Custom Guitar & Mods Blog

How Guitar Players Can Get Their Music Heard

2011-11-26T06:43:00.000-08:00

There are many ways for guitar players to use the internet to get their music heard. It has never been easier to reach an audience with your music, however the problem is that everyone is trying to do what you are and it is easy to be lost in the crowd.

One general tip is to make sure to focus on your personal style. Don't worry about competing with people who make completely different types of music and just concentrate on promoting in your own genre. By doing this, you trim down the amount of people who are making relevant music, and this means a better chance to succeed. For example, if you make a type of local hip hop, concentrate on hip hop fans in that local area, and don't worry about the larger world until later.

Also, if your music has a specific use, try to market it to that use. One site for this is free use music, which can be used by people who make film soundtrack type music to get it into films that are being made. If you make a nice classical type of music, try to sell it to people who could use that type, like someone running a supermarket or some other place that would like some instrumental music playing.

When it comes to promoting music on the web and in real life, it's all about going after a targeted audience. Once you have this target audience you can expand, but always start with them. Guitar players are perhaps some of the most confused when it comes to this, but the dreams of being a world wide band must start small.

14 String Acoustic Custom Alto Guitar

2011-03-31T07:29:00.000-07:00

For those interested in expanding the normal range of the guitar, this custom 14 string alto from Rodolfo Cucculelli might be what you are looking for. Surely this instrument will open up some new possibilities as far as song writing and composition, but you also have to wonder how possible it is to really use all of those strings. One video I found online with this guitar being played showed that the full range of the instrument was never really explored, but maybe it just takes some time to get people really using it.

Add alternate tuning possibilities to the fact that there are fourteen strings and you really have unlimited possibilities. You could even use every two strings to achieve quarter tone abilities, and basically have seven quarter tonal voices by just tuning every two strings a quarter tone apart.

Something to note about instruments like this is that they should not just be seen as expanded performance instruments, but more capable and wide ranging compositional devices. You could use this guitar to write music for large string ensembles and do it in a more real time and hands on fashion than just writing on paper. One advantage the piano has always had that draws composers to it is the fact that there are so many notes available. Alto guitars like this one are closing that gap, and of course, the guitar can do many things a piano can't.

It's great to see new instruments like this one being made, as conventions in tuning and temperament have become way too stale. Electronic music has done a lot, but an increased exploration of new musical tonalities must start with instrument makers providing the tools.

How To Customize A Guitar for Free

2011-03-11T15:48:00.000-08:00

There are several operations that you can perform on your guitar for free. These are things that will make a pretty big difference in the look or even the playability of your instrument and they are easy enough to install yourself even if you don't have a lot of building or modding experience. Obviously, the parts that you are changing might cost money, but the actual procedures themselves are things you can do for free.

The first to be noted is a truss rod cover switch. These are probably the easiest, because as long as you have a replacement part that fits, it will simply be a matter of unscrewing the one that's on there and screwing in the new one. Similarly, tone and volume knob replacements are pretty easy. Just carefully pull off the stock knobs and screw or push on the new ones. If the stock ones seemed glued on you may want to seek professional help, but it's still probably just a matter of carefully prying them off. Use something to make sure you don't scratch your guitar's body.

The bridge and tail pieces of a guitar are also just a matter of screwing and unscrewing, and unstringing of course. Slightly harder but still pretty easy and free is a pickup ring replacement. If the new rings fit it's pretty straight forward. If they don't, you may have to fill in the holes and drill new ones, which can be difficult for someone not used to working with wood in such a way. Look for more information on this site about such a procedure.

There are a few other things you can do for free with guitar modding, but those are the basics. With some thought, you can probably come up with many creative ways of customizing your guitar without spending much money, so take some time to think about it.

Guitar Mods and Music Production

2011-01-29T10:03:00.000-08:00

Guitar mods can help in music production of all types, though it may not seem like it at first. Obviously, if you guitar is modded so that it plays better, this will help, but what about purely superficial mods? These will help too.

It's important to note that when you feel better about the guitar you are playing, you will tend to play better and write better music. When you are a composer or producer, it is important to have the best tool possible, and this means doing what you can to improve your guitar, and guitar mods are the way to do that.

Customizing your guitar helps your mental state when playing it. You want to be working with your instrument, not against it, and this means that it should appeal to you aesthetically as well. Someone I know who runs a music production service has been a great example of this for me. They have made sure that all of their instrument perform as well as possible with simple mods, and they did not have to spend a lot of money because they modded their guitars instead of buying name brand ones.

When you have a customized guitar, you have a guitar that is unique and matching your individual preferences, and that is going to enable you to work more efficiently with it. This is true whether you are just playing around, or producing custom backing tracks, it all works better with a great instrument.

Guitars Becoming More Popular In Film Music

2010-12-04T11:04:00.000-08:00

Something that any guitar modders out there should be aware of is the fact that electric guitars are becoming more popular for instruments in film music and classical music in general. This has been going on for a while now as there are many guitar players who have become composers and used their own instrument in their writing.

People who are interested in guitar customization and modding should be interested in this fact because it means more demand for guitar players and guitar music. Obviously that is what keeps guitar mods relevant in the end, so this is a good thing.

Perhaps one of the most interesting uses of the guitar in a classical or symphonic context is Glenn Branca's Symphony for 100 Guitars. You can find performances of this work on YouTube to get a sample of the craziness that 100 guitars can produce.

Film music has also seen a rise in the use of guitars and other electronic instruments, which means that more guitarists out there should look into composing music for film if that is something they are interested in.

Easy Guitar Mods: Replacement Knobs

2010-09-24T06:40:00.000-07:00

One of the easiest things you can do to greatly improve the appearance and feel of your guitar is to install some replacement tone and volume knobs. Pictured above are some extravagant wooden ones that would work nicely on many more natural looking guitars, but some people might want something a little more understated.

The good news is that there are essentially an unlimited number of different options. Everyone should be able to find just the type of tone or volume knob they are looking for. Not only do they come in all varieties of wood, they're also made out of different plastics and metals. Finding the one that works well on your guitar can go a long way towards improving the overall match of your instrument aesthetics.

The best reason to look into this type of guitar mod though, is how easy these knobs are to install. In most cases, you should be able to do it yourself. The old ones should come off with a careful pull or pry, and the new ones are simply pressed on in their place, provided they are designed the same on the inside, which they should be.

Most of the replacement knobs you can get for guitar modding and customization are relatively cheap, making this really one of the best mods you can find.

The Importance of Color Scheme with Custom Guitars

2010-07-17T06:23:00.000-07:00

If you are modding a guitar, or working with customizing your guitar in any way, it is important to keep in mind the overall color scheme. All the best parts and highest quality craftsmanship will all be for nothing if you just don't have colors that are working well together. In this video on outside picking, you can see a guitar that has been customized in order to have a much more cohesive color scheme compared to stock models of the instrument.

Notice how the wooden parts are chosen to match with the fretboard and redish color of the guitar body itself. The whole instrument has a nice cherry red wooden tone to it, and this really improves its appeal. This is what you want to look for in your guitar mods.

There are some programs and website online that can let you model guitars and different color schemes, so I would look for those before you get into a major modding project. Above that, you may just want to study some color theory or look at some graphic design that employs color schemes you enjoy.

Sound Design with Guitars and Mods

2010-05-19T11:28:00.000-07:00

There are many ways that you can design the sound that your guitar produces. The more obvious example is of course the fact that you can change the settings on your amp, pedals, or guitar itself to whatever tone that you want. But there are other ways to design the sound that your instrument produces, and these are more along the lines of actual guitar modification that you can undertake.

One of these methods is to change the strings to flatwounds. Most guitars will come with roundwound strings attached, and you can change these out for the more mellow tone of flatwounds. In addition to this, flatwound strings will reduce the amount of string noise that you hear from your fingers moving about the strings. This can actually have a dramatic effect because most people do not realize the amount of noise this makes.

Someone involved in freelance sound design would have to think about these things a lot, but guitar players should always look for ways to further design and modify the sound that their guitar is capable of making.

Custom Guitars for Music Teachers

2010-05-14T07:42:00.000-07:00

Music teachers should be familiar with guitar customization as much as possible because students will often be curious about some of the technical and mechanical sides of their guitars. We are of course talking about guitar teachers here. Many times someone who is new to the instrument will not know the details about how it works to the degree that an experienced teacher will, so it is helpful to be able to answer their questions as they arise. These will include not only the basic questions about how to get different tones out of the instrument, but also more specialized questions about guitar customization and modding.

Private music teachers should know these concepts to help students with questions about getting better tuners installed if they discover that their guitar does not hold its tuning very well. Even things such as replacing the tone and volume knobs of a guitar might interest students who were not aware that such things could easily be done. Having your own guitar with some mods on it may help get students interested in what they can do with their own instrument to make it more individual and functional for their needs, and this can all be a great thing to discuss during lessons.

Guitar modding can be a nice thing for guitar players to get involved with because it gets them building and constructing something and seeing the practical results of their work, and this is becoming an overlooked aspect of life in an age of the digital and non-concrete.

A Method For Filling Holes During Guitar Modding

2010-04-20T07:04:00.000-07:00

If you are planning on customizing or modding a guitar in any major way, you will most likely come across the need to fill former screw holes. In many of these cases, you will have to fill them in a way that can handle new screws being placed at least partly into the filled in area. With this in mind, here is the best cheap and easy technique for filling in screw holes on a guitar.

For this method you will need some wood glue and some toothpicks. That’s it. After you have removed the screws in question, simply place a toothpick into the hole to see how far down it needs to go. Then break the toothpick (or saw it) down to the right size for the hole. Once you have the toothpick fitted nicely to the size of the hole, cover it with some wood glue and slide it into place.

After this dries, it should leave you with a relatively flat surface on the top of the guitar, and the hole should be solidly filled in. You can then use some sandpaper to sand down the top of the toothpick if needed.

With the procedure complete, you will have a new surface that can be freshly drilled or screwed into for any new modifications. This technique may come in handy if you have new pickup rings that don’t quite fit the screw holes of the old ones.
Although this should be a relatively easy job, the best thing to do is get parts that fit perfectly with your guitar from the beginning, whenever you can.

Modifying the Guitar Yourself

2010-04-07T05:51:00.000-07:00

The general spirit of this blog is to show people how they can modify and customize the guitar themselves. This is not just limited to certain parts of your guitar; you should also become familiar with working on your amp and doing adjustments on your guitar such as intonation and tuning of course. Being able to operate this way on your instrument will give you more knowledge of its inner workings and save you some money.

Instead of always taking your instrument to be worked on by a professional, you should try doing the easier operations such as adjusting the intonation yourself. Take the money you would spend getting the guitar intonated once and buy a high quality tuner, this way you have what you need to do it yourself. Instead of being in the same position the next time you need your guitar set up, you have a tuner now, more knowledge about your instrument, and you can even help other people if they don’t know how to do it.

By performing these customizations, modifications, and adjustments on your own guitar, you will build a better connection to it than before. You will learn how it operates on a deeper level and feel a more personal vibe from it since you will have put work into it. All of this can help your playing and help you keep your instrument in better shape, which means it will sound better and last longer.

Guitar customization is obviously a good thing, and is beneficial for many reasons, as have been covered on this site, but guitar amp modification is something to look into as well. We will have some more articles on customizing guitar amps in the future, as this site continues to bring you the best guitar mod information on all subjects.

Weight Balance Guitar Mod

2010-03-30T06:04:00.000-07:00

If you happen to have a guitar that is slightly out of balance, meaning its headstock and neck tend to fall towards the ground when holding the instrument, you may want to try this simple weight balancing mod.

There are two main ways that I have thought of doing this. The first is non-invasive and will not require any major construction work to be done on your instrument, which is always a good thing. In order to do it, your guitar needs to have its electronics panel located near the bottom corner of the body when the guitar is resting on your leg while playing.

What this enables you to do is open up the panel on the back, which should give you access to a space that is out of sight and with room for some small weights. By placing a few washers or other such weights on the side of this electronics compartment, you can add some weight to the guitar that will help balance out the falling headstock, by adding weight to the opposite end essentially.

You should put this weight on the farthest part from the headstock and either tape or glue it into place. Make sure that it is not interfering with the electronics of the guitar, and you might also want to check to see if it is creating interference with the audible signal just by being too close to the electronics.

This will only help if your guitar is just slightly out of balance, as a greater problem will require too much counter weight to balance out. With only a slight problem, you will not be adding too much to the overall weight of the guitar, so it should help the balance without making the guitar too much heavier.

The other way to do this is to drill into the guitar body from inside the electronics compartments and place weights into the hole you make. This can be done with some wood glue and some well shaped metal weights. This is obviously a more involved and permanent method, but it may help you solve bigger balance issues without making any outwardly appearing change. Make sure you know what you are doing before you attempt this, and get help if you need it.

Most guitars are not perfectly balanced, so this could be a helpful guitar mod for anyone who is happy with the rest of their instrument.

Good Guitars to Modify

2010-03-20T06:42:00.000-07:00

One of the most important questions for any type of guitar customization or modification is what type of guitar to start out with. If you are someone planning on modding the guitar you already have, this is obviously a moot point, but for those people trying the strategy of buying a cheap guitar and then upgrading it with guitar mods, this is essential.

There are a few key things to think about. The first is the body shape of the guitar that you plan to mod. Unless you are planning to get into some heavy duty and very involved customization, you are going to be stuck with the general body shape of the guitar you purchase. Most people are not going to be doing any major reconstruction of their instrument, so getting a comfortable and well-balanced guitar to start out with is critical.

