Recent Electric Guitar Repair Articles

Guitars are meant to be played. In more times that 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. If you don’t know what is wrong with your guitar, scroll down to the questions at the bottom of the page.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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