Do It Yourself Guitar Repair For Electric And Acoustic Guitars - 63 Pages Paperback
If you keep it in good condition,
it will play better, and you'll save a lot of money on repairs down the road. These are both good reasons we hear all the time for why we should keep our guitars setup and repaired properly.
But the most important advantage is that you play better. And what you play will sound better. When a guitar's action is at it's optimal level, you're playing speed can be at it's fastest, there's less chance of a clunker sound or a buzz in the string,
and your music can sound the best it can be. When the guitar string intonation is dead on set perfectly, you sound good with the other instruments in the band. So having a book like this one on hand will allow you to keep your guitar set up properly.
Here's a look through the book, showing some of the types of repairs and adjustments you'll learn to do:
- The value of doing a proper setup on a guitar.
- Tips on buying a guitar and how to size up a guitar and its problems before you purchase it.
- How to do a guitar setup. Removing strings, checking for any loose frets and then fixing them. How to check the guitar neck and make sure it is set up correctly. How to adjust the guitar trussrod.
- How to straighten and work on guitar necks that do not have an adjustable trussrod.
- How to inspect the frets, and check for uneven frets. How to do the process of dressing, filing, and honing the guitar frets.
- How to put on new strings.
- How to adjust and set the action of the guitar.
- Check and set the saddle height on acoustic guitars with adjustable saddles and ones with a non adjustable saddle.
- How to adjust the bridge on an electric guitar. Do a bridge adjustment on an acoustic guitar. How to check and if necessary fix the bridge pin holes of an acoustic guitar. Deal with any bridge problems such as being too low or being loose.
- How to check the nut of any guitar and make any needed adjustments to it. Make sure the string height is correct. How to raise the nut. How to make the string slots of the guitar nut a little deeper so the strings will sit closer to the frets and neck. How to make a new nut for your guitar.
- How to check and adjust the intonation of electric and acoustic guitars.
Here are some cool features and content items that make this book a good one:
- A cool feature of this book that you see immediately is it's shape: it's shaped narrow so it would fit perfectly in a guitar case along the neck of the guitar, making it easy to keep with you where ever you go so the information in the book can help you out when you need it most.
- The book has a lot of photographs and numbered lists of step by step instructions, to guide you through the repair and setup processes.
- The distinct size and shape of this book will help you keep it with you at all times, and have it available whenever you need it.
So if you're looking for a handy, easy to take along book that gives you what you need to know to keep your guitar in good working order, this may be the book you need.
