How To Setup Your Guitar Like A Pro: An Easy Guide for Beginners

I think the sign of an expert teacher is someone that can take all their knowledge and concisely explain the most important parts in an organized way. That’s what I look for any time I’m allowing money to leave my bank account to pay for learning - and that’s what this book is.This book does a great job of being concise and walking you through a full setup from start to finish. Not too in depth and not too basic. I’ve never done a guitar setup but I’m patient and have some mechanical skill. I now have the best playing electric I’ve ever owned. Almost perfectly in tune across the entire neck. Amazing and fun to play for the first time. I’m no longer cringing when a note way up on the 17th fret is out of tune even though it’s in tune while player open. It sounds so amazing.I only own Fender style instruments and I appreciated that this book also explained the other styles of bridges and nuts so I know what I’m up against if I buy an Ibanez or Gibson. It also covered the basics of setting up an acoustic but doesn’t go into incredible detail on bridge work - doesn’t talk at all about how to lengthen or shorten the string length if you are having intonation issues on an acoustic. It does talk about adjusting the height of the bridge on an acoustic though. String length on an acoustic is way more complicated so that makes sense to skip it but an explanation as to why it was skipped or generally what needs to be accomplished would have been nice even if not fully explained.

Sure, there is likely a YouTube video for how to set up your guitar, especially if you have one of the more ubiquitous models. This book is awesome because it iterates through lots of different cases, whereas most video instruction is for a particular model. For the price, this is perfect if you want to set up your own guitars.The step-by-step instructions are great, but the setup spec sheets and tables in the back are the best. Not that you couldn't do some Googling and then compile something like this on your own, but this book makes it very convenient to learn the process and concepts VERY quickly.After learning the basics from this book, I was able to set up my Peavy T-27 to my liking with a few hours of tinkering. This guitar is kind of an odd duck with smatterings of features from other guitars, plus a few of its own unique ones. Without the ease of access to the knowledge in this book, I would have really struggled with my typical "figuring it out on my own" mode. MIGHT have gotten to the same place, but I probably wouldn't have gotten nearly as much sleep that night!

This book is full of alot of great information. So far its been pretty useful. Can't say it's the definitive guide, but it's decent for the money.

I love how easy the information is laid out in this book. I am a fairly new guitar player (Long time drummer) and setting them up is a skill I wanted to learn. This is a great guide to tinker with my current instrument and opens a lot of doors for future learning! Photos are great. Read the whole book in about 2 hours.

This book is easy to follow and helps u save money by doing your own set ups. You Want to learn about your instrument this book will help you!

All you need to set up guitar, every guitarist should have this

With careful attention the manual is easy to follow. It has some good tips. The price is reasonable. Thumbs up!

OK text; wish the pictures were better. Does the job, however.

Muy buen libro me ayudo a ajustar mis guitarras. Muy bien explicado y fácil de entender

I have always dreaded and hated the idea of doing guitar set up. It’s seemed to me a tricky and overly delicate process. I just didn’t want to. Much like a petulant child having a bit of a tantrum over something they just didn’t want to do. However as cost of living is rising, the luxury at paying a person isn’t so easy any more. And my son and I have six guitars between us…. Johnny Blackwoods book has been eye opening to the process. It’s not as tricky as it would first appear to be. And after my first read through things began to clear up in the mystery of the luthiers arts. Simply put it’s mostly simple measurements and balance. And after FORTY plus years of playing I have NEVER done a string replacement as tidy and as well intonated and pitch correct as this one.The book can seem a little daunting. But with any new skill, follow the guides, and practice and persevere and you’ll nail it soon enough. I did. And you have to admit, those string windings do look like very pretty stacks of coins….A fantastic tome, and worth every penny spent on it. It’ll pay for itself in saved set up costs. One, at my current guys costs.BUY THIS BOOK.

Está a buen precio , en inglés pero es muy intuitivo, sirve para lo básico para el mantenimiento de la guitarra eléctrica... recomendable

O livro é bem interessante, explicações completas, bastante informação, porém, o app Kindle não funciona o zoon, então a livro está em baixa resolução e muito pequena as páginas para visualização.

Well written and easy to follow once you have basic knowledge about guitars