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Please take a few moments to read through this booklet.
1. Tuning Instruction
Using an electronic tuner is by far the easiest and most accurate way to tune your Acoustic Resonator
Guitar. Tuning your Resonator Guitar with an electronic tuner is pretty straight forward. You put the
tuner on your lap of clip it on the headstock and pluck the strings. It will then show the note you are
playing. Use the tuning pegs to get the desired note.
2. Tips on How to Take Care of Your Acoustic Resonator Guitar
Even if your Resonator Guitar is of high quality, like all instruments, you need to care for it. Playing it and allowing all
the oils from your ngers to get in contact with your instrument is a factor along with many others why you need to
spoil your Resonator Guitar and give it the necessary attention.
1. Keep It Clean: Clean your Resonator Guitar after each time you use it. The sweat and grease from your hands are
trapping dust on the surface of the guitar, which deteriorates the condition of the wood. You can use lemon oil and
a microber cleaning cloth to get rid of all the dust and stickiness. Slip a clean rag underneath the strings to clean
the board.
2. Avoid The Eect of Humidity: Keep your Resonator Guitar stored in about 50% relative humidity.
3. Restring Your Resonator Guitar Regularly: Although this will dier from one player to the other, you need to
consider how frequently you play your guitar and based on that, change your strings.
Signs you need to change your strings:
• Strings are tired if they can’t hold in place as much as usual, and they loosen too quickly.
• A variation in the strings or strings aren’t as smooth anymore.
• If your guitar sounds a little dull.
4. Use Your Capo Properly: Make sure that your clamp is wide enough while placing it to avoid rough friction with
your neck, and similarly, make sure to unclamp it then remove it, not just pull it o.
6. Use a Case: This is necessary if you want to avoid damaging your Resonator Guitar.
7. Handle Your Resonator Guitar Properly While Playing: Pay attention not to drop the instrument.You can cause a
lot of damage to your Resonator Guitar if you just keep dropping it every now and then, from simple scratches to
serious breaking.
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