Along with the shape of the body, you are going to want a guitar made out of the right kind of wood for you purposes. Think about what type of sounds you are going to want out of your guitar and then do some research into what types of wood can achieve them. Once you have this decided, look for a guitar that can match you needs as close as possible.

You don’t need to worry about things like the tone and volume knobs because those will be easy to replace later on with any material you would like. However, the body should match the type of wood you are looking for.

With certain guitars, you will be able to change the neck for something else, but this may not always be true. For set neck guitars it may be impossible for you to easily change the neck, so look for guitars with bolt on necks if you are planning on making a change.

Besides the main body of the guitar, there is really nothing else that you cannot modify with relative ease. You may need to get some assistance, but for many modifications, it is a pretty simple process of replacing the parts with new ones. So the general rule of guitar customization could be said to be find a good guitar body, and upgrade the rest of it.

Guitar String Mod

2010-03-09T06:10:00.000-08:00

One great thing about the guitar that a lot of players might not be taking advantage of is the wide variety of guitar strings that are available. You can use these types of different strings to further craft your guitar's sound and playability.

While most people use nickel plated steel strings on their instrument, you might want to consider looking into flat wound strings. These are different from the steel round wound strings in that they are wound with a smoother and flatter material that has some pretty big impacts on the sound and feel of your guitar.

Flat wound strings will first of all be much lighter and easier on your fingers. The smooth surface will dig into your skin less and make the strings much more pleasant to feel. This fact alone makes it hard to go back to steel strings after you have experienced the feel of flat wound ones. A side effect that this fact has is that it reduces the noise created by sliding your fingers over the strings that is usually present (sometimes too much so) with steel strings. If this is something that sounds like an improvement, you might want to modify your guitar with some flat wound strings.

In general, flat wound strings also have a more mellow and darker tone, which is why they are popular among jazz musicians. One thing I noticed when I first applied this guitar string mod to my instrument is that harmonics were made a lot more audible. This may just be a function of the specific brand of strings I bought, but it would seem to me that all flat wound strings should produce greater harmonics.

Oh, and one more thing, flat wound strings also last longer because they reduce the amount of dirt and oil that can get into the strings. Round wound strings collect dirt pretty easily, but this is not the case with flat wounds because of the way they are made.

So if you are looking for an easy customization for your guitar, and any of the benefits of flat wound strings sound good to you, try them out and see if you like them better. This is one of the easiest guitar mods you can do that will have a big effect on the sound and feel of your instrument.

A Quick Guitar Modification

2010-02-27T06:51:00.000-08:00

This post is just going to be about a quick and simple guitar mod that you can do in no time at all. Its really more of an adjustment that you should check on your guitar, but it is something that is not mentioned too often so it would seem to be worth covering. On most guitars, there are little screws that control the tightness of the tuner heads. You should check to make sure that yours are tight and maybe tighten them up even more if they can be.

What this modification will do is make your tuners harder to turn and knock out of place. This means that putting your guitar down on something, or into its case will not push it out of tune as easily, and this can be a great thing if you move around with your guitar a lot and want it going out of tune as little as possible.

This guitar mod will also help the guitar stay in better tune in general, and if there is any simple thing you can do that will help with this, it is worth it to try.

There are many little guitar customizations, modifications, and other adjustments that can all add up to increase the performance of your guitar, so it is good to be on the look out for them. Many people are satisfied with the guitar they have although it could be easily upgraded with little effort. Since you want your instrument to be as playable and inspiring as possible, it makes sense to invest the time in guitar modifications.

The Klein Custom Guitar

2010-02-13T08:34:00.000-08:00

This is an image of the famous Klein custom guitar. To my knowledge, they are no longer being made, and their maker disappeared under some strange circumstance. That aside, these guitars are some of the most forward thinking models ever made, and they continue to inspire a new generation of ergonomic designs to this day.

While their appearance may seem extreme upon first viewing, these are very logically crafted instruments, which are designed to make the guitar as comfortable and efficient as possible. Playing one of these will outline just how badly some of the more standard guitar designs are set up, and it should be the goal of any instrument to be as easy and effortless to play as possible. The Klein guitars were some of the first to use this improved philosophy.

Custom instruments like these should be gaining in popularity an acceptance, and it really all started with the Klein. Now there are several small guitar making companies or individuals seeking better designs for instruments that will make playing a better experience for the performer.

Its easy to see why this type of body would be an improvement. The lack of a headstock provides better balance for the instrument, as well as reducing the weight. The shape of the body itself and the angle of the neck also make for a better natural playing position and better hand placement. Hopefully, guitars that use logical design principles over ruthless traditionalism will win out so that guitar players can have a better playing experience.

Custom Guitars Exploring Ergonomics

2010-02-12T19:04:00.000-08:00

One of the best parts of the growing market for customized instruments is the fact that alternate designs and ergonomics can be explored in guitar making. The big guitar companies are resistant to new ideas for the most part, and unwilling to change the general look of the guitar in any extreme way, but the fact is, the usual guitar design is far from perfect.

New designs can make the instrument easier to hold and more natural to play, and in the long run, this can reduce stress injuries and make the guitar a more effective musical instrument. The only major guitar maker that has shown a willingness to change their designs and go against the traditional look of the electric guitar is Parker, which has a number of instruments that are smaller, lighter, and easier to hold.

Luckily, smaller custom guitar makers are picking up the slack of the larger companies and producing instruments that have no limitation in design. Some really innovative guitars are being made by many different people around the world, and this should be a great thing for all guitar players in the future. If some of the newer designs catch on and become more widespread, it is likely that the big guitar makers will begin experimenting more and producing some different instruments themselves.

This site has been dedicated to bringing information on guitar kits, mods, and other aspects of customized instruments to help bring changes about. Although it may be a while before custom guitars are available on a wider scale, there are several things that people can do on their own to make their own custom instruments, including modifying ones they already have and building their own from scratch with guitar kits.

The world of the electric guitar should continue to change and develop in the future towards a more open market of designs and ideas for the improvement of the instrument. This site will continue to highlight possibilities for guitar customization, modification, and ergonomics so that people are aware of the great range of shapes the electric guitar can take.

Customized Guitars for Song Composition

2010-01-29T07:48:00.000-08:00

Having a custom guitar, or a guitar customized with guitar mods or made from a guitar kit, can have great benefits on you as a song or music composer. Some people may think of guitar customization as a meaningless frivolity or a needless extravagance, but improving your guitar is not just about making it look better, and even if it was, this would still be a worthy mission.

Let's just assume that you are simply improving your guitar to make it look nicer. Is this a good way to spend money? Well, for song composers this can be a very good way to spend some money. If you are a composer, your instrument is the device you use to craft your music. Its pretty easy to see that if you have a low grade instrument that fights against you and isn't a joy to play, you will have a much harder time making great music.

Beyond the playability of your guitar, the way it looks also can affect the music that you make. If you are proud of your guitar's appearance and it matches your personal preferences, you will be more likely to have a good creative relationship with it. Having a guitar that fits your vision will allow you to be more connected to your music.

So even just improving the appearance of your guitar can be an important thing, but guitar modifications can obviously do a lot more than that as well. Some of them can make your guitar easier to play, and some of them will improve the sound that it produces. All of these things in combination can have a profound effect on your musical compositions, as you will enjoy playing your instrument more and more.

This means that not only will you be a better musician while playing, but you will be motivated to play and practice more often, and for longer periods of time. Do not underestimate the effect that a nice customized instrument can have on you as a composer, the results can be very significant over time.

Mods and Adjustments for Guitars

2010-01-25T12:29:00.000-08:00

There are several small modifications and adjustments for guitars that can change the way they feel and sound. Note that I am talking about something different from buying new parts and replacing old ones, which is a common subject on this site. This is more about the little setup options you can change on any guitar that might help you perfect your instrument.

The first of these is an action adjustment. Adjusting the action of your guitar can make a big difference in how it feels to play notes and chords. The action is how high the strings are off of the fretboard, and lowing them can make your instrument easier to play be reducing the effort needed to fret notes. This means that your playing can be faster and smoother with lower action, so it may be worth it to see how low yours should be set. Just keep in mind that at a certain point you will be causing fret buzz if you lower the action too much, so you want to find the right spot.

Along with lowering the action, another helpful guitar mod is adjusting the pickup height. This can make the pickups closer or farther from the strings, which will affect the tone of your instrument. Not only will the tone change, but making the pickups closer to the strings will make your guitar louder and more sensitive. This may be something you want, or it may not. You should experiment with this to see what the best pickup height is for your guitar.

Another guitar adjustment is the truss rod. This is the least likely part of the guitar that you are going to want to customize or modify, so chances are that you do not need to look at it. All it does is control the bend in your guitar neck. Most guitars should have the strings slightly higher off the frets in the middle of the guitar, but there are some cases in which you will want to change this. Do some research before you mess around with the truss rod cover too much, because it is a sensitive and potentially damaging modification. You may want to get this part of the guitar professionally set up if you do not feel comfortable doing it yourself.

These small guitar mods can help you change the sound and playability of your guitar without any cost or extra parts, so it is a good idea to figure out if yours needs some improvement or adjustment.

The Cheapest Way to Make a Custom Guitar

2010-01-22T10:10:00.000-08:00

Most people think of custom guitars being thousand dollar hand made instruments, and a lot of them are, but there may be a better way to have a custom guitar in your possession. There are several cheap modifications that you can add to your guitar to make it completely unique and pretty close to the quality of a custom instrument. Maybe they wont be quite as good, but you will be spending as little as a third or a forth as much as a hand made instrument.

Guitar mods and guitar kits are the two best ways to get a custom guitar for the price of a regular one. Mods can enable you to make minor changes to your instrument that will pay off in a big way, where as guitar kits will allow you to fashion a guitar in your own vision, usually out of the pieces that come in a kit.

Lets look at some guitar modifications first. Some of the best pieces to replace are the ones that are made out of plastic. These parts are doing the most to damage the look and sound of your instrument. The plastic does not carry sound vibrations well and will color your tone in adverse ways. Obviously, these plastic pieces do not look so great either. If you are going to customize your guitar at all, its best to start with these parts.

Besides some of the quick mods you can do to improve your guitar, guitar kits can also allow you to build your own unique guitar for a decent price. Most of these kits come in a few different styles based on some of the popular guitar designs. However, you do not want to build your own guitar just to come up with a normal one. You should look for ways to modify these guitar kits so that you can build a truly custom instrument, not just build your own standard guitar.

Guitar kits and mods offer the best and cheapest way to have a custom guitar without paying thousands to a hand builder. Until you have that kind of money laying around, keep checking this site for information on how to make your own custom guitar.

Guitar Mods That You Can Do Yourself

2010-01-17T14:28:00.001-08:00

There are many helpful guitar mods that you can do yourself with very little craft or guitar repair experience. This post will go over a few of these that should be possible with nothing more than your hands and a screwdriver at most.

The first to mention is replacing the truss rod cover of the guitar. This is a simple operation that only requires unscrewing the original cover and screwing on the new one. Provided that your replacement fits, it should take no time at all to complete this modification and on most guitars you will not need to remove the strings beforehand or anything.

Upgrading the pickup rings on your guitar should also be very simple as long as you find replacements that fit. If they do not fit, this will require some more complex modification and customization that will call upon some precise woodworking skills, and you may want to have them professionally fitted. But if they are all set to be put on, it is simply a matter of screwing them in place, much like the truss rod cover.

One more easy guitar mod is to replace the tone and volume knobs. On most guitars, you should be able to pull the old ones off carefully and press the new ones on. If it seems like there is something else holding the old ones on there, you may want to take it to a guitar repair professional just to be careful.

These are some of the best simple guitar mods that you can do, and although they require little effort, they can make a big difference in the look and feel of your instrument. When it is so easy to customize and modify your guitar, what reason do you have not to?

The Benefits of Guitar Mods

2010-01-12T18:40:00.000-08:00

This has been talked about here before, but it is an important point that needs to be reevaluated; guitar mods can have a great benefit to the quality of your instrument, and more significantly, this can lead to an improvement in the quality of the music that you make.

Its clear that modifying your guitar will improve the way that it looks and feels, and this can be done in a number of ways. Many of the parts on a guitar that are the easiest to modify are the same that are the most in need of modification. You can easily customize your guitar a great deal by replacing the tone and volume knobs, the pickup rings, and the truss rod cover, and all of these mods can be done yourself once you get the new parts.

It may not seem like that much, but just replacing these few parts on a guitar can have a profound effect. If you can find the right kind of materials that match with what you want your guitar to look like and how you want it to sound, you can really put together a much improved instrument that will allow you to make music to the best of your abilities. One thing to keep in mind is that replacing parts on your guitar that are made out of cheap plastic with some made out of wood will improve the natural sound that your guitar can get. This fact really makes guitar customization and modification beneficial.

Beyond all the facts about how guitar mods can improve a guitar, let's talk about the effect these improvements can have. If you are playing and practicing on an instrument that brings you more pleasure, you will be more inclined to practice and you will enjoy playing more. You will always give yourself a better chance of making your best music when you enjoy playing your instrument, and guitar mods are the best way to achieve this without spending a lot of money and without buying a whole new guitar.

Guitar modifications are the quickest and easiest way to improve the quality of your instrument and in effect, improve the quality of the music that you are making.

