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Set up your electric guitar: how to adjust action, truss rod, string height and radius, pickup height and clean your fingerboard and frets

Getting your guitar set up and maintained properly is vital to playing well and sounding great. If your guitar strings can’t resonate and intonate properly you’re automatically at a disadvantage. So ...
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There's no need to suffer with high (or low) action anymore: How to adjust the string height on your electric guitar and bass

It doesn't matter how well-honed your guitar chops are, the way your instrument is set up will have a huge effect on how challenging it is to play. And that's a very individual thing; many of us ...
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Classical guitar setup – get the most out of your nylon-string

Like many players of a certain age, my first guitar was a nylon-string. I don’t think it had a brand name, but it was definitely a cheapo. I’d caught the rock ’n’ roll bug much earlier, which meant ...
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Should You Have Your Guitar or Bass Professionally Set Up?

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› Advice, staff picks, mythbusting, and more. Let us help you. Published September ...
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There's no need to suffer with high (or low) action anymore: How to adjust the string height on your electric guitar and bass

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It doesn't matter how well-honed your guitar chops are, the way your instrument is set up will ...