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Replacing Your Guitar Strings
How often should you replace your guitar strings? Most beginners and hobbyists should replace their strings about once every six to twelve months. Most professionals change their strings every one to three months. The trebles will generally outlast the bass strings by...
How to repair a cracked fingernail
The best way to repair a cracked or split fingernail is to cover the affected area with superglue and silk fabric.
How to file fret ends
It doesn’t matter how well a guitar is made or how well the wood has been aged, changes in humidity can cause fret boards to shrink slightly. When this happens the fret ends can slightly protrude. Occasionally, customers ask me what can be done about sharp fret ends.
Setting Up A Classical Guitar
Many Goyette Guitar customers mistakenly think that the “playability” of a classical guitar is mostly a function of how it is made, with some guitars being more difficult to play than others. The truth is that any guitar can be made easy to play, so long as the neck is strait and all the frets level. The cost of the guitar has nothing at all to do with playability.
How to accompany country music on a classical guitar
In this post you will find videos of Richard Goyette demonstrating how to accompany classic country and country gospel songs with a classical guitar.
How to shorten your guitar’s scale length
The other day, I got tired of my fingertips hurting all the time. I also got tired of trying to play those difficult stretches. Then it dawned on me that I could make one simple adjustment to my guitar that would change everything. Afterwards, my guitar playing became much easier and more comfortable.
How to play lightning fast scales and arpeggios
You are capable of playing much faster than you think, perhaps even astonishingly fast! Most guitar players believe you cannot play fast scales and arpeggios because your reflexes are not fast enough, or because you can’t make your fingers move fast enough, or because you cannot adequately sync your left and right hands. In other words, you believe you are not physically capable of playing fast.
Best Thumb Technique for Classical Guitar Playing
Thumbs Up, Sideways, or Down? Fret buzz most often occurs on the bass strings, especially the low E string. When the action is set very low, for ease of play, fret buzzing is a potential problem, depending on one’s style of play.
What is a “hands-made” guitar?
All classical guitars are hands-made in the sense that human hands are involved in the construction and assembly process. The difference between a “factory guitar” and a “luthier-made” guitar is the amount of time involved in the “fine tuning” aspects of the production process.
Truss Rods, neck relief and fret buzz
Classical guitar fretboards are not normally perfectly straight. Ideally they would have a very slight bend to them, called relief. This allows a bit more clearance for the strings, especially the bass strings.