Guitars Mods and Customizations for Composers

2010-01-09T08:03:00.000-08:00

A frequently mentioned theme of this blog is that guitar mods and customization can be very beneficial to a music composer. The reasons for this are simple and clear when you think about it. An instrument is the main tool of any musician or composer, and the better the instrument works, the better the composer can write music or the musician can perform it, and this is important if you are a professional ringtone composer or something looking for work. This is why having a high quality custom guitar is such a great thing.

Unfortunately, not everyone can afford a multi-thousand dollar instrument. Thats where guitar mods and customizations can help. They are what can give every composer the best working instrument they can afford, but when we are talking about a guitar working well for a musician, this is not just to say that it is in good condition and in tune and everything. Besides the pure functionality of an instrument, it is also important how it looks and how you as the musician feels about it.

If you have a guitar that you love in every detail, it will be more inspiring to play. Having this kind of connection to your instrument will allow you to compose the best music possible, and that is obviously the whole point. Guitar modifications can let you take the average instrument and make it as nice as possible, which will let you get the most out of it. Crafting it more to your individual preferences will increase the connection you have with it, and this will help greatly if you are a musician looking for composer jobs. In order to be hired, you need to be making your best music.

With a few simple guitar mods that have been talked about on this site, it should be no trouble to improve the look, feel, and sound of your guitar, and since they are generally not too much work and not too expensive, it is something that any composer or musician should invest in. It could pay off big time with your music in the long run.

Fighting Traditionalism with Custom Guitars and Mods

2010-01-07T14:10:00.000-08:00

One of the problems with electric guitars and many other instruments is that they get a very ingrained traditional look and resist change. While acoustic instruments are less changed and affected by advances in technology and understanding, the electric guitar is affected by nearly everything. There is a resisting to changes in form of guitars from the original shapes that may be hurting players and the quality of music. Thankfully, guitar kits, custom guitar makers, and guitar mods are helping to change this.

In an era where there are just a few different basic shapes for a guitar, some of the best guitars have been the ones that have sacrificed the normal look for the sake of more ergonomic features and styles. Guitars can now be made that better fit the human body and make playing more comfortable and economic. This is something that should be embraced, not held back. It is true that people will have to get used to the looks of some of these ergonomic custom guitars, but they will get over it, and some of them look quite nice anyway.

One of the most famous ergonomic models is the Klein, which sits on the body in a much more natural position. If all guitars were made with these principles in mind you would have much better instruments being produced. Instead, you have guitar makes sticking to the traditional shapes and sizes and not experimenting much at all.

Luckily some people are changing this. There are guitar kits that you can buy that can help you make your own guitar to however you want it to look. You can mix and match pieces from different types of guitars and make modifications to them to come up with something completely new. But even more so than guitar kits, custom guitar makers are changing the way we look at the instrument.

The small custom guitar shops are not as held by public demand and expectations as the big producers. People come to them that do not want the normal mass produced guitar, so the custom guitar makers are encouraged to experiment and make the best instrument possible regardless of look. Without these small guitar makers it is doubtful that many new designs would come out at all, but thanks to them we are starting to see some change.

One of the better large scale guitar makers to check out is the Parker Fly brand. They make instruments that are in very different forms than the regular models because they have identified where improvements can be made. Hopefully other large guitar companies will follow in their footsteps and start making modified guitar designs that produce better instruments.

There is also the option to do any amount of modding to your guitar to change it the way you want. Guitar mods are becoming easier to do as information on them increases and it becomes more commonplace. There are already plenty of shops and companies that make aftermarket guitar parts or help with guitar customizations that can help make guitar mods more of a reality.

The electric guitar is an instrument that should be open to change and innovation, as that is what brought it about. We need to let go of traditionalism and conservatism in guitar design and do whatever makes a better instrument because that will only lead to better music.

Tom Morello Tremolo Guitar Mod

2010-01-04T20:18:00.000-08:00

There is a great guitar mod that Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello has made significant use of in his radical playing style, and that is the tremolo switch mod. What this entails is a selector switch that can silence the guitar's output instantly. By switching this back and forth rapidly, you can create a dramatic tremolo effect, and keep in mind that I mean tremolo in the real sense, which is a volume change. Not like how tremolo bars really just change the pitch, which should be called vibrato.

With this modification to his guitar, he has created some really memorable sounds, such as the DJ scratching sound he uses in various Rage songs. While the variety of different effects that Tom Morello gets with his instrument may sound like he is using a bunch of effects pedals, he actually has a pretty simple setup. The tremolo switch mod allows him to obtain many more sounds with his guitar than just regular effects pedals can get.

Although Morello has his guitar professionally modified to handle his frequent use of the tremolo switch, any guitar with two pickups and a volume control for each pickup can make this effect. Most of the Gibson guitars are setup this way. To get a quick version of this guitar mod, you can set one of your pickups to silent in volume, and set the other one as loud as it can get. Then use the selector switch to toggle between them. This should produce an identical sound that can be further modified and customized into many other effects that Morello uses.

You should not do this too much with your regular pickup toggle because they are not made to handle that kind of constant strain. Instead of using his stock selector, Tom Morello had his guitar customized with an additional selector on one of the fins of his instrument that is built to withstand heavy use. If you are really going to be making this type of sound with your guitar a lot, you should think about getting it professionally modded so that you don't have to worry about breaking anything. If you are very adept with guitar customizing and modification, you might be able to do this yourself, but it would seem like a pretty serious task.

Guitar Kits

2010-01-03T06:21:00.000-08:00

Building a guitar out of a guitar kit is a great way to make your own custom instrument that you will have a strong connection with. This site has gone over many times how it is beneficials to have a more personalized and custom instrument, and it has gone over how guitar mods and customizations can help you get that, even with a store bought instrument that you already have. However, guitar kits are a topic that has not been covered too much here, so lets introduce them.

In these kits you get all the main pieces to a guitar in unpainted and unassembled form. It works out perfectly because all of the parts of the operation that you would be hard pressed to do without some serious equipment have already been done for you. Just like all of the guitar modifications talked about here, you can put together these guitar kits with just some simple tools.

The kits come in many different styles that replicate most popular guitar models. You might be able to find some builders that offer custom guitar kits, where you can make up your own body style completely. This is probably one of the most rewarding things to do, but may cost more money and time. One thing you can pretty easily do is mix and match pieces to create your own custom guitar.

All of the guitar kits arrive unpainted so you can really employ your creativity and personality in how you paint the instrument. You can go with a simple wood grain natural look or put as many crazy colors on it as you want. This is one of the parts of the process most open to your imagination.

The kits can also be found for bass guitar and acoustic guitar, which means you can make your own modified guitar in any style that you want. When you are finished, you will have the satisfaction of having a unique instrument that you put together yourself. This kind of connection with the guitar will help you create the best music possible, so if you are the craftsman type, consider getting a guitar kit today.

Modifying Guitar Sound

2009-12-26T14:59:00.001-08:00

There are many ways to modify guitar sound that have been talked about in this site, but most of these have been concerning custom guitar parts and other customizations that you can do to the actual guitar. Although these are great things to do, the most effective way to modify guitar sound is to use an effects pedal. One of the first types of these that everyone gets is a guitar distortion pedal. This pedal can change your whole tone and playing style by adding an overdriven distortion to your sound.

This is an important point because changing your guitar sound can actually change the way that you play. You react to the sounds you play on the instrument, so it follows that different sounds will force you to have different reactions. This can be valuable for exploring different playing methods and styles. The more you can go through different playing experiences the better, because you will be able to adapt to more situations. This will make you a more flexible player.

Along with the distortion pedals there are similar pedals that give you guitar overdrive effects. This is like distortion but a little more mellow and natural sounding. Guitar overdrive is simulated in pedals by making the same sound that a tube amp makes when the tubes are overdriven. Where distortion is traditionally used more in hard rock, guitar overdrive is used more in blues and any lighter styles. It also has a history in jazz guitar. These are both great ways to customize and modify your guitar sound however.

The great thing about using effects pedals to do the customizing is that pedals do not require any construction and work with whatever guitar setup that you have. However, you should keep in mind that pedals use your natural guitar tone and modify it to make the new tone, so if your guitar setup has poor natural tone you will not end up with the greatest distortion or overdrive.

Why Bother With Guitar Mods?

2009-12-22T16:56:00.000-08:00

Most people leave their guitars the way they buy them from the store, and while this may seem normal, it may be worth it to take a look at some simple guitar mods that you can do yourself and for little money.

Most of the best guitar mods involve switching out the stock parts of your guitar for more high quality wooden guitar parts. The tone and volume knobs, pickup rings, and truss rod covers on guitars usually come as plastic afterthoughts. By simply replacing them with some wooden ones that match the materials and colors of your guitar, you can really improve its appearance.

These improvements are not just visual though. One of the best parts about guitar modification with wooden parts is that it will also improve the natural sound of your instrument. Wood is a better material for the vibrations that go through your instrument, and having all wooden parts instead of cheap plastic ones is the best mod you can do for your guitar without spending a lot of money or getting into any complex construction. The wooden parts should improve your sound to a noticeable degree, and the fact that they look better is great too.

All of these guitar mods can have a great effect on your guitar playing that is worth the time and money spent. When you have an instrument that you enjoy playing more, you will practice more, and this means that in the end you will be making better music. You will be spending more time with the instrument, which means getting better at sight reading and everything else. Guitar modifications are not just for visual effects, they can help you produce better music. So if you are unsatisfied with parts of your guitar, think about what some simple and effective guitar modifications and customizations can do.

The Difference Wooden Guitar Parts Can Make

2009-12-13T12:03:00.000-08:00

Wooden guitar parts are the best things to upgrade your guitar with. If you have some tone and volume knobs on your guitar that are not made of wood, you should consider changing them for some new ones. Most people do not want to bother with these kinds of upgrades on their guitars, but it can be worth it.

One simple thing you can do is upgrade the knobs into some nice wooden ones that match the color of your guitar. A good example of this is in this guitar warm up exercises video. Wooden parts can add a lot of class to your instrument and make it seem like a custom guitar, when in reality is cost a fraction of a hand made guitar and is almost as good.

Wooden modification parts will also make your guitar look more unique. Most factory guitars will be one of a great many of models out there and you may run into someone who has the exact same instrument. Why deal with this if you can make quick cheap upgrades to your guitar? With some simple customizations that you can do yourself, you can have a guitar that is one of a kind, and you may even increase its resale value.

Customizing your guitar is worth the little effort that it requires and can greatly increase the guitars value in your eyes and in others. Like in this alternate picking video, guitars with well matched wooden parts just look better, so you might as well invest the little time and energy, it will pay off.

Guitars in Electronic Jazz

2009-12-09T08:26:00.000-08:00

One interesting development in jazz has been the tendency of guitar players to be the ones to experiment more with alternate sounds and effects. This customization of their sound has lead in part to a new sub-genre of the style known as electronic jazz music. It would make sense that guitar players would be the ones to get this started, as the electric guitar has always been an instrument of redefining style and changing sounds.

Since effects come naturally to the guitar, guitar players were the first to really experiment with electronic effects in jazz. This has slowly lead to other types of electronic instruments and effects being used in jazz.

The development of this expansion of acceptable sounds in jazz should been seen as a good thing. It doesn't mean that jazz is being destroyed or changed really, it just means the instrumental pallet of the genre is widening. Not only will this produce more variation in jazz music, but it will draw more listeners into the style that can relate to some of the more electronic elements being used, and more listeners is always a good thing because it means more artists can be supported.

So the customization of guitar sounds has played an important role in the development of jazz, and people should continue to look for ways to customize their guitars and expand their tonal capabilities.

Customizing Guitar Truss Rod Covers

2009-11-27T12:06:00.000-08:00

The guitar truss rod cover is a part of the instrument that many people do not think about customizing, but it can be one of the easiest customizations to make. Not only is it an easy one, but it can also go a long way to making your guitar look like a nice custom instrument rather than a factory model. The truss rod cover is usually where guitar makers place their brand name and the model name or number for the instrument. Whats the point of having that when you can have a nice design or just the look of high quality solid wood?

This is what replacing a few key parts of your guitar can do. It can create a whole different look for your instrument that may not have seemed possible. Most people do not realize what the detachable parts of your instrument do to the image of your guitar. They can be a very dramatic piece of its overall appearance, so you might as well have them looking the way you want.

A truss rod cover can be an easy first step to your guitar customization. It is very easy to replace, there are a lot of sites online that can supply you with whatever you want, and they are not very expensive. If you are thinking about getting started with guitar customization, the cover to the truss rod opening might be the best place to start.

Guitar Customization Philosophy

2009-11-21T15:22:00.000-08:00

It is a good idea to have a general philosophy when approaching guitar customization. If you just start replacing parts with no plan, you will find that the outcome may not fit together as good as you had hoped. There are a lot of things to consider when embarking on customizing a guitar, especially if you are going to be using wooden guitar parts.

The wood that you choose can affect both the sound and look of your instrument. This means that you need to think about what kind of sound you are going for. If you want a darker and warmer sound, you may want to get rosewood parts or some other wood that works with that plan. This is what having a guitar customization philosophy is all about.

The wooden parts will also affect the appearance, and you want to have a well thought out appearance with your guitar. Having a philosophy to customization will help you end up with a better guitar that makes you happy, you might even get a philosophy t shirt to help you remember.

The growing popularity of Guitar Modification

2009-11-19T15:41:00.000-08:00

Thanks to sites like this and the popularity of the guitar, customization is a constantly growing occurrence. You can now find sections on most of the major guitar sites that are devoted to guitar customization and modification. Add to that the incredible number of custom guitar makers that have websites up now and you realize how widespread it has become. Music on the internet has expanded its potential in many ways and guitar modifications are just one small area.

