Follow along and learn how to set-up your guitar from start to finish beginning with: Adjusting The String Height, followed by: Adjusting The Truss Rod, and finishing up with: Setting The Intonation.

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Prices of new guitars keep going up. A used guitar can be a great value. Use this ten point guide to evaluate your used guitar or bass purchase before buying.

The Fender Standard telecaster is a key guitar designs that has inspired generations of guitarists to pick up thine axe and play Read The Review Here

Watch Apple's iApp Garageband Virtual Guitar in action.

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Share your playlists or save them. It's easy to do, and fun to share with friends and family.

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Making a temporary fix for the infamous Bi-Flex truss rod - and a bonus pick-up swap walk through.

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Locking tuners eliminate the slack at the peg head end of the guitar string by clamping the string to the tuning post which stabilizes the guitar's tuning. Are locking tuner upgrades always the best option? Read this article and find out!

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I acquired this Fullerton "A" style mandolin a few years ago when one of the big retailers was closing out the brand. It's a nice instrument overall, well constructed and for the price was a great way to learn some mandolin. What I've found lacking was the fret-work. So here we go, getting down to brass-tacks and doing a pretty thorough fret dress.

Just for fun, today I'm cooking up a spicy "mod" to ever popular and economical Ramen noodles!

Simple play this video and match your Bass pitch, string-by-string and you’ll be tuned up in just a few minutes. The videos can be played full screen, so you can follow along from across the room. Turn it up and get it tune! Four string Bass in standard tuning from low to high E, A, D, G.

Simple play this video and match your mandolins pitch, string-by-string and you'll be tuned up in just a few minutes. The videos can be played full screen, so you can follow along from across the room. Turn it up and get it tune! Mandolin 4 sets of dual strings tuned in unison. The strings are tuned from the 4th (thickest) string to the 1st G, D, A, E.

Play the video and match your guitar pitch, string-by-string and you'll be tuned up in just a few minutes. The videos can be played full screen, so you can follow along from across the room. Turn it up and get it tune! Standard Six String Guitar Tuning & 1/2 step down "Eb" Tuning!

Follow along with this guide to learn how to string-up, set-up, and keep your locking tremolo playing the best that it can.

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A capable instrument with a design both vintage & modern. Ibanez's take on the Super Strat/Les Paul hybrid. The SZ320 is a sleeper waiting to sing. Read the Review

The Zoom H4n represents the next generation of portable digital recorders. 96khz/24bit recording in the palm of your hand, with available multi-channel and multi-track recording capabilities. Guitar players will enjoy the host of instrument friendly features including a metronome, tuner, and effects with programmable presets.

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Every mod, repair, set-up, or build project begins with the use of tools. Some specialized some common. Here we run down the basic Luthier's tool chest as well as additional tools required to do mods, set-ups, wiring, building and making guitars. Doing your own set-ups and seasonal adjustments requires a basic set of tools.

Wiring and other mods require a few more tools than the basic tool kit.

Explore the tuning methods shown in this tutorial, and decide which method works best for you. This tutorial covers the basics of tuning by fretted notes, using an electronic tuner, and using natural harmonics.

If you've ever worked on your nut, you know how easy it is to go a little too far in the search of comfortable low action ending up with some string buzz. The nut can waer down in time, or you may notice a pinging sound when tuning up or playing. Fortunately, there is a quick fix that can get your guitar up and running again in just a few hours

Follow along as I design, build and finish a custom MIDI capable guitar, complete with a Ghost piezo MIDI saddle pick-up system.

Hidden away in the workshop we found a semi-vintage Gibson EBO bass. The headstock couldn't seem to keep from snapping off. It had been repaired a few times already and was missing some parts and crucial components like the pick-up. It also just happened to not play or sound very good. Vintage SGs fetch high prices, and this SG body was still intact...so The SG BASS-GUITAR MOD is born.

The Elitist line was manufactured by Epiphone in Japan are high quality counterpoints to Gibson's American made instruments. We review a Les Paul Standard With a beautiful Honeyburst finish. Read the Review.

If you're looking for that Les Paul recipe at a budget price, and are willing to give an Import a try, the Agile line of guitars are worth a look.

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Ready to begin learning to play the guitar? This is the Beginning Guitar Lesson 01. We'll be starting with the very basics. First, you'll need a few things to get started... Come on in and let's begin learning

The Kramer Focus 1000s are great used guitars. Solid hardware and specs and a great way to add a vintage guitar to the collection that you can enjoy playing all the time.