| Please note that these tutorials are the product of several authors both from the Project Guitar web site and also off site links. While there are many ways to do each of the jobs described, your way of achieving the same results may very from what is described in each of these tutorials. The authors have tried to be as complete as possible but do not take responsibility for the outcome or end result in following their work. If you have questions about anything you read here please join us in the Project Guitar Forum where you will receive many different views and can formulate your own path to choose working on your own Project Guitar. |
Basic Lesson's on How to setup a solid body guitar
| Introduction and Head Stock Area | Author Brian Calvert |
| Introduction and first step in setting up a solid body guitar | |
| Truss Rod and Neck Bow adjustment | Author Brian Calvert |
| Second step in setting up a solid body electric guitar | |
| Nut Height check and adjustment | Author Brian Calvert |
| Third step in setting up a solid body electric guitar | |
| String Height and Bridge adjustment | Author Brian Calvert |
| Fourth step in setting up a solid body electric guitar | |
| Adjusting the intonation of a guitar | Author Brian Calvert |
| Fifth step in setting up a solid body electric guitar | |
| Adjusting Pickup Height | Author Brian Calvert |
| Sixth step in setting up a solid body electric guitar |
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Interactive Forum
Tutorial and Reference Guide
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| Tunomatic setup, drawing : | Topic Starter Joris |
| *denotes an off site tutorial which will open in a new window |
| Adjusting a Truss rod: | Author Gene Imbody |
| Step by step discussion and directions on adjusting a single action truss rod | |
| Basic Guitar Setup Tips: | Author Larry Vigneault |
| Plenty of useful tips on setting up your guitar to perform it's best | |
| Fret Buzz Locating Tool : | Author Dave Schramm |
| A tool to solve the mystery of finding the elusive fret buzz | |
| Basic
Guitar Set-up 101 : |
Author Charles Tauber |
| Text only setup guitar for guitars |