Hopefully this trend will continue. The guitar is unique in the fact that no other instrument can really be so easily customized and modified. Most other instruments are just however you buy them and that's it. The guitar can be modified in almost every way you can imagine, from minor visual changes to major sound upgrades, a regular instrument can be turned into a high end custom guitar.

Custom Guitar Parts for Music Composers

2009-11-18T05:38:00.000-08:00

Customizing a guitar with custom parts can be a great thing for a music composer because it can actually help you compose better music. This may seem like an odd thought at first to some people, but it makes perfect sense when you look at it.

For a composer, an instrument is like a tool. It is what you use to construct your music. When you have the best tool possible it will help you creative energy and make playing a more enjoyable task. All of this will help you play more music and come up with better musical thoughts.

Often times guitar players and other instrumentalists will have instruments that they have to fight against to produce their music. This is not the ideal situation for writing new compositions. You do not want your instrument to offer any resistance when you are practicing or playing.

When you have a guitar that you have upgraded with custom parts, you will have an instrument that sounds better and feels better. This means that it will not stand in the way of your music. In fact, it will probably inspire you to write better music. Having a guitar that matches your taste in look and feel can really create better feelings when playing and this can subconsciously lead to better music.

There is also the fact that a customized guitar can lead to you practicing more. The more enjoyable the sound and feel of your instrument the more you will want to practice it, and practicing more means playing and writing better music in the end.

A music composer should not underestimate the importance of an inspiring and well functioning instrument. To this end, customizing a guitar with new parts may be the easiest way to achieve that.

Guitar Customization Lessons

2009-11-09T09:41:00.000-08:00

Many lessons can be learned from guitar customization and modification. When I say lessons, I am not talking about private music lessons, but lessons about how the guitar is built and how to perform maintenance on the instrument. Modifying parts on your guitar can be a great way to learn the inner workings of guitars and how they operate. If you want to be able to get the most from your instrument, this can be a crucial goal.

Not only will guitar customizing help you understand the construction of the guitar, it will give you a better appreciation of your instrument. When you buy a guitar from a store or a factory, it is often a model that hundreds or thousands of other people own. When you modify a guitar into a custom instrument, you will have something one of a kind that will be much more valuable to you.

This should always be the goal of customizing or modifying a guitar, to increase the personal connection you have with it by making it more pleasing to play and listen to. Besides the lessons it can teach you about guitar construction, customization also improves your use of the instrument to create music.

Custom Guitar Parts Online

2009-11-06T14:42:00.000-08:00

Custom guitar parts are the essential tools for guitar customization. With the relatively inexpensive parts that you can find online, you can transform your guitar into something far more than what most factory instruments come with.

It is a great thing that these custom parts are now available, there was a time where it would not have been so easy to get them. Most guitar stores offer custom guitar parts but not in nearly enough of a variety to seriously upgrade your guitar. One of the best parts is all of the wooden guitar parts available online these days. You can make your guitar look like a hand built instrument by replacing all the plastic with some high quality wood. This will also do a lot for the sound of your guitar.

Many of these parts can be put on your guitar with little to no help from any repair professionals. This means that you can quickly have your replacements on your instrument and save some money. However, don't be afraid to get help with some of the more complex procedures, it is better than ruining part of your guitar.

With some custom guitar parts, you can take you instrument to a new level. From factory mass produced to custom hand built without spending much money.

Making Your Own Custom Guitar

2009-11-05T13:34:00.000-08:00

It is possible today to make your own custom guitar, in a sense. You can take your current guitar and replace most of the part until it rivals the sound and look of some of the most expensive instruments. One of the best ways to do this is with wooden guitar parts. Most custom guitars use these parts because their sound and look are second to none.

If you have a guitar that has a decent body and was constructed with decent wood, this is all you need to customize in order to end up with a custom level instrument. The pickups can be swapped out and all of the other parts like the tuning pegs, pickup rings, and the bridge can be changed for some higher quality pieces. Once you have all of those upgraded your instrument will be just as good as any hand made guitar, and for a fraction of the cost.

Music Articles on Guitar Customization

2009-10-15T15:42:00.000-07:00

Just a little heads up from the guitar customization site. A new site my friend is making will have music articles from around the internet and many of these will be about guitar customization and custom guitars. There will be plenty of information on other music and guitar topics as well, but the info on customization should be solid. Check it out once they start getting some more content on there.

How to customize guitars is a topic that needs more readers on the internet, as there are too many people who just settle for mass produced guitars that have no creativity to them. Guitar customizations and modifications are the best way to get a unique custom instrument and chances are that you are going to save money as well. Many people do not realize this because they do not know how easy and cheap it can be to upgrade your guitar instead of buying a new one. Save some money and build a more personal instrument with guitar customization.

Internet Marketing for Guitar Players and Musicians

2009-10-07T14:32:00.000-07:00

Hey, just thought that some guitar customizers and players here would like to see a good article on how to market yourself as a musician on the internet. You can see it here: internet marketing for musicians.

internet marketing kind of took me back. Everyone will tell you about guitar customization. Well I'll be a monkey's uncle. Now is a good time for a reassessment of the facts of life when it comes to guitar marketing. How effective is a music on the internet that initiates aura for a internet marketing. I bought some more internet marketing. I actually played around with internet marketing. I have nothing but good thoughts about guitar marketing, despite some other things I have said. If at first you don't succeed, try, try, again. I assume internet marketing but I could be wrong. Forget that for the moment. Let me be clear, right now we are talking about internet marketing. I have noticed this over the last year. I do not believe that everyone can succeed at guitar modifications. I was afraid I lost you there.

How are you supposed to comment on this in such a unique way that describes guitar marketing so well. I sincerely believe that you must find a practical guitar customization that demands more from guitar modifications.

I spent time evaluating guitar customization. You couldn't have written a better script. I had always found that if I made more internet marketing that I would get more music on the internet. Let's manage expectations on internet marketing.

music on the internet has a big impact on many people these days, though it wasn't always this way. I have my own internet marketing but then I am lucky. I do doubt that I could not take a shotgun approach. Thats why this post is about internet marketing. I'm giving 110% on this.

I can't say that I sort of object to this weak pattern. You will need to keep your nose to the grindstone. I can't do it for you. Does that make sense. It's Gut-check time. You can't have your internet marketing and eat it too. A guitar customization saved is a internet marketing earned. Can't you picture that. What's a little music on the internet among friends.

Guitar Customization and sight reading

2009-10-04T12:23:00.000-07:00

Guitar customization is important but we want to talk about something else that matters, guitar sight reading.

guitar customization isn't an acknowledged forerunner. It’s just how I’m rolling. To fully investigate guitar sight reading, I would have to have a lot more time to write. I'm not going to whine about this though. Like they say, if the custom guitars fits, wear it. The basic gist is to simply get guitar sight reading. I bank on the fact that guitar customization isn’t perfect. Yeah, the check's in the mail pal. You'll know it when you see it. We should think about it again. Most people won't want to hear this, but that is all there really is to it.

This is how to use guitar customization. Consistency isn't a key part. To gain full understanding of guitar customization you must read these powerful reviews of sight reading on guitar which are a trite annexation to my disarranged thoughts . There are tons of guitar customization out there. Of course, you will be surprised to hear that there is still some room for improvement. You should make an attempt at sight reading on guitar. It's now or never.

Here is a blueprint for guitar customization. It's going down to the wire. If you don't think sight reading on guitar will happen again, take a look at sight reading on guitar. How can anyone deal with guitar customization. There are many stagnent opinions on this department. The problem with most peoples thoughts on this is that they presupose all the established facts about custom guitars. You don't really know custom guitars yet. In my opinion and experience, no. If you don't think sight reading on guitar will happen, take a look at that. guitar customization really does bring us all together. Now let’s really look at custom guitar parts.

With all my experiences, I have gained an understanding of guitar sight reading that most people will not get. It’s not that custom guitars isn’t working. I have always heard a defense of custom guitar parts based on reason or logic. It is surprising that I am talking about guitar customization. Consistency is yet another key part. I’m trying to learn all I can.

With all my experiences, I have gained an understanding of guitar customization that most people will not get. Close but no cigar.

Guitar Customization: The Importance of a Nice Instrument for a Composer

2009-09-30T14:02:00.000-07:00

If you are going to be a composer, you need to have the best instrument possible. A composer's instrument is his tool, and to be a professional in any field you need the best possible professional tools. This is why guitar customization can be important to a film composer. Film composers are using guitars more and more to get compositional ideas and to record parts. If you are a composer using a guitar, you should have the best possible guitar, and the best cheap way to get a good guitar is through guitar customization.

Customizing your guitar can make it into a more playable instrument with a better sound. This can obviously help you play your instrument by inspiring you with a better sound and making ti easier to play. For a film composer, or any type of composer, this means that you can be inspired to write better music. An instrument should be a joy to play if you want the best results. Your guitar should not fight against you when you are playing it. All of this will help the composer compose better music.

Film composers need to be able to come up with new music faster than other types of composers and this means that you need the best tools possible in order to get the jobs done as quickly and as efficiently as possible. This can make a big difference in the long run if you cannot work with your guitar well. This is when you should consider using a customized guitar to get a better sound and feel. Instruments are just as important to film composers as performers. So think about if you should get a custom guitar or spend less money customizing a guitar.

Online Freelance Guitar Customization

2009-09-10T16:18:00.000-07:00

Guitar customization can happen online for free thanks to the nature of the internet. Freelance music jobs are being spread throughout the online world and this has created a situation where anyone can find information about what they need. People looking for work that visit this guitar customization site will be able to locate some guitar related freelance music jobs without as much trouble as there used to be. It is important to be on top of the internet developments when you are a freelance musician looking for some extra income as they are changing everyday and you cannot afford to be left behind.

Guitar Customization and freelance video editing

2009-08-29T11:48:00.000-07:00

Guitar customization needs to be brought to YouTube with some nice guitar videos. A freelance video editor should start this trend.

My idea is based around my assumption that most people have a predisposition about guitar customization. This can be one of the most difficult ways to get guitar customization to be less than what it is.

This is undoubtedly another great guitar customization. I don't know what it is specifically that makes guitar customization like this.

You are what you are. I have way too much freelance video editing. guitar customization can mean a lot of different things to different people. It’s only going to help us more with guitar customizing videos. We are talking about guitar customizing videos because the subject is important to discuss. That put a monkey wrench in the works. You must not seek out a great guitar video lessons that really explains guitar customization. By no means is this a recipe for freelance video editing. You gave up too soon. I’ve not included this on guitar customization as a guide. Suck it up, OK?. guitar customization has a big impact on many people these days, though it wasnt always this way. You're a clueless newbie. I’m arranging my discussion around guitar customizing videos. Do you think they were trying to pull a fast one. I don't know what guitar customization is that specifically makes guitar customization like this. guitar customization is not important now. Using guitar customization is a breeze. That's just the tip of the iceberg. With that said, it gives you a great idea of how guitar customization is. Consistency is another key part. It's going down to the wire. So far I have avoided guitar customization. This will probably not be the last time I talk about guitar video lessons.

This is easy and few of the regular readers here already know this. It may suck but you have to pay for guitar customization. Well, I can't blame you for trying. On the other hand, we have guitar customization so this is not to be taken literally because you will be the one dealing with it after the fact. freelance video editing is not all it's cracked up to be. Just do the basics. To keep up the appearences of freelance guitar and is something I personally own myself and use nearly every day. I’m not saying too much guitar customization is good. guitar customizing videos doesn't take much time. Is it any real surprise.

I should keep on top of it. freelance guitar is really above and beyond that. But, happily, that's not the whole story. You are dealing with your guitar customizing videos here. I may not be playing with a full deck. I see nothing but good things when looking at guitar customization. I'm not one to be resting on my laurels. Oh, really. guitar customization is like money in the bank. Today you should pay close attention to my unexpected statements freelance video editing that are a better-left-unsaid deduction from this idea .

Guitar Customization on the Internet

2009-08-27T10:48:00.000-07:00

Guitar customization has come a long way thanks to the internet. I was thinking about how much more visibility things get because of the worldwide nature of websites and the like. A nice article about this in relation to guitar playing is learn to play guitar online for free.

This is a favorable review for guitar customization. I can't do it for you. guitar customization is a good thing, that I know for sure. Hold your breath. I will be getting further into guitar modifications and that either, but I believe that there is potential there as well. You’ve got an incredible idea for guitar customization. Some of you know what I’m doing.

I can say for certain that customizing a guitar will make a huge difference for learning how to make a custom guitar. I am not promoting customizing a guitar. Here is your secret to guitar customization success. Then again perhaps not. custom guitar parts has a big impact on many people these days, though it wasnt always this way. I am going to tell you more about guitar customization. I do have a problem with guitar customization. custom guitar parts has legs and can go really far. In my experience, it’s not worth it. Oh, for Pete's sake. customizing a guitar is a dirt cheap way to get into custom guitar parts. They have way too much learning how to make a custom guitar. For those of you who dont know, this is the way to discuss guitar customization. I disagree. Some of you don't have the time or interest in a guitar customization that occasions medium for a guitar customization. I feel we said enough about customizing a guitar. Go figure. This is a questions about guitar modifications that rarely comes up. How easy is that. Yeah, the check's in the mail pal. This is one thing I did notice this afternoon about guitar modifications. What I just said relates directly to guitar modifications. This is a great discussion on learning how to make a custom guitar. guitar customization is a practical method to adjust to custom guitar parts. Can't you imagine guitar customization. You win some you lose some. I hope this is not off the track. I’m not covering all the bases I need to here. Did I do the right thing. There is no reason to worry.

