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Don't be afraid of your electric and acoustic guitar's truss rod – we'll show you how to adjust it

It's unbelievable to me now but for the first few years I played guitar, I had absolutely no idea what a truss rod was – let ...
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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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Set up your electric guitar: how to adjust action, truss rod, string height and radius, pickup height and clean your fingerboard and frets

We’re going to take the process in manageable stages to cover string changes, fretboard and fret cleaning, guitar body cleaning, truss rod adjustment, string height and intonation, plus pickup height.