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Guitar Setup and Cleaning
Mike Salow
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 from how to keep your fretboard heatlthy in dry climates to preventing gig bag damage. The tools needed are as follows: New Strings Tuner & Cable Wire Cutters Steal Wool Some sort of fretboard cleaning oil Guitar polish A clean rag Small screwdriver A string winder (if possible)
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Lesson · 4m Guitar Setup and Cleaning: Intro
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...
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Lesson · 5m Guitar Setup and Cleaning: String & Rust Removal
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...
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Lesson · 5m Guitar Setup and Cleaning: Cleaning the Fretboard
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...
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Lesson · 6m Guitar Setup and Cleaning: Restringing
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...
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Lesson · 3m Guitar Setup and Cleaning: Post Restring Tips
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...
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Lesson · 4m Guitar Setup and Cleaning: Intonating - Part 1
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...
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Lesson · 4m Guitar Setup and Cleaning: Intonating - Part 2
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