How to lower the action of your acoustic guitar

Lower the action of dreadnought guitar

Things you needed:
Pencil
Pentel Pen or Marker
Ruler
Sandpaper
File
Clean cloth or paper towel
Brush


The first thing you need to do is either you remove the strings if you intend to clean your guitar and put on a new set of strings or if you just put new strings on and forgot to adjust the height of your strings, all you need to do is loosen the strings as much as you can then carefully remove the bridge saddle.

Once the saddle is removed, use the ruler to mark it as to how much you're going to sand it down. Put a line using the pencil as your guide as to how far you're going to sand it down. Then use the marker or Pentel Pen to mark the bottom of the saddle to know if you're sanding it evenly. And when you're doing it, do it gently and keep on checking how far you're going. Then use a file to smoothen the area.

Once you're happy or near your target line as to how much centimetre you want to remove, brush the area off or wipe with a clean cloth and put it back. Then check if you're happy with the height of your strings. Note that it is not advisable to sand it down too far and make the strings too low because it will be prone to buzzing and you wont be able to reverse it. So it's better to just sand it down little by little. Also the string pull is great when it's a bit high. So, limit it to 1 cm or less when you lower the action of your guitar.

Put saddle back and try to tune it and play the guitar. Even though you lowered it a centimetre or less, you will still feel the difference. Hope this helps.

How to clean and change the strings of you dreadnought acoustic guitar

D'Addario EZ890 super light 9/45 bronze review and demo

It's been three years already after I bought this Fender DG60CE electro-acoustic guitar and I haven't changed a single string yet. So, I thought it's time to do it. I bought a super light set of D'Addario bronze acoustic strings. It's mainly because I'm so use to light strings and low action electric guitar. Let's see if this will do the trick.

I also ordered online tools as well as guitar maintenance kit. Some of you might have read my previous post on cleaning the guitar fretboard using Jim Dunlop 02 deep conditioner and I've used  improvised improvised fret guard protector out of an old ID/debit card. But now, I have the proper fret guard that I bought online. It's cheap but works fine. Also I bought a string cutter/winder, no brand, cheap gear. It came with the fret guard and brush, etc. I also bought a soundhole plug/cover or nowadays called "screeching halt." Unfortunately, it didn't fit well. I tried to force it because it's made of rubber and it did fit in the end but I decided not to use it because the main purpose why I bought it is to lessen the sound of my dreadnought so I can record or use my guitar in the night but it didn't work as I wanted it to be. Plus it's so hard to put in and remove.

Hope you find this review/demo on how to change strings, clean the fretboard as well as review of products i.e. D'Addario EZ890 bronze super light acoustic strings, imitation of D'Addario Planet Waves string cutter/winder, Jim Dunlop 02 deep conditioner rosewood fretboard, No brand soundhole cover/plug "screeching halt," and other maintenance kit tools and cloths (microfibre).

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Mosky DTC 4-in-1 plus Zoom G1xOn combined

4-in-1 Analog plus Multi-effects Processor

I have connected my Zoom G1xOn through Loop effects of Mosky Audio DTC 4-in-1 pedal and I was amazed by the result. It was fun using them both. But I think if I compare and do a battle of the two, I would choose Zoom G1xOn as the winner. Right, that's going to be another topic. For now, let me share to you my experiment and experience with these two pedals.

So, I wanted the Mosky DTC 4-in-1 to be my main pedal and then hooked in the loop effects would be my additional functionality i.e. tuner, reverse effects, reverb, etc. So the first thing that I tried was the tuner and it worked. I was really pleased with it. Then, I tried the reverb, so I can have a clean channel with reverb as well as crunch with reverb and again it worked. However, when I did the bypass mode, I thought it won't affect the tone of the pedal but it did. Maybe because of the loop or maybe because it's a multieffects processor and being digital.

Next was the reverse effects, and as expected it worked the way I want it to be. And the last thing that I enjoyed the most was the looper. I don't have to switch back to home and change effects from clean to crunch to lead because my Mosky 4-in-1 does the trick on that one.

Westquay The Festival of Lights Experience

The Festival of Lights at Westquay

One cold Saturday, we went to Westquay to shop some clothes for my little boy who's growing fast and needed some new clothes from socks to trousers, t-shirts. And then some shorts for his swimming lessons and also for the forthcoming Summer. And we're really looking forward to that one. By the way we shopped at Matalan. Then after we finished shopping, we were hungry so we went inside Westquay at the dining floor and couldn't decided where to buy because there were loads of people at the time, so the easiest choice would be McDonald's. Anyways, my little boy loves Happy Meal because of the toys.

After we finished eating, we went down and shop some more. Actually, it was my lovely wife who went for shopping. My boy and I were just by the corner or sitting by the side of the corridor waiting. My wifey went in Steamer Trading Cookshop whilst were were outside by M&S. Such a shame, the chairs outside were jampack because of the phone charging station. Then, wifey and my boy went inside Smiggle. Now, Im all alone waiting outside. Hehehe. Then, they went inside Cath Kidston but my boy got bored and tired so he went outside and stayed with me.

Fastforward..... we bought water in Superdrug and headed to the Festival of Lights. It was rather cold but worth it. Because, it was really amazing from the sound effects to the projector and the water fountain and all the lights. Kids just loved it. Running around, getting wet because of the fountain but there's no stopping them. Even my little boy was wet because of running around in that fountain. Lots of amazing lights. There were queues but we didn't mind. It was all fun. Head back home, while walking back to the train station in Southampton, the moon looks like having a lunar eclipse. We weren't sure and we couldn't get a decent photo but it was looking weird like in a movie. Then, there were train delays that evening. So we were stuck at the station for nearly an hour. We did manage to reach home. And that was our Festival of Lights experience.