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Facing Down a Ruptured Eardrum
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Facing Down a Ruptured Eardrum

Our steady-gigging Nashville correspondent faces a ruptured eardrum and considers his recovery.

How to Install and Maintain Your Guitar's Pots
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How to Install and Maintain Your Guitar's Pots

When it comes to cosmic tone, it’s critical to have functional potentiometers. Here’s how to install them correctly and keep them ship-shape afterward.

Pros & Cons of Pitched Vs. Straight Headstocks
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Pros & Cons of Pitched Vs. Straight Headstocks

Boutique luthier Jol Dantzig (cofounder of Hamer Guitars) examines the potential perils of different headstock angles and the balance between performance and ease of construction.

DIY: How to Adjust Electric-Guitar Intonation
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DIY: How to Adjust Electric-Guitar Intonation

Gruhn Guitars' setup guru Nathan Golliher shows how to easily make your Strat, Les Paul, and Telecaster ring true up and down the fretboard.

DIY: Relic’ing Metal Hardware
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DIY: Relic’ing Metal Hardware

Our series on how to age a guitar, piece by piece, continues. This month we tackle the bridge and strap buttons.