." M.K. Gandhi

Your in Finland right? Isn't that actually 50 cycle hum over there? Just being pedantic. Don't mind me. Light "Cowards can never be moral." M.K. Gandhi

Well, I guess I'm a little late to the party, but in general, the way to go about these things is to eliminate one potential issue at a time. Most of the time, the best way to start de-humming a guitar rig is to try unplugging your pedals from their wall warts, and running them on batteries...

Yeah I know. Actually, the reason I post here is so I can be a ornery curmudgeon in an anonymous environment. In the shop, and on any forum where I'm known by my name, I'm really very nice. To make up for being a bit of an ass sometimes, I do my best to also post good information whenever I...

I just shipped two of these today (one old, one fairly new, but both beat up by being used a lot on tour - both repairs going back to a customer). They are fine, I suppose, but the thing I never really noticed until I had to put them in boxes is that they are fucking LONG. They've got the...

Wow, somewhere in all that dross you actually managed to put in an actual legitimate question. The difference between hand made and factory made has very little to do with the tools used, but with who does the work. You see, when I make an acoustic guitar, I do all of the work myself. When...

I'd say that something like 80 years of combined guitar building experience would have to be more authoritative than a company that doesn't actually make acoustic guitars. It looks like Godin has bought some acoustic lines (Seagull, Simon & Patrick, etc.), but none of them are what you would...

Well, yeah. I was just trying not to make any absolute statements that can't really be checked factually. I can say that cedar doesn't seem to change much if at all, and it may well just be that any changes you see are from the lacquer continuing to out-gas, or the spruce braces aging, or...