MusicSlinger

Setting up a guitar is like magic to me.  Hopefully after these lessons I’ll know more too.

Chris B’s Music Site has an excellent text rundown on how to perform a setup, what kind of materials are needed and how to Change Your Strings, Checking the Straightness of Your Neck, Adjusting the Truss Rod, Setting Up Your Intonation, and Adjusting Your String Height.  A great guide to printout and keep.

Glen Flowers goes deep into how to get a straight neck in his article in Home Recording Connection.  He says “Neck angle is probably the single most important aspect of a neck and its relationship to the guitar. One reason is fixing this requires removing and re-setting the neck into the body which is a very expensive process.” Follow his easy to read guide on setting up the neck.

As for books, one of the best reviewed by far is Guitar Player Repair Guide.  Whether you simply want to maintain your guitar or hot-rod it into a radical new incarnation, this book is the ideal guide. By the columnist of Guitar Player’s popular Repairs & Modifications column, this comprehensive book is a must for any guitarist who needs information on beginning repairs through advance enhancements.

Then in my search I found a great video from the next level guitar.  In this video David goes into how to adjust your strings, truss rod, pickup height, tremelo setting, intonation, and action.

Tags: electric, guitar, lesson, musicslinger, setup, tip, tuning

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