Guitar Man Acoustic Guitar Tips
 Acoustic Day-to-Day Resource

Guitar Care Maintenance and Preservation Tips

     Body

• 54 - Cracks
• 69 - What Is Bellying?
• 104-Buzzing Problems

     Cases

• 75 - Guitar Cases

     Cleaning

• 58 - Vacuum Your Guitar?
• 59 - How To Remove Stickers & Sticker Glue From Your Guitar
• 64 - How To Clean Those Gold Plated Tuners
• 89 - Removing Blood Stains?
• 150-Removing Sweat Stains
• 160-Someone Signed Your Guitar?
• 161-Removing Old Glue
• 185-Remove Permanent Marker From Guitar Finish
• 204-Dust Issues

    Glue

• 93 - Guitar Gluing Repairs

     Finish

• 12 - Beware Of Plastic!
• 17 - Insect Repellent?
• 22 - Cosmetic Care Of Acoustic Guitars
• 27 - Pockets, Belt Buckles, & Suspenders
• 36 - Protect Your Guitar From Sweat
• 80 - Does Your Guitar Look Unfinished?
• 133-What Is Checking?
• 172-Green Felt
• 181-Don't Accidentally Xerox Your Guitar

     Neck

• 37 - How To Remove Tough Build-Up From The Fretboard
• 82 - How Can You Tell If Your Neck Is Warped?
• 50 - Advice On Fret Wear And Re-fretting Your Guitar
• 97 - Neck Angle And Neck Reset Explained
• 102-Causes Of String Buzz
• 118-Truss Rod Adjustments
• 151-Wet Neck
• 175-Fretboard Ruts
• 176-How To Tell If Your Truss Rod Is Broken
• 189-More Causes Of String Buzz

      Pickguards

• 117-How To Remove Scratches From Your Pickguard
• 131-Curling Pickguards

     Repairs

• 51 - Advice On Finding A Good Repairman Or Luthier
• 180-Keeping A Maintenance Record

      Storage

• 13 - Tips On Storing Your Guitar For A Long Time (over 4 months)

      Strap Buttons

• 49 - Does The Strap Button Mounted In The Butt End Of Your Guitar Fall Out?

     Strings

• 4   - Extending String Life
• 24 - Do You Have A Problem With A Certain String Breaking Prematurely?
• 42 - Advice On Heavier Gauge Strings & Guitars With Scalloped Bracing
• 72 - How Often Should You Replace Your Strings?
• 105-Determining String Gauges
• 142-How To Change A Guitar String
• 201-How To Store New Guitar Strings
• 211-Nylon Stringing Trick
  

     Temperature & Humidity

• 14 - Temperature And Humidity Concerns
• 26 - Concerns About Direct Sunlight
• 53 - A Few Words About Guitar Humidifiers
• 63 - Where Should You Leave Your Guitar When Not Playing?
• 114-Another Concern About Direct Sunlight
• 121-Playing Outside At Night
• 177-How To Lower High Humidity
• 207-Guitar Wall Hangers

      Tuning Machines

• 19 - Tuning Machine Head Care

     Travel

• 18 - Protecting Your Guitar When Shipping Or Flying
• 21 - The WRONG WAY & RIGHT WAY To Carry A Guitar
  

Guitar Playing Tips

• 67  -How Do You Get Good Calluses?
• 139-Callus Care
• 217-Callus Building & Exercise
  

     Capos

• 76  -Advantages Of Using A Capo
• 106-Capos Made Only For Acoustic Guitars?
• 110-What Chords Are You Playing When You Use A Capo?
• 144-Capoing Problems
• 182-Guitar Duets, Adding A More Colorful Frequency Range

     Fingers/Nails

• 120-Hurting Fingers?
• 166-Fingernails On Your Fretting Hand

     Left Handed

• 55 - To Play Lefty Or Not To Play Lefty

     Picks / Picking

• 141-To Pick Or Not To Pick...That Is The Question
• 198-How To Hold A Flatpick
• 203-What Is Hybrid Style Picking

     Slides

• 41 - Buying A Guitar Slide
• 190-Playing With Guitar Slides

     Strings

• 38 - Differences Between Short & Long Scale Length Guitars Explained
• 40 - A Discussion On The Differences Between Light & Heavy Gauge Guitar Strings
• 98 - Can You Use Electric Guitar Strings On A Steel String Acoustic?

