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Guitar Maintenance & Repair

Guitar maintenance and repair guides from Sandy Music Lab show how to set up, clean, store and fix acoustic and electric guitars, from adjusting action, intonation and truss rods to repairing loose jacks and dead pickups.
Start with how to clean and maintain a guitar, the routine that prevents most problems. Then use the troubleshooting guides when something goes wrong: buzzing strings, action that is too high, a guitar that keeps going sharp, a loose input jack and noisy pickups.
Protect your guitar between sessions with how to store a guitar, how to keep it from cracking and how to prevent a warped neck. Each guide lists the tools and steps, and tells you when a job is better left to a tech.

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Guitar Maintenance & Repair

Should Guitar Strings Be Parallel to the Fretboard?

Tuning a guitar can be complicated, especially if you’ve just decided to start playing and invested in your first guitar.…

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How To Turn a Right-Handed Acoustic Guitar Left-Handed

Are you a southpaw strummer who needs a left-handed guitar but you don’t have the budget for it? And you’re…

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Do New Guitars Need Fret Leveling? Here’s How To Know

You just brought your new guitar home, and your excitement is almost palpable. But as you sit down to play,…

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How Long Should a Guitar Stay in Tune? Facts Explained

We’ve all been there—you decide to put down your guitar and continue your practice session tomorrow. But when you pick…

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Guitar Maintenance & Repair

Should an Acoustic Guitar Be Kept in Its Case?

It doesn’t take much to destroy an acoustic guitar, which is why Pete Townsend smashed electric ones. Protecting, caring, and…

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Will Painting An Electric Guitar Affect The Sound?

When you’ve played the guitar for a long time, you may want to express yourself with a paint job on…

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Why Does Your Whammy Bar Not Work? 9 Problems and Fixes

The whammy bar (also called a tremolo arm or simply “whammy”) is an essential component of the electric guitar. It…

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How To Keep Guitar Strings From Slipping on Tuning Pegs

A guitar is a stringed instrument, meaning that it needs to be tuned regularly, much to the dismay of many…

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Do Truss Rods Loosen Over Time? What You Need To Know

The truss rod in your guitar lives there to help keep your instrument’s neck straight. Equipped with steel strings, electric…

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Why Does the “G” String Go Out of Tune So Easily?

As you know, tuning is a massive part of being a guitar player. And if you tune your guitar regularly,…

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