Cleaning and Maintenance | Nady Systems Wireless Guitar Kit manual

Taking Proper Care of Your Lightning Guitar

It is best to establish early a habit of taking proper care of your Lightning Guitar. As it will take discipline to learn to play the instrument quickly and as well as your talents can take you, a good place to start is in taking good care of your guitar. This will not only prolong its life and ensure best performance, but also will foster a respect which will serve you best in achieving your goals. The following is a good guide to always keep in mind and practice as you learn to play.

a. Cleaning and Maintenance:

Use a soft, dry cloth to clean the strings of your guitar each time after you play. This prevents hand moisture from rusting your strings and shortening their life.

Polish your guitar every few months using instrument polish available at music stores. These contain small amounts of non-silicon wax and maybe a little lemon oil.

To prevent the ﬁngerboard from developing dry crack marks over time wipe them occasionally with a cloth dipped in lemon oil.

Two adjustment wrenches are included with the Lightning Guitar. The Truss Rod Wrench is the large wrench and can be used for the properly adjusting the action of the neck. The neck adjustment is located above the nut. The smaller wrench is the Bridge Wrench and is used for adjusting the bridge for both action and intonation. Do not attempt these adjustments on your own. These should only be done by a qualiﬁed guitar repairman.

b. Handling Care:

Never lean your guitar against objects or the wall as it can then easily be knocked over and damaged. Also, never leave it lying on the ﬂoor or on your bed as it can be severely damaged if inadvertently stepped or sat on. Use gui- tar stands, such as the Nady GS-1, for proper secure short-term placement every time. If not using for a long time it’s best to keep the guitar stored in your supplied carrying case.

Since your strings are under tension, they are sensitive to extreme changes in temperature, which will severely effect your tuning and may even harm the instrument. Never leave your instrument in the trunk of a car when the weather is very hot or extremely cold. If you must store your guitar inside a car, it is best to release the tension from the strings by detuning the guitar and then afterwards allow the instrument temperature to stabilize before retuning to proper pitch.

c. Changing Strings:

It is good practice to replace the strings periodically, as they will lose their brilliance and tone after a while. How often you need to do this is dependant on the type of strings and their diameter. Generally the thinner strings will need to be replaced most often and they are also the most likely to break while you are playing if they’ve not been changed for some time. Generally it is best that when the strings start sounding dull, replace them.

Learning How to Play Your Lightning Guitar

As with learning any new skill, it is best to develop good technique and understanding of your instrument right from the start as that will make the journey to proﬁciency faster and more enjoyable. Learning on your own with little guidance can be a daunting task and slow your progress considerably. There is simply no reason to “rediscover the wheel” when there are so many guitar instruction books, in virtually any style which interests you, so readily available. These will help you quickly develop a good foundation from which you can then more easily “discover your own voice” on the guitar. Depend- ing on your interest and preferred musical styles, a visit to your music store or a search on the internet before you even start trying to play anything on your guitar will help you ﬁnd the best learning aids to speed you on your musical journey. We have not included any rudimentary guitar instruction with this kit as such are necessarily usually too sketchy and not as effective as one of the many well respected guitar teaching aids readily available which would serve you, the beginning student, better in the long run. For even better results faster, ﬁnd a good teacher or guitar instruction program as there is no substitute for expert guidance right from the start when learning new skills.

Learning to quickly and accurately tune your guitar is a skill you must master ﬁrst. Since there are many alternate tun- ings used in popular music, depending on the style you choose to play, we recommend a good chromatic tuner, which will give you more choices for training your ear to accurately tune your instrument for alternate popular tunings than just the standard E-A-D-G-B-E, which is most common. Check with your local music store or on-line guitar accessories provider for a good quality tuner, preferably a chromatic electronic model, although standard tuning pitch pipes can also be a useful start.

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