Setting tailpiece height on Les Pauls

Setting tailpiece height on Les Pauls

by | Feb 27, 2024 | Uncategorized

setting tailpiece height on a gibson les paul If you have a guitar with a ‘tune-o-matic’ bridge, you may have wondered how high you should set the tailpiece. As always with these things, there is no ‘correct’ height. Instead, there are a bunch of considerations that...
Re-stringing with bridge pins

Re-stringing with bridge pins

by | Feb 19, 2024 | Re-stringing, Setups, Useful tools

re-stringing an acoustic with bridge pins Re-stringing an acoustic guitar well can make all the difference to its tuning stability and to the way it sounds. This blog relates specifically to acoustic guitars with bridge pins. We will focus on the end of the string...
Shielding your guitar

Shielding your guitar

by | Feb 10, 2024 | Uncategorized

shielding your guitar We’re surrounded by electrical interference. Guitar pickups act as little antenna that can pick up this interference. Guitars with single coil pickups are especially prone to this, making them noisier than we’d like. ‘Shielding’ is one way of...
Why we use a strobe tuner

Why we use a strobe tuner

by | Feb 6, 2024 | Uncategorized

sTROBE TUNERS At Selborne Guitars we use a Peterson StroboPlus HDC tuner. You’ve probably heard of ‘strobe’ tuners, but what are they and what makes them special? What is a strobe tuner? Most guitar players have a chromatic or polyphonic tuner. These tuners measure...
When To Change Guitar Strings

When To Change Guitar Strings

by | Jan 23, 2024 | Uncategorized

when to change guitar strings The right time to replace strings varies from player to player. Whether you play an acoustic or an electric guitar, arbitrary rules like ‘change strings after every 100 hours of play’ are rarely going to hit the spot. The best approach is...