Random tips/fun facts.

[Lindsey]

How often do you come across a little piece of information you wish you had known before but with a topic too small for an entire thread?
I often do so here is Number one, not my favourite tip but the one that is in front of me now:

-Metronome on Google. Just search for metronome and there is one you can use without opening any other sites. LINK

One I have written down in my notebook is one many must have heard before.

-Visualising the guitar as drums, (or vice versa). The low E string is the kick drum, The A and D strings are the snares, and G, B and high e are the cymbals.
This is also how I visualise music compositions. Low/bass, middle, high. As in layers of sound on top of each other carrying and coorporating with each other. (To make this more sense I should fill a whole thread but I cannot explain it any better.)

Just make sure when you write these tips down they will make sense to you later.
For example, this is something I also have written down but doesn't make much sense to me because I did not write down enough to understand it without the source:
''Scales on open strings: It's nice to have some range above and below your tonics.''

 

[Lindsey]

Yet another one that was useful to me:
How pickups work depends on how they're wired but this is a basic setup.

 

[Jacques]

This is a great idea, love it! I've got one to add to the mix! I screen shot this a couple weeks ago as i was not aware, but it makes perfect sense now! And i really wish i would have known this before setting my guitar up, minor however i am a perfectionist with setting it up!

Below is in regards to the string retainer bar of a locking nut system, commonly found on floyd rose or other floating bridge equipped guitars. If you have trouble with all your strings going sharp after securing the locking nut bolts, the retaining bar may not be set at the correct height to allow the strings to rest firmly on the face of the locking nut prior to tightening said bolts as displayed.

 

[Lindsey]

This is a great idea, love it! I've got one to add to the mix! I screen shot this a couple weeks ago as i was not aware, but it makes perfect sense now! And i really wish i would have known this before setting my guitar up, minor however i am a perfectionist with setting it up!

Below is in regards to the string retainer bar of a locking nut system, commonly found on floyd rose or other floating bridge equipped guitars. If you have trouble with all your strings going sharp after securing the locking nut bolts, the retaining bar may not be set at the correct height to allow the strings to rest firmly on the face of the locking nut prior to tightening said bolts as displayed.

I have those on all my guitars but never thought of adjusting them.

 

[Nocturne]

Alright I have one too. If you love using your whammy bar or if you bend and your strings go out of tune, before changing your tuning pegs, try stretching the string correctly. The origin of a string going out of tune is that there are friction points between the strings and parts of the guitar, and having strings that aren't quite stretched can cause these tuning issues more easily. Put the guitar on your lap so the pickups face the ceiling and grab one of the strings. Pull it towards the ceiling at three different spots on the string: next to the bridge, at the twelfth fret and the fifth fret. Repeat that for all the strings. After that, press the string close to the bridge to stretch that small zone where there is a lot of friction, and do the same after the nut. If you really want to be sure that your strings stay in tune, play a note and then do a lot of dive bombs. If your string goes out of tune, tune it back and try again till it doesn't go sharp or flat. I generally do that when I change my strings and when I notice that my guitar goes out of tune way too much, and it is very effective to reduce these tuning instabilities.