Learn to set up your electric guitar to your own personal playing preferences!

Why continually pay lots of money for EACH guitar you own EVERY time to set it up when you can learn to do it yourself? All you need is some direction, a few simple, cheap, and easy to find tools, some patience and you will be ready to rock!

Have you noticed that your guitar does not play nearly as well as it used to?

Does it seem that your guitar strings have gotten pretty high off the fret board, making it hard to play?

Does your guitar keep going out of tune even though you continually tune it?

Have you noticed that your guitar has started to buzz?

Have you not played your guitar, or one of your guitars, in a long time and it has just been sitting in its case for months or years?

If you answered yes to any of the above questions then your guitar is probably in need of a set-up. No matter what guitar you play, most guitars will greatly benefit from a killer set up.

A guitar set-up is a methodical series of adjustments that need to be performed periodically on every instrument to get it to play and perform its absolute best. Not everyone plays guitar the same way. Different guitarists with different playing styles need different setups. Some players like 'em high, some like 'em low.

The set-up adjusts the instrument to the specific playing preferences of the guitarist.

Throughout this DVD you will learn:

How to properly change your guitar strings

How to properly stretch the strings so they stay in tune

How to adjust the truss rod and make adjustments for neck relief

Tremolo block adjusting, deep adjustments, and spring work

How to set the action or string height to your playing preference

Micro tilt adjustments for adjusting bolt-on neck angle to body tilt

How to set the guitar intonation so your guitar plays in tune all over the neck

How to adjust pickup height as per your playing and tonal preferences

How to clean the guitar body and neck, what type of cleaning products to use and which products work best for various types of guitar necks

We cover all the bases to get your instrument dialed in just how you like it. It's a simple fact of life if you play the guitar, sooner or later you're going to have to take care of it, set it up, and maintain it. A poorly set up guitar plays terribly and may not stay in tune or play out of tune at different parts of the neck - which is extremely frustrating. Poorly set up guitars will discourage even an experienced player from playing the guitar. Why fight the guitar when you can have it set up to play like butter?

Reduce your frustrations and make it easier for yourself by maintaining your guitar and keep it playing at its absolute best by learning to set it up yourself. Few realize that a great set-up is precisely what makes one guitar feel and play remarkably, while another identical guitar will play terribly awful. Keeping your guitar maintained and set up will protect your investment for the future!

Setting the guitar up properly will result in a guitar that is easier to play, sounds better, feels much more comfortable, and feels much more "you". A guitar has moving parts and needs to be maintained and adjusted regularly to keep the instrument in top notch playing form. It all depends on how much you play, but many players get their guitars set up once a year.

And often even brand new guitars are not set up very well. I can’t tell you how many times I picked up a brand new guitar in a retail music store and the guitar just does not play well at all, and these are BRAND NEW instruments. And that could be from all the playing and bouncing around it goes through at the music store or possibly that the adjustments were knocked out of whack during the shipping process. During travel the new guitar may have gone through climate & humidity changes. These differences in the weather can throw off the playability of the guitar.

Guitars are made of wood and wood is hydroscopic, meaning it’s continually taking on and letting off moisture. This makes the wood shrink and expand. In the end your instrument may not play the way it was intended. And there is nothing more discouraging than a guitar that doesn't play well, or one that is uncomfortable to play. Get the most from your instrument and improve the playability by learning to properly maintain and setup your guitar with our course.