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Guitars Electric

Acoustic Guitar and Electric Guitar Set Up

When you buy a new guitar or a used guitar it needs to be calibrated. When you change the strings on an electric guitar or an acoustic guitar it needs to be calibrated as well. This will make the guitar play and stay in tune. The bridge pieces on your guitar need to be set in their proper place. The truss rod needs to be adjusted. Be sure to have an experienced guitar technician set up your new or used guitar.

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Guitar Repair – how to fix a chip in your guitar finish

Guitar Repair – how to fix a chip in your guitar finish.

When you get a chip in your electric guitar finish just head to the nearest drug store for some nail polish. Nail polish is available in such a wide variety of colors you can almost always find the perfect match for your guitar finish.

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Guitar Repair – how to fix a stripped out screw

This is an easy fix to repair your electric guitar or acoustic guitar; in fact it works well on most musical instruments that are made out of wood. When you find your guitar strap button screws have stripped out; dip a toothpick in some white glue and place it into the hole, break it off flush with the guitar and depending on the size of the hole, repeat. Now replace the guitar strap button screw, let dry. If your pick guard screws or machine heads have stripped out, use this same trick.

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Learn to Play Guitar Chords

Learn to Play Guitar Chords video’s.

Now that you have an electric guitar or acoustic guitar it’s time to start learning chords. It is helpful to hear how a chord sounds when you are learning your fingerings. There are many instructional video’s available online. Here is a simple video on youtube to help you to begin.

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Free Guitar Tuner

Free Guitar Tuner online.

Using an online guitar tuner is very helpful. There are free guitar tuners as well as free bass guitar tuners. It doesn’t matter if you are playing a Fender guitar, Gibson guitar, Ibanez guitar, or Martin guitar, you need to be in tune.

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Tips for searching online guitar tabs

Tips for searching online guitar tabs.

Search out guitar tabs and bass guitar tabs that suit your ability. You can search for a site to teach you how to read guitar tabs or easy guitar tabs. If you are a more experienced student, try searching for advanced guitar tabs for the acoustic guitar or for the electric guitar. There are many sites that offer free guitar tabs. You can search for guitar chords for songs or guitar chord charts. If you like to sing, search out guitar chords and lyrics.

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How to calibrate a guitar neck truss rod relief setup adjust

Guitar setup, How to calibrate a guitar neck truss rod, adjust relief.

3 Part series how to setup a guitar.
Part 1 guitar truss rod adjustment.
Part 2 bridge height, action.
Part 3 bridge position calibration.

Paul Gibson

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