Billy Penn's Guitar Set Up Guide

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Billy Ph.D. Penn. Billy Penn's Guitar Set Up Guide

Billy Penn's Set Up Guide:

Table of Contents. Introduction. Part 1: Basics

Part 2: Truss Rod, Radius and Action

Part 3: Intonation

Part 4: Pickups

Tips and Details. Resources

Introduction

A bit about Billy Penn

There are 4 parts to this set up guide

Part 1: The Basics. What we will cover:

What you will need:

The Tools:

Where to work

Guitar neck support:

My bench:

Let’s go!

Remove the strings

Clean the Fingerboard and Frets

Condition the Fingerboard and Inspect the Frets

Inspect Electronics (if electric)

The Output Jack

Tighten Up

Re-String

Part 2: Truss Rod, Radius and Action

This sections tools:

Adjusting the Truss Rod

Dual Truss Rods

Setting the Radius

Let’s Go!

Setting the Action

Part 3: Intonation

This sections tools:

Let’s Go!

Tune

Re-Tune, Re-Tune and Re-Tune some more

Tele-type Bridges & Compensated Saddles

Guitars with non-adjustable bridge

Acoustic Guitars

Archtop Guitars

Materials Matter

Details

Videos:

Adjusting Nut Slot Height

Coming up next

Part 4: The Pickups

This sections tools:

Let’s Go!

Preparing to Adjust

Identify Your Pickups

Get to Adjusting

Finishing Up

Tips and Details. Set each pickups volume so they are about equal to one another

Pickups adjusted very close to strings do not increase sustain or produce a hotter sound

Don’t adjust your pickups to be too far away from the strings either

Adjustment tip for Fender Stratocaster type guitars

You can adjust the pole-pieces as well

Only your ears can guide you properly

The third adjustment screw on a Telecaster

Final Thoughts

Glossary of Terms

Product Listing

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Thank you very much for downloading my “Guitar Set Up Guide”. I wrote this guide for two reasons.

Around the age of 19 I got a job at Kramer Guitars in the stock room which was right next to the repair department. I used to hang out and watch to see how some repairs were performed. As I got older I started playing in bands but my full time day gig was as a Union Electrician. My band mates and their friends would give me their broken guitars and amps and I would fix them. I couldn't decide which I loved more, playing them or fixing them. So I decided that it would be cool to be the best I could be at both.

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My Guitar Set Up Guide is my first published work and I am very excited to share it with you. The information is based on my years of setting up guitars to play their best. A great playing guitar can make it easier for the player to create his or her own music. This guide will help you understand what is involved in the set up process and give you the information you need to set up and maintain your own guitars. So without further ado lets get going!

For best results, please read the guide completely, look at all the helpful photos and watch the bonus videos before you attempt to set up your guitar. It’s the little details that I’ve included to make sure you will be successful with your own guitar.

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