Has your guitar become a little difficult to play sometimes? Does it sound, "out of tune"? Are the strings too high off the neck?
"Tune Up" Your Guitar!
Has
your guitar become a little difficult to play sometimes? Does it
sound, "out of tune"? Are the strings too high off the neck? Is the
neck warped or bowed? Are the tuning gears difficult to turn? Are
moving parts rusty? It could be that your guitar needs a tune up!
A
hard to play guitar could be a roadblock to your success as a musician,
so if you want your guitar to play better and faster, let Haywire prep
your guitar with our " 8 Point Gig Ready Process".
It's
like getting it ready for the Grand Prix! This is the same process
that we perform on all of our new instruments, and it will put your
“baby” back in shape, and allow you to play fast and in tune up and down
the fret board like never before!
Bring
your guitar back from the dead with a well-deserved tune up from
Haywire Custom Guitars! This includes cleaning the electronics, the
fret board, tightening any loose hardware, adding the proper washers
to the input jack and tightening it to make sure it stays tight,
re-stringing, adjusting the truss rod, cleaning and adjusting nut
slots, set string height and intonation! See our whole process below.
Point 1: 4 - axis alignment of the guitar neck
Each
guitar neck is checked and adjusted to be sure it is true and straight
to ensure proper alignment on all axis. This step ensures proper action
and allows for more accurate and easier guitar tuning, playing and
set-up in the following steps.
Point 2: Inspect and lube the guitar tuning gears
Before
installing the guitar tuning gears, each one is checked thoroughly.
Each tuning gear is adjusted so that there is no play in the mechanism.
They are then lubricated to insure smooth and even movement to make your
guitar tune accurately.
Point 3: Potting the guitar pickups
We dip the pickups in hot wax to reduce squeal and unwanted guitar feedback.
Point 4: Prep the guitar body
Upon
installing the guitar electronic components, great care is taken to
ensure that all wires are properly routed, spaced, and grounded to
ensure years of trouble free service with your guitar.
Point 5: Level and polish the frets
This insures that all of the guitar frets are level, eliminating any possibility of fret buzz due to unevenness.
Point 6: Radius the guitar strings
Most
guitar necks have a contour over the top of the neck called the radius.
We adjust the strings to make sure the height of each string follows
the contour of the guitar neck radius.
Point 7: Adjusting the overall guitar string height and the action
Once
we set the contour and radius of the guitar strings, it’s time to
adjust the overall height of the strings from the top of the frets to
the bottom of the guitar strings.
Point 8: Set the guitar intonation
This
step is done twice. The intonation is set two times with a 24 hour
"seat-in" period in between to allow the guitar to properly re-seat to
the new adjustments.
For
special occasions or just because, giving a guitar is the quickest way
to make someone feel special. The future is now: you can set the
delivery date for up to 12 months in the future.
