A: When you have the Buzz Feiten Intonation System installed on a guitar or a tapping instrument, your playing will sound more ‘in tune’ than on a normal guitar. But does it require some special way of tuning up?
Not really. Of course, the better you tune up, the better you will sound. However, the Feiten [...]
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Q: What’s the Best Way to Tune Up, with the Buzz Feiten Intonation System?
Q: How can I Reduce or Eliminate Hum?
A: Generally speaking, there is nothing in a guitar that actually generates hum, generally you can assume that the hum is being induced into the guitar, or it is being added to the signal of the guitar.
Experimentation is your friend. Here are some possibilities –
RECEIVING BROADCAST HUM
There is something in the environment which is “broadcasting” [...]
Q: How to Make a String Deadener / String Mute?
A: People sometimes ask if they can buy one of our String Deadeners, sometimes called a String Mute.
You don’t need to buy one from us, because you can make your own string deadener easy as pie.
Just go down to Ace Hardware, in the kitchen department, and look for ’shelf liner’. It’s a spongy material, usually [...]
Q: How can I get a Megatar when I don’t have enough money?
A:Well, who hasn’t been broke? Pretty much anyone who’s had a full life has had that experience at one time or anther. If you’re interested to hear about Traktor’s poverty in the college years, read this.
But of course, you realize that ‘poverty’ and ‘doing well’ are mainly states of mind, depending upon your being grateful [...]
Q: Where are Mobius Megatar instruments made?
A: Mobius Megatar instruments are made in our factory shp in the little village of Weed, California.
Yes, Weed, California. No joke.
On some of our models in the past (and perhaps in the future) we have obtained bodies and necks from overseas, mostly Korea and China, where they have very good factories for doing that kind [...]
Q: I like the Mobius Megatar mission. What can I do to help?
A: Thanks. What we’d ask is that, if you find this instrument interesting, if you’ve downloaded a copy of the method book or maybe you get the free newsletter, and you think it’s a good thing, then we’d ask just one thing – Spread the word. Thanks.
Q: If I buy an instrument, what guarantee do I have that I’ll like it?
A: Whenever you purchase something by mail or phone, the worrying possibility is that you might not like it! We don’t expect this, but who knows? And so, as our way of looking out for you, and to make it safe for you to purchase an instrument without any fear of being stuck, we have [...]
Q: Many Megatar instruments are inexpensive, but your sound is better than others costing more. How you do that?
A: It’s a matter of priorities. In our design process, we’re mainly interested in the sound and playability. So you think, what do we know sounds best? How can we utilize the science of sound? And what will give us superior playability?
For example, guitar-builders know if you want good tone, the instrument must be somewhat [...]
Q: Has Mobius Megatar developed the perfect instrument?
A: They’re pretty darn good, but we don’t think they’re perfect. Perfection is a moving target. As soon as you’ve improved one thing, it’s impossible not to see something else that could be done better.
In the southwestern United States, there was once a tribe who believed that if they made a pot or a blanket [...]
Q: How do you compare your instrument to other touch-style instruments?
A: Well, first of all, if you know how to play any other manufacturer’s instrument specially made for touch-style play, then you’ll find our instrument very easy, and you may well enjoy some of the innovations we’ve added.
That said, we think there’s a lot to like about instruments made by several other manufacturers, and generally [...]
