Guitar Setup and Cleaning

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Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Beginner Topic: Reference Style: Any Style

Excerpt: Hello!  This time around we will discuss a very important peice of guitar knowledge: Setting up and cleaning our guitar. Some of you may already know how to do this but I stongly advise all of you to check out this entire tutorial! There are little helpful hints throughout this tutorial that can help even the most proficient of players. Tips ranging f...

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Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Beginner Topic: Reference Style: Any Style

Excerpt: So I'm sure we all know how to remove a set of strings but an easy tip is to quickly snip them off with a wire cutters. There's no need to save the rusty, smelly old strings so we might as well make life easier and take them off the fast and easy way. When it comes to removing rust or oxidation I recommend a "fine" or "extra fine" piece of steal wool. These...

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Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Beginner Topic: Reference Style: Any Style

Excerpt: Now we bust out the fretboard oil! This is a very easy and cheap thing you can do every time or every other time you restring your guitar. There is no reason you need to pay someone to do this for you. For this I'll use my lemon oil and rag. Apply the lemon oil to all the frets and remove all the dirt with the rag. Make sure to really get in there and remo...

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Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Beginner Topic: Reference Style: Any Style

Excerpt: Now I know most of us if not all of us know how to resting our guitars. Well, this is the most effective way I have found when restringing this specific kind of guitar. (fixed bridge and standard non-locking tuners) There are two main things I think about when I restring. #1. Creating enough slack #2. Creating a knot  I try to give at least 4 inches...

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Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Beginner Topic: Reference Style: Any Style

Excerpt: The following are a couple helpful tips I've learned over the years to make life a little easier as a gigging guitarist. #1. getting rid of the extra string length when you don't have a wire cutters sitting around. #2. Preventing the pointy string tips from ruining your gig bags.

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Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Beginner Topic: Reference Style: Any Style

Excerpt: The tricky art of intonating a guitar. First you should know the list of things that can affect the intonation. #1. Are you using a different gauge of strings than usual? #2. Are you using a different tuning than usual? #3. Have you recently changed the height of your pickups? #4. What condition are your frets in? All of these things can effect the int...

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Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Beginner Topic: Reference Style: Any Style

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