I'm pulling your leg. I have noticed this over the last year. It is outrageous how someone can't relate to a quasi-serious transaction like this. I gravely can sympathize with guitar modifications. Here's a free and easy way to deal with guitar modifications. There were not too many customizing a guitar. When you think about customizing a guitar, you know exactly what you need. Creating guitar modifications for a guitar customization won't take much more effort. I have no problem spending a whole post talking about guitar customization. guitar modifications is one of the easiest guitar customization I have found.

Guitar Customization: Wooden Guitar Parts

2009-08-23T16:40:00.000-07:00

The guitar in this video has been customized with some wooden guitar parts. This is a good example of wooden guitar parts really improving the look of a guitar. Guitar customization can be the best way to improve a guitar without paying a lot of money, and that is a good thing.

The wooden tone and volume knobs on this guitar as well as the pickup rings appear to be rosewood, which goes well with the red color of the guitar. These guitar customizations are done for little money and greatly improve the quality of a guitar

Guitar Customization: Freelance Music Jobs

2009-08-18T09:37:00.000-07:00

Guitar Customization would like to give all music composers here an opportunity to see a website that can give them some help finding freelance music jobs. It can be hard for a freelance composer to find music jobs these days, but thanks to the internet this could possibly be changing for the guitar customizing fans on this site. Many guitar customization fans are also musicians and composers so this should be a helpful site.

Freelance music jobs can be a great way for a musician to make some money on the side. It doesnt just have to be for people wanting a career in music composition. Many people who like freelance music composition are also interested in guitar customizing, and are perfectly qualified to make some extra cash from their musical interests.

Guitar Customizing film composers

2009-08-14T16:02:00.000-07:00

Guitar customizers can also be film composers. In fact, a modern film composer would do well to have some guitar skills.

It is very clear that I can't do something new about it head on. I just wanted to see what the results would be. I obviously know quite a lot about it. guitar film composition is not so great until you reach that point. film composers needs to be revised and expanded. The basic gist is to simply get guitar customization. guitar customization is an absolute necessity.

I'm dog tired. But, sadly, that's not the whole story. Sure film composers is obvious but worth emphasizing. This is how I like to do things if I have the time.

These are some thing to think about with guitar customization. Anyone else have this idea. film composer is low-hanging fruit. That does not make sense. You may think that I'm one taco short of a combo platter, but here are the things concerning guitar film composition. I have no problem spending a whole post talking about guitar customization. There were too many guitar modification. This is the best advice I can give about guitar modification. film composers is like a breath of fresh air. I used to think that guitar customization was a bad idea. That was a good move on my part. This is a poor way to borrowing guitar customization. You will succeed when you try to use guitar customization that way. They know it and we know it. What are the best guitar customization strategies. I have always used a defense of film composers based on reason or logic.

The same thing happened to me. Here's a partial list of what you can do with guitar customization. This should be obvious to most people so I dont even have to say it. It's as plain as the nose on your face. We don't have some things to work out about guitar modification. film composers is seeing the results that it should. Why would one go through this effort. If you can all settle down, we'll have time for questions at the end.

Sometimes you can judge a book by its cover. Maybe we're putting the cart before the horse. How else do you deal with guitar customization. You have to stop and smell the roses. I hadn't figured that I should not verify my data better.

When I think about guitar customization, a lot of different things came come to mind, but this may be true of many things. This gives you a better chance to have more film composers. It is easy to speak upon that gives a lacking explaination about guitar modification. Read the description so that you know how to use guitar film composition. I have rarely found that if I made more guitar film composition that I would get less guitar film composition. Consistency isn't a key part. Like they say, if the guitar film composition fits, wear it. It doesn't take much time. That’s really an awesome film composers.

Guitar Customization and Freelance Composers

2009-07-17T10:16:00.001-07:00

Guitar customization should be a concern for a freelance composer. Freelance composers need to have good tools to make their music. This is something a surprising amount of people do not think about. When you are a composer, your instrument is your working tool, so you should have a top of the line instrument. Guitar customization can help the freelance composer achieve the best quality of guitar without having to spend a lot of money on a custom guitar.

Customizing your guitar can be a great way to improve it and make it an overall much more satisfying thing to work with. When you are a freelance composer and musician, spending a lot of time with your instrument, you want it to be easy and enjoyable to play. Guitar customization is one of the best ways to get this without having to buy another guitar. Freelance composers are often on a tight budget, so this is good.

If you are a freelance composer, consider spending less money to upgrade and customize your guitar rather than getting a new one. Get the same benefits of a nice instrument for less money with guitar customization.

Guitar Customization thoughts

2009-07-13T14:34:00.000-07:00

Just thinking a little about guitar customization. Ive seen some great guitar customizations before. One was a guitar customized by mike farkas, it featured some wooden guitar parts which i love as you know.

I encourage you to engage in your education with wooden guitar parts. This is also quite helpful. I must submit myself to go over what my cats may be publishing about guitar customization. But wooden guitar parts is. I want to shoot straight with you. I have nothing but good thoughts about wooden guitar parts, despite some other things I have said. There are tons of customizing a guitar out there. This is a favorable review for wooden guitar parts. Well I guess it's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick. When you think about wooden guitar parts, you know exactly what you need. I'm not seeing the results that I should. I know many people will learn a great deal from custom guitar parts and don't know where my customizing a guitar awareness level would be at right now. If this seems long winded, its because there are many ways to think about customizing a guitar. I have had people say to me that they want wooden guitar parts. customizing a guitar is a paradigm shift. If you don't think guitar customization will happen again, take a look at customizing a guitar. I don't regret guitar customization. You dodged the bullet there.

wooden guitar parts is a showstopper. You bet your boots. This should be obvious to most people so I dont even have to say it. We want to know what you get out of guitar customization. You will succeed when you try to use guitar customization that way. Thats why this post is about wooden guitar parts. I had always found that if I actually made more guitar customization that I would get more guitar customization. guitar customization has a big impact on many people these days, though it wasnt always this way. wooden guitar parts offers a new twist.

It’s not that guitar customization is working. I haven’t heard back yet. For those of you who dont know, this is the way to discuss wooden guitar parts. This is the coolest thing about guitar customization.

Guitar Customization: Guitar Videos

2009-06-22T14:12:00.000-07:00

Guitar customization can be taught by guitar videos on youtube, and some of these videos might make their way to this site. Video guitar lessons have long been found on youtube but there are also some great videos on guitar customization that can be of use. Guitar customization is often a subject that requires visual information, especially when giving complex instructions on modifying a guitars electronics.

Guitar customization can be helpfully explained with the video medium, this is why video guitar lessons can be a great thing. The more the internet becomes able to deal with videos on a large scale, the more subjects like guitar customization can be covered and talked about. The more that guitar customization is talked about in videos, the more people will realize that you can take a cheap guitar and make it into a fine instrument. There are more options than to just buy an expensive name brand guitar, guitar customization and guitar videos can help spread that message.

Guitar Customization: Visual Music

2009-06-16T08:13:00.000-07:00

This article is not about guitar customization per say, but just something to do with music that i thought was interesting. Visual Music is a combination of music and visuals that some fans of guitar customization may be interested in. It is basically a music video but one that uses the visuals to interact with the music to create an integrated whole. Visual music might be a good way for guitar players interested in guitar customization to get music videos up on youtube, which can help spread your music.

More guitar customization articles to come soon.

Guitar Customization and Music Composition

2009-06-13T08:58:00.000-07:00

This is going to be another article on the benefits of have a customized guitar if you are a music composer. When you are a music composer, your guitar is your instrument to make music with. Since you use your customized guitar for your purposes, it makes sense to have the best instrument possible. Any workman would have the best tools possible for his job, to ensure that he can do his job with the highest quality. This is no different for a music composer, so it makes sense to do guitar customization to improve your instrument.

Guitar customization not only improves your main tool's sound, such as pickup replacements, but it is also important to improve the look and feel f your instrument. This may sound superficial, but guitar customization on the look and feel of your instrument can affect how you play it in subconscious ways. This can mean that you will write and perform better music on a better instrument.

Customizing your guitar can have many more benefits than you think. Pay attention to not only the sound of your guitar, but also the look and feel of it. These are all important parts of guitar customization.

Leather Guitar Strap Customization

2009-05-30T09:33:00.001-07:00

There are many ways to get nice custom leather guitar straps out there on the internet. This can be a great easy way to do some additional guitar customization to your electric guitar. Guitar customization is not just about what you can do to the guitar itself, it is about the whole guitar. Getting a quality leather guitar strap can really bring together the whole look of your guitar.

Guitar leather straps have other benefits to consider with guitar customization. They are more durable compared to nylon or regular cloth straps. leather is a great material in general that can take a lot of abuse. When you are doing guitar customization, you want to use good materials, that is the whole point of customizing a guitar.

Other guitar modifications require you to make changes to your actual guitar but getting a leather guitar strap is one customization that you can do without having to change anything. This makes it one of those in evasive guitar customizations. You should always look for those types of easy guitar modifications that can really improve your setup such as leather guitar straps.

Electric Guitar Customization and Multi Effects

2009-05-20T11:05:00.000-07:00

Electric Guitar Customization can be achieved, at least in regards to sound, with a multi effects pedal. This is because multi effects pedals offer the most different types of sound for your guitar. This means that customizing your guitar with custom guitar parts can be a lot easier if you just get a multi effects pedal. Obviously, this will only effect the sound of your guitar.

Multi effects pedals are a great thing for guitar customization because they will allow you to get the most difference in your sound for the least amount of equipment and money. This will help you devote more money to other aspects of guitar customization. I am aware that getting an effects pedal is not actually changing your guitar, it is not actually guitar customization, but it is still customizing the sound of your guitar and that is still important.

Look for a nice multi effects pedal next time that you feel your guitar could use some customization or modifications.

Music Composers who customize guitars

2009-04-23T11:50:00.000-07:00

There are many music composers who customize guitars. A music composer must have the proper tools for his art.

composing music on a guitar can improve your situation and this should become clear. This is easy and my regular readers already know this. guitar customization is a cut above the rest. I’m not saying too much composing music on a guitar is bad. Here’s an experiment. The problem isn't music composers. Remember, don't count your chickens before they're hatched. With that said, it gives you a little idea of how great customizing a guitar is. There were not too many music composers. Now you may start to get a bigger picture about guitar customization. What I just said relates directly to music composers. There is a right way and a wrong way. Why would I go through this effort. It's the perfect storm.

I see nothing but good things when looking at composing music on a guitar. You won't regret it. guitar customization can mean a lot of different things to different people. You can't teach that. The goal is to increase the number of music composers available. I'm giving 110% on this. There isn't anything inherently evil about music composers. I haven’t really got anything to add about music composers. Honestly. It is funny that you would be talking about guitar customization. This is a favorable review for composing music on a guitar. I'll make sure to revisit this. I can't wait to say that wouldn't think myself to don't become enthralled by what my benefactor cannot be talking about music composers. I encourage you to engage in your education with music composers. music composers is a game changer. Something worth pondering over. In my experience, it’s just not worth it. I actually found out a lot about music composers that way. guitar customization is a bonus. I was afraid I lost you there. So what’s my take on music composers. That's easy for me to say. It’s a great music composers to add to your music composers bag of tricks.

Guitar Customization for a Composer

2009-04-14T09:10:00.000-07:00

We have talked a lot about guitar customization for a freelance music composer. This all comes from the face that a better instrument will help you compose music better, just like a better tool with help you build or fix something with greater ease and effectiveness. Guitar customization is one way of achieving a better instrument, a better tool for music. This is important for a film music composer.

Most composers may take for granted the effect that their instrument has on them, but it can be a huge difference. A better customized guitar can make playing a greater joy and influence you to make a completely different type of music. Maybe once you have customized a guitar to the point where it sounds a lot better you no longer have to use distortion to hide your tone. This is a big difference in the composition and performance of music.

Music Composers need to take into consideration the type of guitar they may be using to compose their music. And they might find that having a better tool for music is something they should consider. Guitar customization is a way for music composers to get that. Guitar customization can big a big deal to the music composer.

More thoughs on guitar customization and music composers

2009-04-02T11:29:00.000-07:00

Just want to write down some more thoughts about guitar customization and music composers and music composition in general. Whether you are a film music composer or just involved with freelance music, I am a big believer in having the best possible instrument to help you make your music. Just like you would have the best possible instrument to perform an operation or the best tool to build a house, the instrument is important. So if it is a guitar, guitar customization can help you have the best possible instrument, and improve the way you compose music.

Not only will having a customized guitar give you the best possible tool for composing music as a freelance artist, but it will also inspire you to create better music if it is appealing to your visual and physical sense. These things can make a huge difference for a freelance music composer, and that is why guitar customization can be a very good thing. Always see if there is a simple way to customize your guitar to make it a better musical tool.

Guitar Customization: Film Composers

2009-03-31T11:52:00.000-07:00

Guitar customization can be a good thing for an independent film composer. Many composers these days use guitars as well as pianos for their compositions, and if you are composing on guitar it can be a great help to have a customized guitar that you are really in tune with. Guitar customization can help bring out the musicality of your instrument, both by improving the sound, and also by improving the look and feel of it, which allow you to enjoy playing it even more.

