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How to Setup Your Guitar Similar a Pro: An Easy Guide for Beginners (ebook/paperback)

"Everything you lot need to commencement confidently working on your ain guitars is correct here."

Recently updated to include over 260 photos covering all the aspects of a pro-level guitar setup, such every bit cleaning & maintenance, neck adjustments, cord elevation adjustments (span saddle and nut), pickup superlative adjustments, intonation, and more. Larn how to punch in the perfect setup, stride-by-step, on any guitar- with precision and measurability! Use the included cutting-out tool templates to broaden your skills. Makes an excellent starter book or reference for budding professionals.

Now updated and expanded with additional content including a section on restringing, neck shimming, scale length determination and new images!

"I have related and referred to Jonny'south guidance many times over the years and I can truly say that I wouldn't take gotten very far without it." -Daryl Chonka, Guitar Tech for Randy Bachman (The Estimate Who & BTO), Recording Engineer, Recording & Performing Artist

"Everything y'all need to start confidently working on your own guitars is right here." -Andrew DeGroot, Factory Certified Guitar Tech/Luthier, Stang Guitars

"The importance of a great setup can't be overstated. This is a perfect guide for those starting out in the craft, and a great general reference to keep effectually. Jon nicely lays out all the info needed to setup your guitar like a pro, without any confusing clutter. You lot're in great hands." –Cory Newman, Luthier, C.A. Newman Guitars

Included in the volume:

An eight-step method for electric, acoustic & bass guitar setups
How to adjust cervix relief (bow) for optimum playability
How to arrange string peak for your playing mode and guitar type
How to file nut slots, adjust pickup peak and set the intonation accurately
How to arrange Fender-style tremolo'southward, Gibson hard-tails, Floyd Rose and other floating bridge types
How to adjust the saddle on your acoustic steel string or nylon string guitar
Manufacturer's setup specs from Fender, Gibson, Ibanez, Jackson, Gretsch and others
Exclusive setup specifications from the author's best playing guitars & basses
Cutting-out templates for radius gauges, under-string radius gauges & an activity ruler
A handy measurement conversion nautical chart & more!

Tabular array of Contents

INTRODUCTION 1
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK iii
PARTS OF THE GUITAR 4
WHAT IS A SETUP? 6
WHAT YOU WILL NEED 7
GETTING STARTED: Audit THE GUITAR 10
REMOVE THE STRINGS 11
Removing Strings on a Tremolo Bridge 13
Removing Strings on a Floyd Rose-mode Span fourteen
Removing Strings on an Archtop Floating Bridge 17
Removing Strings on an Acoustic Guitar Bridge 18
STEP 1: CLEAN THE GUITAR 19
Pace 2: Check THE HARDWARE AND ELECTRONICS 23
How to Clean Muddied Potentiometers & Controls 28
STEP three: RESTRING AND TUNE TO PITCH 29
Slot-head tuners 31
Locking Tuners 32
Floyd Rose or Other Double-locking Bridge Systems 33
Acoustic Guitars 36
Nylon String Guitars 38
Tuning Tips 42
Stride 4: Adjust THE RELIEF IN NECK (TRUSS ROD) 43
a) What is a Truss Rod? 43
b) Why Set the Relief? 45
c) Measuring Relief 46
d) How Much Relief is Enough? 49
east) Adjusting the Truss Rod 50
How to Remove the Neck for a Truss Rod Aligning 52
Adjusting the Cervix Alignment 53
Pace 5: ADJUST THE STRING Top AT Span 55
a) Gibson-style Difficult-tail Bridges (Melody-o-matic) 57
b) Fender-manner Hard-tail Bridges 59
Private Saddle Height Adjustments threescore
Under-String Radius Approximate Procedure 62
c) Vintage-Style Tremolo Bridges 64
d) Modern Tremolo Bridges 65
Bridge Angle Adjustments 67
e) Floyd Rose Bridges 69
Neck Angle Adjustments / Shimming 72
f) Acoustic Guitars 74
STEP 6: Adapt THE String Summit AT NUT 77
Stride seven: Conform THE PICKUP HEIGHT 84
Pole Piece Staggering 85
Pace 8: Adjust THE INTONATION 87
Scale Length and How to Measure Information technology 93
TROUBLESHOOTING 94
TOOL TEMPLATES 97
SETUP SPEC SHEETS 104
MEASUREMENT CONVERSION Nautical chart 109
FURTHER Resources 110
Nearly THE Author 111

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