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I Can’t Press The Button On My Guitar to Release the Neck!

robSeptember 27, 2022

99% of the time this is due to one of two reasons: 1) An increase in humidity causes the wood to swell, which makes the latch hard to press down. and 2) the string force just makes it hard to press down. For a quick solution try grabbing the neck near the headstock with one hand and pressing the neck…

Can I use JourneyTek pickups on instruments other than guitars, basses or ukes?

robSeptember 7, 2022

Our pickups are designed primarily for use with the instruments for which they’re advertised, and our installation procedures are based on these applications. However, we’ve discovered musicians are using our pickups on a number of other instruments. Because every instrument is different, your installation may be different from our instructions. We recommend you first evaluate the installation on your instrument…

Help! My Nut Fell Out! How Should I Secure It?

robJune 23, 2022

For a normal fixed-neck guitar, the nut may actually be unglued and you’d never know it until you removed your strings. It’s more common than you might think. However, if you’re frequently removing and attaching the neck of a guitar as you do with a collapsible guitar – it’s not uncommon for the nut to come loose due to the…

Why is my string spacing uneven on my collapsible guitar?

robJune 14, 2022

Our collapsible guitars use bridge pins to hold the strings in place. The strings need to exit the pin holes in a straight line over the saddle so that your string spacing is even. If you have a string (or multiple strings) exiting at an angle, then the spacing of your strings will be uneven. To resolve uneven string spacing,…

What are the Thread Specs for Your Pickups?

robMay 26, 2022

Strap Button Threads: 3/8-32 standard (if you need to replace the strap button) Inner socket Threads: M12*0.75 metric (If you need to replace a nut for the pickup inner tube threads)

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