     Tablature

•  6   -Easy To Advanced Explanations Of How To Read Tablature
• 173-Reading Tablature Help Tip

     Technique

• 29 - Tips For Practicing And Preparing For A Performance
• 34 - Tips On How To Play Clearer Notes
• 35 - Help On Playing Barre Chords
• 44 - What Is A Hammer-On And A Pull-Off?
• 56 - Playing Styles & Acoustic Guitars Generally Used
• 70 - The E minor 7th add 11 Chord "Em7add11"
• 81 - You Should Be A Recording Artist!
• 88 - Strumming Tips
• 91 - Add Some Vibrato!
• 115-Reducing String Squeaking
• 132-Harmonics & Chimes
• 182-Guitar Duets, Adding A More Colorful Frequency Range
• 183-Ear Training
• 187-The Right And Wrong Way To Do A Whammy Effect
• 212-Up Against The Wall?
  

     Theory

• 143-The Notes Of The Fretboard
• 193-Can You Learn To Play The Guitar By Yourself?
• 194-What Key Are You Playing In?
• 195-Playing By Numbers
• 196-More On What Key Are You Playing In

     Various

• 60 - Does A Cutaway Body Style Affect The Sound Of A Guitar?
• 90 - Song Learning Tips For Soloists
• 111-Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• 128-Learn To Sing & Play
• 168-Miking Your Guitar
• 209-Playing With Arthritis
  

Guitar Tuning Tips

     Alternative Tunings

• 1     - C# Tuning
• 2     - A Nice Alternative Tuning
• 7     - Other Cool Alternative Tunings That Won't Break Your Strings
• 112 - Advice On Using Alternate Tunings
• 119 - How To Effectively Tune Your Guitar Higher
• 155 - Tuning Down 1/4, 1/2, Or One Full Step
• 164 - Nashville Tuning
• 192 - Do You Need More Than One Guitar?

     Bass Guitars

• 140 - How To Tune A Bass Guitar

    Twelve String Guitars

• 28   - How To Tune That New 12 String Guitar
• 103 - More Advice On Tuning Your 12 String Guitar
• 137 - Stringing 12 String Guitars

     Various

• 30   - Tips On Tuning Your Guitar
• 65   - How Do You Tune A Guitarron? (guitarrón)
• 78   - How Do You Tune A Tenor Guitar?
• 79   - How Do You Tune A Seven String Guitar?
• 85   - Why Does Your "G" String Go Out Of Tune More Easily Than The Others?
• 124 - Tuning Small Guitars
• 158 - How Do You Tune A Baritone Guitar?
• 186 - Tune Your Guitar Using The Telephone?
• 191 - Tune Your Guitar Using Harmonics
• 208 - How Do You Tune A Harp Guitar?

Guitar Tricks

     Bridges

• 23 - A Quick Easy Way To See If Your Bridge Is Starting To Lift Up

     Bridge Pins

• 10 - Advice On Pulling Stubborn Bridge Pins When Changing Strings
• 73 - Bridge Pins Affect The Sound Of Your Guitar
• 74 - Do You Have A Problem With A Certain Bridge Pin Popping Out?
• 153-Remove Broken Bridge Pins
• 159-Tusq Bridge Pins

     Capos

• 123-Another Use For Your Capo
• 136-Partial Capos
• 156-Make Your Own Partial Capo

     Finger Nails

•  5  - Protecting Fingernails
• 66 - How Do You Repair A Broken Fingernail?
• 83 - A Tip On Artificial Nails

     Intonation

•  3  - Correcting 12 String Intonation Problem
• 57 - Intonation Experiment To Do On Your 6 String

     Nuts

• 47 - Does One Of Your Strings Kind Of "PING" When You Tune Up?
• 68 - Raising A Nut
• 223- Does A Certain String Pop Out Of Its Nut Groove?

     Saddles

• 31 - A $30.00 Investment That May Improve Your Beginner's Guitar A Great Deal
• 45 - Bone Saddles vs Synthetic Saddles
• 61 - How Can An Old Discarded Piano Benefit Your Guitar?
• 107-Saddle Shims

     Straps

• 48 - Mounting A Strap Button To The Heel Of Your Martin (or maybe other guitars)
• 99 - Installing Guitar Straps
• 149-Guitar Strap Hooks
• 184-Lock On Your Guitar Strap
• 199-Can Strapping On A Guitar Hurt Your Back?

