| Please note that these tutorials are the product of several authors both from the Project Guitar web site and also off site links. While there are many ways to do each of the jobs described, your way of achieving the same results may very from what is described in each of these tutorials. The authors have tried to be as complete as possible but do not take responsibility for the outcome or end result in following their work. If you have questions about anything you read here please join us in the Project Guitar Forum where you will receive many different views and can formulate your own path to choose working on your own Project Guitar. |
Maintenance and Cleanup Tips
| Polishing Frets 1: | Author Brian Calvert |
| How to polish frets using a rotary tool printer friendly version | |
| Polishing Frets 2 : | Author Brian Calvert |
| Polishing frets using three different common methods printer friendly version | |
| Knob Removal: | Author Brett Grimes |
| How to safely remove a stubborn knob printer friendly version | |
| Squeaky trem springs: | Author Brian Calvert |
| How to eliminate that nasty squeaking sound printer friendly version | |
| Trem Arm Tips n Tricks: | Author Brian Calvert |
| How to tighten or loosen a push in style trem arm printer friendly version | |
| Elbow Grease : | Author Kevan Geier |
| The easiest way to increase the value of any project guitar | |
| Trem Bridge Cleanup : | Author Scott VanderWall |
| Clean up your old bridge and help keep it properly maintained |
| Introduction and Head Stock Area | Author Brian Calvert |
| Introduction and first step in setting up a solid body guitar | |
| Truss Rod and Neck Bow adjustment | Author Brian Calvert |
| Second step in setting up a solid body electric guitar | |
| Nut Height check and adjustment | Author Brian Calvert |
| Third step in setting up a solid body electric guitar | |
| String Height and Bridge adjustment | Author Brian Calvert |
| Fourth step in setting up a solid body electric guitar | |
| Adjusting the intonation of a guitar | Author Brian Calvert |
| Fifth step in setting up a solid body electric guitar | |
| Adjusting Pickup Height | Author Brian Calvert |
| Sixth step in setting up a solid body electric guitar | |
| Sticker Removal | Author Weezerboy |
| Step by step removal of old stickers on a guitar |
| *denotes an off site tutorial which will open in a new window |
| Clean up to Set up : | Author Rich Harris |
| Directions on cleaning up and setting up a used or neglected electric guitar | |
| Adjusting a Truss rod: | Author Gene Imbody |
| Discussion and directions on adjusting a single action truss rod | |
| Basic Guitar Setup Tips: | Author Larry Vigneault |
| Plenty of useful tips on setting up your guitar to perform it's best | |
| String Basics : | Author stringsbymail.com |
| General knowledge about the different varietys of strings available | |
| Basic Guitar Maintenance: | Author Tom Leeman |
| From basic's to cleaning and restringing | |
| Guitar Maintenance: | Author John Morgan |
| The Care and Feeding of Your Guitar |
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