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Electric Repair Articles

• Action Adjustment
• Body Binding
• Fretboard Binding
• Bridge Repair
• Setup for Drop Tunings
• Electronics
• Finish Repair
• Fret Repair
• Fretboard Repair
• Intonation Adjustment
• Neck Repair
• Nut Repair
• Pick-up Repair
• Restring an electric Guitar
• Strap Button Repair
• String Buzzing
• Truss Rod Adjustment
• Tuner Repair
• Full Electric Guitar Set up
• General Care and Maintenance

Guitar Repair Parts
and Tools

• Electric Guitar Bridges
• Saddles and Bridge Parts
• Pickups
• Pots and Electronics
• Hardware: jacks, trees, plates
• Strap Buttons
• Knobs
• Tuners
• Nuts
• Pickguards

Electric Guitar Repairs Articles and Instructions

Guitars are meant to be played. In more times than not, this statement usually means guitars are meant to be abused. Between harsh weather conditions, abusive concerts, and grueling road trips, guitars take a beating. There are any number of problems your guitar can experience due to neglect or lack of maintenance. Listed below are different common repairs or problems for electric guitars. Please scroll down to see the guitar repair topics I have written about. If you cannot find instructions on a repair that you are looking for, please email me.

Action Adjustment.

Electric guitar action is the height of the strings above the fretboard. There are many causes of high action...


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Body Binding.

Many Electric guitars have traditional like acoustic guitar. Other Eletric Guitars have natural binding often called a "scrape binding"...

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Fretboard Binding.

Fretboard binding is used to cover the ends of the frets and create a border around the fretboard. Fretboard binding can come loose or break...

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Bridge Repair.

There are many different kinds of electric guitar bridges: Fender, Gibson, Floyd Rose. Each bridge requires unique repairs and set-ups...

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Set up for
Altered Tunings.

Many guitarists are using drop tunings like drop C to get a more metal sound. Switching string gauges and lowering tunings require...

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Electronics Repair.

Guitar electronics can have many problems: crackling, phasing out... You may want to install new electronics: coil-tap, push-pull pots...

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Finish Repair.

Electric guitar finish can crack, dent, and chip. Most small cracks can be fixed... What type of finish does my electric guitar have?

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Fret Repair.

Electric guitar frets wear down and need to be dressed. Frets can also come loose or become dammaged and need to be reseated or replaced...

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Fretboard Repair.

Electric guitar fretboards can warp or crack due to improper truss rod adjustment... Fretboard inlays may also require repair...


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Intonation
Adjustment.

Why does my guitar sound out of tune the higher I play? Intonation is the strings' tuning at higher frets: sharp or flat...


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Neck Repair.

Electric guitar necks can warp, crack, or even break. Sometimes electric guitar necks just need to be reset or have some bolts tightened...

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Nut Repair.

Electric guitar nuts can wear down and break. High or low nuts can causes intonation and action problems. Most nuts can be easily fixed or replaced...

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Pickup Repair.

Electric guitar pickup need to be set up and positioned properly... Pickup wiring can get corroded... You may want to install a new set of pickups...

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Restring a Guitar.

For beginning guitarists, restringing a guitar can be complicated. I will show you how to string all styles of electric guitars...

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Strap Button Repair.

Electric guitar strat buttons can come loose or strip the threads. You may want to replace strap buttoms with stap-locks...


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Eliminate
String Buzzing.

Electric guitar string ussual buzz because the action is too low. String buzzing can also be caused from worn or high frets, saddle placement...

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Truss Rod
Adjustment.

An Electric Guitar Truss Rod is inlayed in the neck and places or releases tension on the neck causing the neck to straighten...


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Tuner Repair.

Older electric guitar tuners can get stiff and hard to turn. The tuner can also become stripped and require replacement. Learn how to maintain tuners...

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Full Electric Guitar
Set-up.

Electric guitars should play effortlessly and sound great; they just need to be properly setup. How to fully setup...


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General care and maintenance.

For electric guitars to play smoothly, they must be maintained properly. Learn how clean and maintain...


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Repair Parts
and Tools.

Here are links to all kinds of repairs parts for electric guitars, like bridges, pickups, and tuners as well as repair tools...


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