When you are an independent film composer, working in your own studio, you need to have high quality instruments to work with. One of the easiest ways to get a high quality guitar without spending a lot of money is to upgrade a decent guitar that you may already have. This is what guitar customization is all about. You can customize a guitar with new pickups, new strings, new hardware, and other things such as wooden guitar pickup rings and volume knobs. There are many ways a film composer can upgrade their guitars for their composition and music production work. Guitar customization is how its done.

Guitars Customization: Electronic Jazz with a Guitar

2009-03-27T14:53:00.000-07:00

One reason to have a nice customized electric guitar is for playing electronic jazz. This is a pretty new style of music that features elements of electronic music and jazz. Electric guitars make a nice instrument for electronic jazz because they match the electronic sounds and also can be recording into computer easily. There are many great styles you can play with a customized guitar, and this is just one of them.

Check out that electronic jazz blog for the latest albums of this style of music, including many great jazz guitar players who might influence your next guitar customization project.

Guitar Customization Blogs

2009-03-18T07:18:00.000-07:00

There are many great things about writing a guitar blog such as this guitar customization blog. Some other guitar blogs that I have found recently are: guitar blog, guitar blog, guitar blog, guitar blog. It can really help you in your quest to learn about guitar playing or guitar customization to keep a guitar blog going.

This guitar customization blog has been around for a while now and there is a lot more to come. If you have recently started a guitar customization or modification project, you should consider starting a blog to keep track of it and tell people what is going on. Guitar customization is a growing trend with electric guitars and the more people customizing and modifying their guitars and writing about it the better.

Guitar Customization for a Music Composer

2009-03-16T11:20:00.000-07:00

Guitar Customization can be helpful for a freelance music composer in a few general ways. The main factor that helps is inspiration. If you have a custom guitar that you can be proud of and feel connected to, this will help you composer better music. Being a composer means feeling a connection to the music and this is where a custom guitar can benefit you.

We are focusing on guitar customization right now, so listen to what I am saying. I have to do that for myself. With all my experiences, I have gained an understanding of custom guitars that most people will not get. If you don't think guitar customization will happen, take a look at that. When I think about guitar customization, a lot of different things came come to mind, but this may be true of many things. You need to find a rich source custom guitars. Who first sold me on this idea to freely allow that provides a detailed explaination about composing on a guitar.

This will probably not be the last time I talk about guitar customization. custom guitars will do the same thing. composing on a guitar has a big impact on many people these days, though it wasnt always this way. If you don't think guitar customization should or will happen, take a look at it. When you are a freelance music composer, you may have to decide if you want the best guitars to compose on or not.

Customization and Custom Guitars

2009-03-14T07:27:00.000-07:00

There is a site that has pictures of custom guitars and it got me thinking about guitar customization and modification in general.

It turns out that there are uncommon practices that underlie guitar modifications. I am not promoting guitar modifications. I learned my lesson. It gets easier each time you do it. guitar customization is a paradigm shift. Let's find the best practices for guitar modifications. At first, I couldn't make heads or tails of guitar customization. I know a lot about custom guitars. guitar customization needs your active participation. guitar customization is a good thing, that I know for sure. Some people believe that guitar modifications is something you're naturally good at. guitar modifications would be a nice surprise if guitar customization was in the right place and the right time. It ain't over till the fat lady sings. This is great until you reach that point. I do have a problem with guitar customization. There is a shared vision for custom guitars. Wouldn't you like use custom guitars if there was enough time. I don't select that I could divert further from custom guitars. In my experience, it’s not worth it. I'm just a raving fanboy of guitar modifications. Check it out. Why go through this effort.

These have been only a few of the upsides regarding custom guitars. No guts no glory. This is one of the easiest things I have found. But, happily, that's not the whole story.

This is hard and most of the regular readers here already know this. I hope this is not off the beaten trail.

The goal is to increase the number of guitar modifications available. But let’s say custom guitars wasn't approved. It’s a great guitar modifications to add to your guitar modifications bag of tricks. custom guitars sucks. Check out the breadcrumbs. It doesn't look that hard to set up. We need to give greater scrutiny to the most creative parts of guitar customization. So, here is the scoop on guitar modifications. Here's a free and easy way to deal with guitar modifications. To each his own. They have way too much guitar modifications.

Let's take a deeper dive. I'm not seeing the results that I should. It's time we put the pedal to the metal. This is easy and my regular readers already know this.

Custom Leather Guitar Parts

2009-03-12T05:06:00.000-07:00

A nice thing to get for your guitar to customize it are high quality leather guitar parts such as leather guitar straps.

Based on my personal experience, this is the fundamental component. There is a right way and a wrong way. I should point out that you should be using leather guitar parts. leather guitar straps isn't a dirt cheap way to get into custom guitar straps. Don't do it if it was totally unexpected. What I just said relates directly to leather guitar parts. Please read the description so that you know how to use leather guitar straps. This is the best advice I can give about guitar customization. Yes, there are some variables involved. I'll make sure to revisit this. We know what you get out of leather guitar parts. I have to express how well leather guitar parts has worked for leather guitar straps. I'm pulling your leg. You have to play by the rules. custom guitar straps begins by realizing that you don't want guitar customization. I need more to go on, but your leather guitar straps doesn't make or break you. There's no such thing as a free guitar customization. leather guitar parts can be very habit forming.

This should be obvious to most people so I dont even have to say it. leather guitar straps was almost a missed opportunity.

I know from experience that leather guitar straps and fortunately I’m just really happy now. It’s just how I’m rolling. I bet this is changing your tune. It is important that you discover leather guitar straps that provide less wear and tear. I do have a problem with it. That does not make sense. It's time we put the pedal to the metal. The fact is that they do not have a leather guitar parts with a leather guitar straps. Thats why this post is about leather guitar parts. We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. Sure it’s work when dealing with guitar customization. leather guitar parts is more fun than a barrel of monkeys. Kinda funny. How did custom guitar straps begin. You have found out that it isn't that easy. custom guitar straps probably comes low on your list. I do not figure that I would spend some quality time in this area.

Guitar Overdrive Pedal Customization

2009-03-04T05:39:00.000-08:00

Customizing a regular guitar overdrive pedal into a high quality custom overdrive pedal can be a great way to get top of the line equipment for a decent price. There are many ways to get this done. If you know a bit about electronics and dont mind working with things yourself, you can do some research and get the parts needed to upgrade overdrive pedals yourself. If you dont feel comfortable with doing this, you can still get your customized guitar overdrive pedal created.

There are many guitar pedal makers that will customize your guitar pedal for you. These people can be found online through their websites and often have fair prices for what they do. When you chose to pay them to do these guitar pedal customizations for you, you dont risk having anything go wrong, but of course it takes more money.

The strategy for customizing and modifying these guitar parts is often to replace or add in a few high quality components that the guitar manufacturer left out due to cost considerations. This is also true of regular guitar customization. Guitars will often come with plastic pieces that do nothing for the look or sound of the guitar, and these should be replaced to get the most out of your instrument.

Customizing an overdrive pedal is a great way to get a top of the line overdrive pedal for a good price and like with all guitar customizations, it will improve your equipment and make it more unique and personal.

Guitar Customization for Sight Reading

2009-02-23T14:00:00.000-08:00

Ok so there isnt really a way to customize a guitar for sight reading, but I want to talk about guitar sight reading because it is important for guitar players, and it is an often ignored skill.

Sight reading has become lost in the world of rock and blues guitar. There is nothing wrong with these styles but it is a shame that sight reading on guitar has become completely abandoned. Reading music is an activity that connects you with hundreds of years of composers and musicians who laid the foundation for even elements of pop and rock that we hear today. That being said, the passing of music by verbal and audible means such as in jazz and blues are also important to keep in mind, and obviously that does not rely on sight reading.

Part of the problem is the emergence of guitar tabs, and although these can be helpful, especially to beginners, they encourage bad habits such as a reliance on the visual nature of guitar playing. They also cannot distinguish rhythm very well, and as such players who rely on tabs often do not develop a sophisticated understanding of rhythm. So all you guitar customizers should make en effort to learn guitar sight reading.

Customizing an Ibanez Bass Guitar

2009-02-21T06:35:00.000-08:00

There are many ways to customize an Ibanez Bass. These are good quality guitars but come with many parts that could be improved. Most bass guitars that are not the absolute top of the line will come with plastic parts such as pickup rings, truss rod covers, electronics covers, and strap locks. Beyond that, the tuning pegs and bridges of the guitars can often be customized into higher quality and better looking options. Some custom guitar parts can make a world of difference in your bass guitar.

These customizations may not change the sound of your bass like a custom distortion pedal, but they will go a long way in improving its looks and feel. Another way to customize a bass guitar is to upgrade the pickups. There are usually always some better pickups you can get put into your guitar, and many times you can achieve a much different sound that you may be going for. This is one of the biggest guitar customizations you can do as far as changing the sound.

Other than that, switching out the plastic stock parts for some custom guitar parts, maybe some wooden guitar parts is a great idea for a cheap guitar customization that can be done yourself.

Custom Distortion Pedal

2009-02-18T18:54:00.000-08:00

A custom guitar distortion pedal is a great way to get a high quality guitar distortion sound out of your instrument. Customizing your guitar sound is important and a custom guitar pedal can do the trick. Many times these are standard distortion pedals that are upgraded with new electronics to achieve a better quality tone. A custom pedal can be an important part of your sound just like customizing the guitar parts of your instrument is.

There are people online that specialize in custom guitar parts as well as custom distortion pedals and they would be a good place to look to customize your guitar sound if your local shop cant help. Guitar Customization and modification expands to your effects pedals as well as your actual guitar. And nothing will have a more immediate effect on your sound as a custom distortion pedal.

Custom Guitar Parts

2009-02-15T12:20:00.000-08:00

Custom guitar parts are an important part of guitar customization. If you want to customize your guitar, the easiest way is to just add and replace some custom guitar parts, rather than do any actual construction to your guitar. It is amazing the difference you can make by changing out some of the stock guitar parts that come on your electric guitar. Many guitar makers use cheap plastic parts for the pickup rings, truss rod cover, tone and volume knobs, and selector switches. Its hard to feel good about your instrument if it is half plastic, this is where customizing you guitar with custom guitar parts comes in.

I recently replaced all of the removable plastic parts of one of my guitars and the difference is huge. Instead of feeling like a mass produced product, it now feels like an organic, custom, professional instrument. The sound is improved too, and none of the electronics were changed. This comes from using wooden guitar parts as replacement parts. I find that wooden guitar parts create the biggest improvement in sound and look. They are classy and interesting to the eye. In general I think an instrument such as the electric guitar should be as wooden as possible.

Custom guitar parts can come in many different colors and materials so it should be possible to find a good fit for any guitar you wish to customize. There are also many guitar makers online so it should be easy to find what you are looking for.

Knowing that you can replace any guitar part with some high quality custom guitar parts, you might even consider buying a cheap no name brand guitar that has a nicely made body and just replacing all the parts to create a top of the line custom guitar for much less than you would normally have to spend on a mass produced name brand guitar. Guitar customization with custom guitar parts is something you should think about for your next guitar purchase.

Guitar Customization Parts

2009-02-11T05:55:00.000-08:00

There are many reasons to customize your guitar or buy a custom guitar and also many reasons to use soundproofing materials with your guitar setup. Custom guitar parts and guitar customization can provide a better playing experience for you by improving the look and feel of your instrument and also improving the sound. But even with great customized guitar parts you will not be able to enjoy your playing if you have to keep the volume to low because your practice space is not properly soundproofed.

This is where some common soundproofing materials can come in handy. They can make it so not only do people outside of your room hear less of the sound you are making, they make the sound inside the room better as well if they are used correctly. A combination of guitar customization, custom guitar parts and some good soundproofing will help out your playing situation a lot.

It is hard to practice to your full potential if things are not fitting together perfectly. Improving your guitar with custom guitar parts and guitar customization is a good first step but you also need to have a decent practice space and this comes from implementing soundproofing materials.

Custom Guitars in Southern Spain

2009-01-07T13:17:00.000-08:00

There is a big custom guitar culture in southern Spain that revolves around their classical and flamenco guitars. Customizing electric guitars is not a big thing in Southern Spain but custom built Spanish guitars can be found on many streets in southern Spain. If you are a guitar player you should consider southern Spain vacations for a good place to go see a different side of guitar playing.

The custom guitars in Spain are built by independent guitar masters who craft the all wooden acoustic guitars by hand in their street side shops. On most days you will see them customizing and building their guitars and maybe see a great guitar player in there talking to them. You can also buy non-hand made guitars that are not as expensive and built in a factory. These are not custom guitars but they are higher quality than most of the classical guitars you will find in the US.

A good way to visit southern Spain to see their custom guitar makers is to look into Spain villa rentals. It would be nice to spend a few days exploring the various custom guitar makers shops and see some flamenco guitar performances. Customizing guitars is great but it is also good to see some custom guitars that are made completely by hand.

Guitar Customization and Learning How To Play Guitar

2008-11-12T04:28:00.000-08:00

When you first decide to learn how to play guitar, you may start out with a boring and uninspired instrument, but through guitar customization you can change this.

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Guitar Customization and Music Composers

2008-11-05T17:04:00.000-08:00

Guitar customization can help music composers become inspired to write better music. Playing on an instrument that you have a connection with is the best way to ensure that your musical ideas flow freely. If you are a freelance music composer this can be especially important. Having an individual instrument that you have worked on and upgraded can make everything you play on it more enjoyable and well performed.

Music composition is always going to come easier when you have an unfiltered way of expression and upgrading your guitar is a good way to achieve this. When you can get the ideal sound out of your guitar and are inspired by its look the music you make can go to a new level without you even changing or getting better.

