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CLEANING
Cleaning your guitar regularly is one of the best ways to maintain the nish and prolong string life. Clean your guitar
after each use, making sure to wipe the ngerboard and strings as well as any of the plated parts such as tuners, pickups,
bridge etc. Make sure to remove all perspiration, as it can lead to corrosion and rusting in metal hardware and strings.
TUNING YOUR GUITAR
Tune your instrument using the tuning keys to raise or lower the pitch.
On a guitar with a locking tremolo system, you must rst loosen the locking nut before you can adjust the tuning with
the tuning machines. Although locking tremolo systems have ne tuners located on the bridge, they only allow limited
( ne) tuning. Counter-clockwise rotation of the tuning keys will raise the pitch of the string while clockwise rotation will
lower the pitch of the string you are tuning. Tune your guitar starting with the lowest to highest strings. After you have
done this once, go back and double-check the tuning again. On some instruments you will have to do this a few times,
especially if the strings are new or you have a guitar with a oating tremolo bridge. Tuning one string may a ect the
other strings and it is necessary to recheck the tuning until all strings are staying at the desired pitch.
Note: New strings tend to stretch and detune until they settle. It is a good idea to stretch the strings when you have just
put on a new set. Do this after the initial tuning by bending notes and physically stretching each string by pulling away
from the ngerboard (be careful no to pull too hard as you may break a string that way). After thoroughly stretching the
strings repeat the tuning process.
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