     Strings

• 11 - How To Get The Winding Part Of A String Off Of The Saddle
• 16 - Advice On Changing Your Strings
• 20 - The Proper Way To Tie The Strings To The String Posts
• 25 - Tips On Cleaning Your Guitar Strings
• 52 - What To Do If Your Strings Are Too High Off The Fretboard
• 95 - What To Do With Those Old Strings
• 214-A Tip When Trying Out New String Sets
  

     Various

•  8  - Ever Drop Something Into Your Guitar Like Your Pick And Can't Get It Out?
•  9  - Identify Your Acoustic Guitar In Case Of Theft
• 15 - How To Examine A Guitar To See If It's Made Of Solid Wood (not laminated)
• 33 - A Unique Finger Exercise
• 71 - How Do You Add A Pickguard To Your Guitar?
• 92 - Slippery Guitar Picks?
• 127-Turn The Radio On?
• 152-Stripped Wood Screws?
• 197-Lower Volume While Practicing

General Guitar Tips

     Beginner Guitars

• 39  -Quality Differences Between Laminated & Solid Wood Guitars
• 43  -Buying A Beginner Guitar?
• 174-Is Your Guitar A Toy?

     Bracing

• 62  -A Short Explanation Of Voiced & Scalloped Braces
• 147-What's A Shifted X Brace
• 171-What Is Revoicing?

     Electronics

• 46  -Advice On Adding A Pickup To Your Acoustic Guitar
• 96  -Acoustic Guitar Amps
• 169-Active And Passive Pickups

     Finish

• 116-Advice On Getting Something Painted On Your Guitar
• 167-What Is French Polishing?
• 215-Why Isn't The Inside Of Your Guitar Finished?
  

     Frets

• 77  -Zero Fret Guitars
• 84  -What Are Medium And Jumbo Frets?
• 219 -What Are Tempered Frets?
  

     International Travel

• 216-International Travel Warning

     Intonation (Bridge/Saddle)

• 134-Adjustable Bridges
• 148-Intonated Saddles

     Left Handed Guitars

• 202-Converting A Right Handed Guitar To A Left Handed Guitar

     Necks

• 100-What Is A Dovetail Joint?
• 135-Practice Neck
• 157-What Is Micarta?
• 170-Measuring Your Guitar's Scale Length
• 188-Different Neck Sizes
• 210-Different Neck Lengths
  

     Nylon String Guitars

• 32  -Differences Between Nylon & Steel String Guitars
• 165-Classical Guitar Setup

     Scalloping

• 62  -A Short Explanation Of Voiced & Scalloped Braces
• 213 -Scalloped Nuts & Saddles
  

     Shopping

• 122-Take Your Guitar Shopping
• 126-New Guitar Prices
• 154-More Advice On Guitar Shopping
• 178-Factory Second Guitars

     Sound

• 108-Do Pickguards Affect The Sound Of The Guitar?
• 179-Sounds Of The Acoustic Guitar

     Soundholes

• 125-Soundholes
• 129-Soundhole Covers
• 200-What Is A Soundport?

     Strings

• 130-Different String Gauges
• 145-Steel Guitar Strings
• 146-Nylon Guitar Strings
• 162-Installing Nylon Strings On A Steel String Guitar
• 163-Converting a 12 String Guitar Into a 6 String Guitar
• 221-Measuring An Unknown String Gauge
• 224-Rusty New Guitar Strings
  

     Types of Acoustic Guitars

• 94  -Acoustic Bass Guitars
• 101-Guitars For Smaller People Or Children
• 109-What Is A Hound Dog?
• 138-General Dimensions Of Different Body Styles
• 205-What Is A Multi-Scale Fretboard Guitar?

     Wood

• 86  -What Is Quartersawn Wood?
• 87  -Some Of The Woods Used In Acoustic Guitar Construction
• 113-What Is Bearclaw?
• 206-What Is Silking?
• 218-What Is Solid Recycled Sitka Spruce?
• 220-Tonewoods Used For Soundboards
• 222-What Is Torrefied Spruce?