Guitar need a tweak? Need the 8 Point Gig Ready Process to get you jump started?
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 due to
rusty moving parts ? Probably? Maybe, your guitar needs an 8-Point
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 Daytona 500! 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. Please feel free to inquire about how we can help you be
a better player!
Point 1: 4-Axis Alignment of The Guitar Neck
First of all, 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
Because, we dip the pickups in hot wax to reduce squeal therefore, as a result, no unwanted guitar feedback.
Point 4: Prep The Guitar Body
Upon installing the guitar electronic
components, while great care is taken to ensure that all wires are
properly routed, spaced, and grounded. In addition, you’ll have many
years of trouble free service with your guitar.
Point 5: Level and Polish The Frets
Most noteworthy, 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
Since, 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.