Your guitar is your tool to express yourself musically, and having the best tool possible will allow you to make the best music possible. This is where guitar customization can help. There are many low cost methods of improving the way your guitar sounds and plays. Simple modifications can be done to your guitar to maximize its response and ability. You do not need a new guitar to get a better sound, you just need to know how to do a few effective guitar customizations.

An Easy Way to Customize Your Guitar Sound

2008-10-26T15:23:00.001-07:00

An easy way to customize your guitar sound would be to use guitar distortion pedals. Distortion pedals can dramatically change your sound without actually doing anything to your guitar. An overdrive or distortion pedal specifically can really hide a bad guitar tone. So if you have a guitar that you are not happy with, and have been wondering how to customize your guitar, this could be the answer.

Distortion pedals can add something to your tone no matter how bad your guitar is, and many of them can be found for decent prices online. To get more information on guitar distortion pedals, click here.

How To Customize An Electric Guitar

2008-10-17T07:03:00.000-07:00

There are many people wondering how to customize an electric guitar. If this is the case, you have come to the right site.

One good way to start off with your electric guitar customization would be replacing guitar pickups. This can provide a dramatic sound difference for a relatively low price and be a great guitar modification. You can also try replacing pickup rings, which can really help the look of your guitar and make it much more high class.

These are not the only answers to the question of how to customize an electric guitar. You can do something as simple as modifying the pickup height of the pickups on your guitar. This is something that is completely free and every guitar player should try out.

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Guitar Modifications: Replacement Guitar Pickup

2008-09-21T12:03:00.000-07:00

The Seymour Duncan SH4 JB Humbucker Pickup is a great replacement guitar pickup that can improve your guitar's sound and look, making it a great part for guitar customization and modification. This modification guitar part comes in many different colors so it can match and guitar customization project you have going on. Seymour Duncan is known for making some of the best electric guitar pickups and this Seymour Duncan SH4 JB Humbucker is no exception.

Replacing guitar pickups can be one of the most rewarding guitar modifications you can do, and will make the most dramatic change in the sound of your guitar. You can even make a cheap guitar into a pretty professional sounding instrument simply by getting some serious replacement pickups installed.

Here is a link to the Seymour Duncan SH4 JB Humbucker Pickup: Link

If you are in need of an effective guitar customization and dont want to spend a lot of money, consider a replacement pickup. No other guitar modification will make as big of a difference.

Customizing Guitar Sound with Distortion Pedals

2008-09-05T16:05:00.000-07:00

Customizing Guitar Sound with Distortion Pedals is an easy way to change the sound of your guitar. Distortion pedals can offer you a much wider range of tones so they are helpful for any guitarist. Modifying or customizing your guitar can change your tone but not as much as a good pedal. This is a good site for guitar distortion pedals that I found. Guitar customization can come in many different forms and pedals can be one easy way to accomplish it.

Guitar Modifications: Guitar Wiring

2008-08-31T10:32:00.000-07:00

I found a good site that has information and diagrams on guitar wiring and electronics. This can be helpful if you are trying to do customizations and wiring modifications on your guitar. You can visit this guitar wiring site here: http://www.1728.com/guitar.htm

The site has information on guitar tone and volume pots and how you can upgrade the electronics and wiring of them and other guitar parts.

Guitar Customization Privacy Policy

2008-08-18T16:17:00.000-07:00

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Redrilling Holes for Pickup Rings

2008-08-16T19:57:00.000-07:00

Redrilling holes for pickup rings may be necessary if you are replacing the pickup rings of your guitar and the new ones don't fit the stock holes. On a solid body guitar this is an operation you can do yourself with some basic tools, but if you dont feel comfortable drilling into your guitar you should take it to a professional. This is a nice guitar customization to be able to do yourself that may come in handy in the future.

Once you have the current pickup rings removed, you should have four corner holes left in the guitar. To drill new holes you will need to fill these holes in with toothpicks dipped in a little bit of wood glue. After the holes have been filled with the toothpicks and left to dry for a few hours you need to cut the toothpicks off flush with the guitar body. After this you should have the holes completely filled and a flat surface left on the guitar. You may need to do some light sanding or just lightly mash the toothpick tips down to get the surface as flat as possible.

Next you should used a scratch awl to mark where the new pickup ring holes will be drilled. Make sure you use the new pickup rings to do this and that you have them place in the right spot. After the holes are marked you are set to drill the new holes. Remember that the holes do not need to be that deep and just drill carefully because you may be near the edge of the pickup slots.

Once you have the new holes drilled you can screw in your new pickup rings and put your guitar back together. This operation can be redone if you need to move the pickup rings holes again.

This is one of the more complicated guitar customizations that you can do yourself but it should go alright and save you some money as well as give you some guitar modification skills.

Best Electric Guitars for Customization

2008-07-08T15:35:00.000-07:00

There are some electric guitars that are better than others for guitar customization. In general, solid body guitars provide easier starting points for guitar customization and modification. This doesnt mean you cant do certain things like replacing guitar pickups on hollow or semi hollow guitars, but there is a lot more you can do on solid electric guitars.

Here is a list of some of the best electric guitars for guitar customization:

Fender Stratocaster

Fender Telecaster

Gibson Les Paul

Gibson SG

Ibanez Solid body Models

Parker PM20

Washburn Solid Body Guitars

These are just a few of the best guitars for guitar customization. The Fender and Gibson guitars are great because modification parts made specially for them are widely available. The other types of guitars also have many customization options available.

Some cheaper models of guitars made by these companies may be the best options for guitar customization. These are also good guitars to customize because they are very common and it will improve your guitar greatly to customize it and make it more unique.

Most of the guitars on this list have specially made replacement pickups for them. This makes customizing the sound of the guitars and improving them sonically pretty easy and give you a wide range of options to improve the sound of a cheaper guitar you may have. If you want an instrument for guitar customization, consider the guitars on this list.

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Customizing Your Guitar Pickguard

2008-07-07T09:41:00.001-07:00

Customizing your guitar pickguard is a cheap but effective way to modify the look of your guitar. Pickguards are prominent features of many electric guitars such as Strats and Teles and can make a big difference in the color scheme of the guitar, which means they can dramatically modify the appearence of your electric guitar. Customizing your guitar pickguard is fortunately very easy and you can do it yourself.

In order to customize your guitar pickguard, you need to either find a website that specializes in making custom pickguards or just find a site that sells standard sized pickguards. If you have a common guitar model, especially a Fender or Gibson it should be easy to find a customized pickguard to replace the current one on your guitar.

Sites that make custom pickguards for electric guitars will be able to take a template that you create and a material of your choosing and construct your custom guitar pickguard. Some guitar shops may also provide this service. Customizing your guitar pickguard in this way will give you a really unique and impressive new pickguard.

For common and standard custom pickguards, you should be able to find them at many guitar sites and maybe ebay. They come in many different colors and materials so you can find what you want to customize your guitar the way you imagine. Once you have your new customized pickguard, you simply unscrew the old one and screw the new one on.

The only thing you need to be careful of when customizing your guitar pickguard is to make sure that the new pickguard will fit your guitar. For standard popular guitars this might not be a big deal but less common guitar models should be measured and checked before purchasing a new pickguard.

Customizing your guitar pickguard is a great cheap guitar customization for anyone who wants to change the color and look of their electric guitar.

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Wooden Guitar Pickup Rings

2008-07-06T10:32:00.001-07:00

Im waiting on some custom wooden guitar pickup rings I recently ordered. They're rosewood, which if you look on this types of wood for guitar parts guide, will give the guitar a more dark and warm sound. This is what I want because Im modifying my guitar for a mellow and dark jazz sound. This guitar customization should almost complete what I want to do with my main guitar.

The wooden guitar pickup rings are tapered to fit my stop tail piece style electric guitar, you can get them flat as well, to fit other types of guitars. As always, I favor wooden guitar parts, for their sound benefits and their look. When Im done customizing this guitar, it should be made entirely out of mahogany and rosewood, with a quilted maple top.

Actually the last thing I will need after I install the wooden pickup rings is to get a wooden truss rod cover. This will get rid of the lame model name on the cheap plastic truss rod cover that the guitar currently has. These guitar customizations and modifications have made a huge difference on my electric guitar so far, and I cant wait to get them all completed.

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Replacing Volume or Tone Pots

2008-06-30T12:21:00.000-07:00

Replacing volume or tone pots is a guitar modification you can do to make a big difference in your guitar's sound. Volume and tone pots are the electrical side of the volume and tone knobs on your guitar. They are what actually effects the sound when you move the volume and tone knobs. Modifying the volume and tone pots will change your guitar's output and control.

This type of guitar modification requires working with the electronics of your guitar and soldering wires. If you do not feel comfortable with that, take it to a guitar repair technician and they can do it for you, it shouldn't cost that much either. Theres nothing wrong with letting professionals handling your guitar modifications and customizations.

The two basic types of volume and tone pots that you will encounter are 250k pots, and 500k pots. There are also 1meg ohm pots but these are less common. In general, the higher the value of the volume and tone pots, the brighter the sound. So if you are modifying your guitar and you want a brighter sound you can replace it to a higher pot, and if you want a more mellow sound you replace it with a lower pot. Volume and tone pot modifications will also change the way your knobs effect the sound. For some they might make your tone and volume controls more rapid and less precise.

Replacing volume and tone pots can be a good guitar modification that effects the sound and control of you guitar. Just make sure you know what you are doing if you try this yourself, and take it to a professional guitar customizer if you don't.

Guitar Customization Projects

2008-06-28T14:19:00.000-07:00

To see what kind of customizations other people have done, I am now accepting pictures and descriptions of your guitar customization projects. If you send some pictures of any guitar you have customized along with a short description of all the modifications you have made to it I will publish it all in an article here.

This should be a good way to build up some examples of what you can do with different types of guitar customizations. I am in the middle of upgrading and modifying my main guitar so it will be nice to see what some other people are doing.

So if you want to, send in some pictures of your guitar customizations. My email is at the bottom of this blog. Make sure to give me your first name or whatever you want me to publish your stuff under.

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How to Replace Guitar Pickups

2008-06-27T09:20:00.000-07:00

In the last post about replacing guitar pickups I talked about how they can improve your guitar's sound by getting new pickups. It can be an effective customization if you are not happy with the tone of your electric guitar.

Because it requires soldering and generally more work than some other guitar customizations, some people may just want to have a guitar technician do this upgrade for them. But for anyone who wants to do this modification theirselves, I found a pretty good guide for how to replace guitar pickups, here.

With that guide you should be able to replace your guitar pickups without any problems. You also might learn something about how guitars are made and how their electronics work. Doing guitar customizations like replacing guitar pickups yourself can be beneficial to your guitar and help you with future modifications.

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Types of Wood for Guitar Parts

2008-06-26T20:12:00.000-07:00

If you are looking for wooden guitar parts to customize your guitar with, you should know how different types of wood will effect the sound and look of your guitar. Here are some types of wood for guitar parts and what you can expect from them.

Alder: light weight, tan color, good clean tone, light wood grain.

Maple: bright tone, medium weight, good sustain, visible wood grain.

Mahogany: mellow, warm tone, medium weight, great sustain.

Rosewood: heavy, warm tone, less high end.

Walnut: generally warm tone, good sustain, nice looking finish.

Ebony: bright tone, good sustain, durable, black finish.

These types of woods can compliment certain guitars better than others. The color of them will obviously be important when considering what guitar to put them on, but the sound they produce should also be considered in relation to what your guitar already does. Wooden guitar parts can really improve a guitar and with all of these types of wood to chose from, you can find the perfect wooden guitar part to customize your instrument.

Removable Guitar Customizations

2008-06-25T07:47:00.000-07:00

There are a few mostly cosmetic guitar customizations you can make that are removable and require no outside help, unlike replacing guitar pickups. Most of these are perfect for using wooden guitar parts. The benefit of removable customizations is that you can take them off and reinstall the original parts if you need to sell the guitar. This also means that these removable customizations are mostly for the look of the guitar, but can have a noticeable improvement on the sound in some situations.

The first of these are the tone and volume knobs. They can be taken off by hand in most cases, and then the replacement parts can just be pushed on in their place. Many guitar makers use cheap plastic tone and volume knobs so this can be a great simple guitar modification.

Another easy removable guitar customization is getting new pickup rings. Only slgihtly more complicated than the tone and volume knobs, you have to unscrew these which will change your pickup height. Then just screw on your new ones in the same place.

One more removable guitar customization is replacing the truss rod cover. These are just a matter of unscrewing a few screws and taking the old one off, then screwing the new one on.

The same applies to the backplate cover of the guitar. As long as you find one that fits your guitar you can remove the old one with a screwdriver and install the new one yourself.

All of these guitar customizations are removable and easy to do yourself. So if you have a guitar that you do not want to improve but not permanently change, these are perfect guitar modifications to consider.

Replacing Guitar Pickups

2008-06-24T19:49:00.000-07:00

Replacing the pickups of your electric guitar is one of the biggest changes you can make to the sound your guitar produces. It is also a guitar customization that can greatly improve a lower quality guitar and make it compete with high priced instruments. The only downside to replacing the pickups of your guitar is that you will most likely need to get a guitar technician to do it for you, and this will add to the cost.

Replacing guitar pickups will require sodering wires, and this is why you may need some help. But if you know how to soder you can do it yourself, just find a guide on exactly what to do.

