Dan Erlewine's: Maintenance & Setup for Steel-string Acoustic Guitars - Vol. 2

02-09-2015 | 3.88 GB
Maintenance & Setup for Steel-string Acoustic Guitars Vol. 2 "If acoustic setup makes you nervous, this DVD will give you the information and confidence you need." -- Dan The focus of this DVD: Evaluating the condition of your acoustic or resophonic guitar, and getting the most out of it.
Information covered
Flattop Acoustic Guitars (cont.):
Modern acoustic/electric amplification, effects, sound equipment and guitar setup featuring Bill Dutcher
Cleaning a dirty guitar
A "microbuilder's" approach to setting up new guitars (with Bryan Galloup)
Archtop Setup:
Setting up a 1957 Gibson L-5 archtop jazz guitar
Fitting an archtop bridge
National and other brands of metal-bodied guitars:
Disassembly, cleanup, and reassembly
Getting the proper down-pressure on the cone
Shaping the saddle
Custom tone options
Common action settings
Wood-bodied resophonics:
(Guitars played on your lap, Dobro-style, with a high nut and saddle)
Disassembly, cleanup, and reassembly
Seating the cone in the well
Fitting the spider bridge to the cone
Cutting the bridge saddle
Common action settings
Pro setups:
Understand the setups of these professional players, and hear the results
Modern acoustic/electric amplification, effects, sound equipment and guitar setup featuring Bill Dutcher
Bluegrass guitar setups with Todd Sams
Playing a metal resophonic finger-style (no slide) with Del Rey - the "Memphis Minnie" of the new millennium. Del understands her setup, and describes it well
"Lap-steel" setup with Kelly Joe Phelps: a new approach to playing slide on a flattop guitar set up for slide (different than the Dobro)
Preferred setup for for "big band" chord backup with Bob Montalto