How to Replace Strings on Your Homestead Acoustic Guitar
Strings, one of the essential parts of your guitar Besides the top of a guitar, the strings are also a crucial part. While the top determines the color of the tone (warm, sparkling), the volume and the sustain (length of the tone), the guitar strings also influence...
Acoustic Guitar and Humidity
ACOUSTIC GUITAR and HUMIDITY: The ultimate guide to acoustic guitar humidifiers: humidifying, dehumidifying, traveling with your guitar, seasonal changes, and long-term storage. An acoustic guitar is more than just a musical instrument; it’s a delicate piece of...
Guitar construction: Quarter sawn and other types of saw technique.
Guitar construction: Quarter sawn and other types of saw technique.Talking about solid wood for acoustic guitar, there is deeper subject to follow up; how the wood/ board is cut or sawn. There are several terms that are being used both by (mill) sawyer and (guitar)...
Guitar Construction: Solid Wood Versus Laminated Wood
Guitar Construction: Solid Wood Versus Laminated WoodSolid Adirondack top and Solid Rosewood back for Homestead GuitarsIn acoustic guitar, the guitar's body has a major role in determining the sound a guitar produces. Although the main source of the sound of a guitar...
Terminology for the sound of an acoustic guitar
Terminology for the sound of an acoustic guitarIn the guitar world, guitarists discuss the timbres guitars produce in terms that may not be familiar to many musicians. This glossary briefly describes some of these terms, without aiming for completeness. Judging sound...
The Homestead Models: Various Shapes of Guitar Bodies
Homestead models: different shapes of guitar bodies At Homestead Guitars, we offer a variety of guitar shapes for customers to choose from. Besides the appearance, the shape of the guitar's body also produces different tonal colors and a different feel when you...
Why does the B string on the guitar sound a bit out of tune?
Why does the B string on the guitar sound a bit out of tune? A common problem people run into when playing guitar is that sometimes the B string doesn't sound that great even though it's perfectly tuned. In other words, if you tune the B string perfectly to the G...
Adjusting the ‘Truss Rod’
Adjusting the 'Truss Rod' A guitar can at some point start to resonate or buzz, in particular higher on the neck. Or the guitar gradually becomes more difficult to play because the distance between the strings and the fretboard or neck (called action) has increased....
Why is Adirondack the best guitar top?
The Adirondack Mountains are located in northern New York State. Their steep mountainsides are home to a unique red spruce that provides some of the world's finest tonewood for making guitar tops. The red spruce (Picea rubens) is a medium-sized evergreen conifer. This...
Which lacquer is best for a guitar?
Which lacquer is best for a guitar? There are basically two types of lacquer when building guitars: Nitrocellulose (Nitro) and Polyurethane (Poly) or Polyester. Nitro was the standard lacquer for guitars until the 1970s. Polyurethane has become more and more common...