I learnt so much about guitars yesterday
My son needed his guitar restrung. The strings are about £8 but the shop wanted double that again to fit them. I appreciate the work but...
So we called @OldBrit who said bring it over and l can show you and you can video it. My sons friend also brought his guitar which the shop wanted more money to do which I then didn't understand. I now sort of do😂😂
Gather in his garage at one of his workbenches. He raises an eyebrow at the friends guitar. It has a Floyd (think that's right) so much more difficult to do. But there's feeler gauges (yes I laughed out loud) he's explaining this and that and never do it more than x etc.
We've not even taken the strings off! I now understand the shops costs! But he patiently showed the boys as I tried to film on an Ipad. Explaining the tools the friend needs to buy. So many different little allen key things and screw drivers etc.
But all done eventually. Then he did my son's. Quickly! He showed how to adjust the bridge so it's easier to do on his and how to fit the strings to the tuning peg things so they don't slip.
Finally they test them in his guitar room. A total Aladdin's cave of guitars, amps, pedals etc. He even loaded some files for my sons friend into my Ipad for one of his box things which he was showing how to use the computer to get different sounds on.
Seems to me you need to be musically gifted, an engineer and a computer genius to play guitar!
So we called @OldBrit who said bring it over and l can show you and you can video it. My sons friend also brought his guitar which the shop wanted more money to do which I then didn't understand. I now sort of do😂😂
Gather in his garage at one of his workbenches. He raises an eyebrow at the friends guitar. It has a Floyd (think that's right) so much more difficult to do. But there's feeler gauges (yes I laughed out loud) he's explaining this and that and never do it more than x etc.
We've not even taken the strings off! I now understand the shops costs! But he patiently showed the boys as I tried to film on an Ipad. Explaining the tools the friend needs to buy. So many different little allen key things and screw drivers etc.
But all done eventually. Then he did my son's. Quickly! He showed how to adjust the bridge so it's easier to do on his and how to fit the strings to the tuning peg things so they don't slip.
Finally they test them in his guitar room. A total Aladdin's cave of guitars, amps, pedals etc. He even loaded some files for my sons friend into my Ipad for one of his box things which he was showing how to use the computer to get different sounds on.
Seems to me you need to be musically gifted, an engineer and a computer genius to play guitar!