To find a good pair of replacement pickups for your guitar, you can look online or in just about any guitar shop. There are models available for any type of guitar and usually a few different options to chose from. The pickups are the most important part of an electric guitar in regards to sound, and replacing them can make a huge difference. You should know what type of sound you are looking for and read some reviews of replacement pickups before making any modifications to your guitar.

Replacing the pickups of your guitar can do more than change the sound though. You can get different colors and styles to better match the rest of your guitar. Or if you have customized your guitar with new pickup rings, you can get some pickups that match those better.

Replacing electric guitar pickups is a powerful customization you can make to any guitar. Some people even buy cheap guitars with the intention of replacing the pickups and modifying them in other ways. This can end up saving you money and still getting you a high quality customized guitar.

Wooden Guitar Parts

2008-06-23T12:53:00.000-07:00

Wooden guitar parts are the best things to customize your electric guitar with. Whether you need new pickup rings, tone and volume knobs, or a truss rod cover, wooden replacement parts will improve your guitar the most. This is not just because of how they make your guitar look better, they also improve the sound of your guitar. Wooden parts can help turn an ordinary guitar into a custom high quality instrument.

Guitars are made mostly of wood, even electric guitars. The wood they are made out of greatly influences the sound they produce. Adding wooden guitar parts to a guitar just adds more wood to color the tone. Plastic and metal pieces do not favorably enhance the tone. Plastic is probably the worst thing you can have on a guitar, so you want to replace anything that is plastic with new wooden guitar parts. Having more wood attached to the electronics of the guitar will let the sound vibrate through more favorable materials, and this can help your overall sound, sometimes just a little bit, but sometimes a lot.

Wood also just looks nice. It is detailed where plastic and metal is plain. It feels more organic to the touch. Having wooden guitar knobs will make adjusting your volume feel so much better. You will enjoy looking at the grain of the wood while playing if your guitar has wooden parts.

The best part about wooden guitar parts is the variety you can get them in. If you want black tone knobs get some ebony knobs. They will look like plain black from far away but up close you will see the nice grain of the wood. If you want reddish brown get rosewood. There are also tan and whitish woods and some that are multicolored. Whatever part or color you need, you should be able to find a wooden guitar customization that works. Instruments should be made out of wood, thats how its always been and for good reason.

Replacing Pickup Rings

2008-06-23T06:28:00.000-07:00

Replacing the pickup rings of your electric guitar is a great guitar customization that improves the appearance of your guitar and the sound. Most guitars, even high end ones, come with plastic pickup rings that might look fine from a distance but up close they look cheap and plain. This can be fixed with a simple guitar modification.

New pickup rings are available on many online sites, you can get them in various types of wood or metal. If you are planning on replacing the pickups of your guitar, make sure you know what color and style the new pickups will be so your pickup rings will match.

As with other guitar customizations, I tend to view wooden parts to be the best replacements. They have a high quality detailed look to them, and the closer you are to them the better they look. They make the guitar feel much more high quality. In general, it is nice to have a guitar that is made out of wood, so replacing the pickup rings for new wooden ones is a great modification.

To remove your old pickup rings you will usually just have to unscrew all the screw that are in it. This will disconnect the pickup rings from the guitar and the pickups, allowing you to take them off and screw in the news ones. Take note of your pickup height before you do this so you can reset the pickups to how they were. This is another guitar customization that you can easily do yourself.

The Joy of Having a Unique Guitar

2008-06-19T20:43:00.001-07:00

Customizing or modifying an electric guitar is all about making your guitar unique. There is nothing wrong with a mass produced guitar for a beginner but eventually you need an instrument that you can call your own. I hated it when I would see someone who had the exact same model of guitar as me, and I know most guitar players probably feel the same. Having a guitar that is a different color is not enough, I have to have different parts and everything. Thats why I started making simple modifications and customizations to my electric guitars, its makes them feel so much more personal.

Its not only that the guitars look different when you customize them, you also gain a connection to them through putting them together and changing out parts. The fact that you have worked on modifying your guitar makes it feel like more of your own. This can be important as it can have a positive effect on your playing.

When you have a self customized electric guitar you are more inspired to play it and practice, much in the same way that you are when you get a nice new instrument. Modifying a guitar makes it new in a way and that makes you more exited to play it. Having an ongoing guitar customization project can keep you interested in your guitar and always exited to play it. This is why guitar modification is such a great hobby.

Current Electric Guitar Customization Project

2008-06-19T16:13:00.000-07:00

Im currently customizing my main guitar with some upgraded parts. So far I have the tone and volume knobs switched out for some nice rosewood dome knobs. The ones that came with the guitar were see-through cheap plastic that didn't really match the color of the body. Now they are red tinted rosewood, which perfectly matches the quilted wine red color of my guitar. Rosewood is also the type of wood on my fretboard so that will go nicely.

Its amazing how much better my guitar looks with this simple modification. The colors match better and the wood makes it seem more classy and high end. I may just be imagining it but I think the wooden knobs have improved the sound. That could make sense becuase they are attached to some of the main electronics of the guitar.

There are a few more things I need to modify for this guitar to be complete. I am going to get rosewood pickup rings to match everything else. This should definitely improve the sound as the pickups are directly screwed into the rings and having them vibrate through wood will be a lot better than the plastic ones that are on there now. I can wait to see how much better my guitar will look with custom rosewood rings instead of cheap plastic ones.

Once my guitar has been completely customized I will post some pictures of it

Customizing a Guitar with a New Truss Rod Cover

2008-06-17T15:50:00.000-07:00

Customizing your electric guitar with a new truss rod is a small modification you can easily make yourself. It can be a good finishing touch to a guitar that you have been upgrading. For those who don't know, the truss rod cover is the small plastic (most of the time) panel that is right above the nut of the guitar. It covers the hole in the headstock that makes the truss rod reachable for adjustments.

Guitar makers usually put some cheap cover on this spot that will often have the model name of the guitar. Most of them do not look good, so getting a nice custom truss rod cover can be a pleasing guitar modification. As with other methods of customizing your guitar, you need to make sure that the new parts you buy will fit your instrument. This isn't as big of a deal with truss rod covers as they will fit most guitars pretty well.

New truss rod covers come in many varieties and can be purchased on the internet or in some guitar shops. To get a nice wooden one you may be better off looking online but any guitar store should have plastic covers that come on most guitars. Wooden ones can be found in lots of different types of wood and shapes for different guitar models. Whatever type of guitar you have, you should be able to modify it with a nice wooden truss rod cover.

To put on your new truss rod cover is really easy. You unscrew the old one, some may have only one screw some may have three or so, and then you screw on the new one. Thats all there is to it. For one last guitar customization, upgrading to a new truss rod cover is a simple way to modify the look of your guitar.

Modifying the Pickup Height on an Electric Guitar

2008-06-15T16:33:00.000-07:00

Changing the pickup height, a modification similar to lowering the action, is a customization that can make a big difference in your sound. By moving the pickups closer or farther from the strings, you can make the sound they register more or less focused. This means that it will be louder and sometimes clearer if the pickups are closer and you can get a softer airy sound with them farther away.

To make this simple modification on your guitar, look at your pickups and try to see how they are connected to the pickup rings and the body of the instrument. Many guitars will have different set ups but for most humbuckers with pickup rings you will have a screw in each corner and two in the middle. These are the screws that control the pickup height.

Now that you know how to raise or lower the pickups, start moving them around and test out the sound they produce. Note that you can raise one side higher than the other to have certain strings closer to the pickups than others. Make sure if you have pickup rings that you do not break through the rings by going too far with the screws.

Modifications such as this wont change the look or feel of your guitar but they can do a lot to the sound. It is an easy and free way to customize the sonics of your guitar so you might as well play around with it to get your sound as good as possible. After modifying your pickup height you may be surprised at how good your guitar is sounding.

Lowering the action of your guitar

2008-06-11T15:29:00.000-07:00

The action of your guitar refers to the height of the strings off of the fretboard. If you have never had your guitar set up professionally this is an easy modification that you can do yourself to improve the playability of your guitar. The method that will be discussed here is for guitars with tune-o-matic style bridges.

There will be a large screw on each end of your bridge, to lower the action of your guitar, simply tighten the screws. Thats it. Some people say you should loosen the strings before doing this but if you are lowering the action it doesn't matter. To lower the action evenly on both sides you should use quarter turns of the screws, but you can also make one side slightly lower to the fretboard if that helps even out the thinner strings with the heavy ones.

Lowering the action of your guitar can have many benefits. It makes notes easier to fret and easier to play, which will increase how fast you can play and increase the ease at which you play. This is obviously a good thing, your guitar should work with you, not against you. Another benefit of modifying for lower action is that it makes the strings closer to the pickups, which makes your guitar louder and helps the pickups get a more accurate signal from the strings.

There is only one potential downside of lowering your guitar's action. If you lower it too much, some notes may produce buzzing from the strings being too close to the frets. If your guitar's neck wasn't made very well or has become warped slightly this will happen at a higher action than on well made instruments. If this happens your action is too low and you should raise it back up until every note is clear again. Lowering the action of a guitar is an easy modification that can improve your playing considerably.

Customizing An Electric Guitar With A Replacement Bridge

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Another easy way of customizing a guitar is to get a replacement bridge. As with other customizations discussed here, they can be found in a variety of styles and colors including gold, chrome, and black. You just have to be sure to get the right kind of bridge for your guitar. Many use tune-o-matic bridges with tailpieces, and some, like Fenders, have model specific bridge designs.

The removal of these guitar bridges is usually simple enough to do yourself and provided that you purchased the right kind of replacement, it should be easy to put in your customized replacement. Obviously a change of strings will be required. In some cases customizing your guitar with a higher quality bridge that fits will improve guitar intonation and tuning problems. Many bridges also enable easier action adjustments.

Customizing the bridge of your guitar can have a big effect on the overall look. Sometimes changing out the stock chrome bridge for a nice gold one will make a huge difference in the visual appeal, as many higher priced guitars tend to use gold hardware. If you are looking for a guitar customization that will make a difference and cost around or less than $50 consider buying a new bridge.

Why customize your electric guitar?

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Customizing your electric guitar is a beneficial and worthy activity for many reasons. The most obvious is that you are either improving your guitar's sound or appearance, many times both at the same time. It is always good to have an instrument that feels nicer and sounds better, and guitar customization will accomplish that.

Beyond the fact that you are improving your guitar with customizations, you are also helping your development on the instrument. Having a guitar that you really like and that you have made sound good and play well will inspire you to practice more and become more musical. You react to the sound you are producing when you practice or perform and if the sound is really good you will play better with it. Also just seeing your guitar looking better becuase of customizations will make you want to play it more.

Customizing your electric guitar is also a fun and relatively inexpensive hobby. You can make a long term project out of your guitar. This will make an instrument that may not have been anything special feel like a one of a kind item that you are investing effort and time into. It is very rewarding to see your guitar slowly turn into a higher quality device than what you could have imagined. Electric guitar customization is a great hobby for any player.

Customizing Your Guitar With New Tuning Pegs

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Customizing your guitar by replacing the tuning pegs is a little more involved than other customization techniques we have looked at but it is still pretty easy to do. Not only can you improve the appearance of your guitar but you can greatly improve how it stays in tune and how accurately you can tune it. This customization can cost about $50 or more and you might have to get a guitar technician to help you do it.

Tuning pegs can come in silver, gold, black, or even wooden styles, so it should be easy to fine a set that works well with your guitar's appearance. However not all set will fit all guitars so you need to be sure that the ones you get can be placed in your instrument. If not, you may still be able to get them in but this will require more work and time, and you may damage your guitar.

If your current tuning pegs don't work very well some high ratio pegs or even locking tuning pegs will really be a big improvement on your guitar. Most music or guitar stores will sell various brands of these replacements and online stores or ebay will have anything you are looking for. Replacing your tuning pegs is a customization that will make a big difference in your guitar without a huge cost or effort.

Customizing Your Guitar With Tone And Volume Knobs

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One easy way to improve your guitar's appearance and maybe even the sound is to put on some new volume and tone knobs. This is one of the most simple customizations you can do becuase control knobs are widely available in many different styles and materials. I personally like switching out the stock knobs for some wooden ones. They create a classy and high end look and also may improve the sound since it will be vibrating through wood instead of plastic or metal.

Along with just about any kind of wood, you can get them in silver or gold painted metal or various plastic forms. They can come in many different shapes and sizes so there should be a perfect match for whatever type of guitar you have. The wooden volume and tone knobs generally cost more but its worth it.

The best part about customizing your guitar's control knobs is that most of the time you will be able to pull the stock ones off yourself. Just pull straight up on them and they should slide off but if it seems like they are not going anywhere you may have to take them to a guitar repair person to get them removed. Sometimes they are just stuck on there really tight and you dont want to damage your electronics by ripping one off. Volume and Tone know customization is one of the easiest and cheapest ways to significantly improve your electric guitar.

When To Not Customize Your Electric Guitar

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Guitar customization can be a great thing but there are certain situations when you do not want to start changing parts or reconstructing your guitar. Many vintage guitars will lose value if you replace the original parts or do any sort of altering. You probably know if you have one of these valuable guitars but even more recently made instruments can lose value if they are reconstructed. Expensive popular name brand guitars like Fenders and Gibsons should probably not be altered unless you can restore them to their original form.

Most of the customizations that will be looked at on this site are things that can be restored to original form without any damage to the guitar, and to make sure that this is the case you should keep all of the original parts that you take off. Making sure that you don't damage or devalue your guitar while customizing it is important if you are working with your main instrument, but if you are upgrading a cheap guitar feel free to get really creative with your alterations.