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PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2018 2:54 am 
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Just how exactly did you get started with it? Did you go and get some kind of formal training somewhere or did you one day decide to take the tools to your own guitar and hope for the best? Were different books and guides involved or was it mostly trial and error?

The reason I'm asking is that I can see a few things my guitars need that go beyond very basic maintenance and I'm considering learning the skills necessary and would like to know whereto start learning.

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2018 8:23 am 
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Just decided to take the tools to. You learn so much about your guitar by working on it yourself. There are you tube videos for everything.


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PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2018 9:17 am 
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My fascination started for real when I saw a video on fret polishing on “Dave’s World Of Fun Stuff” YouTube channel.

I’d been reading many books on guitar and violin making, but Dave’s videos started me of on maintenance.

He is opinionated and cranky, but definitely entertaining.



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I apprenticed for seven years.

I may be biased, but no book or video can replace the guided and purposeful hand of a good mentor.

Having said that, I would recommend anything with Dan Erlewine's name attached.

He is truly the father of our industry.

Beyond that, just get your hands dirty.

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2018 11:53 am 
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woolie wrote:
My fascination started for real when I saw a video on fret polishing on “Dave’s World Of Fun Stuff” YouTube channel.

I’d been reading many books on guitar and violin making, but Dave’s videos started me of on maintenance.

He is opinionated and cranky, but definitely entertaining.



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Same here. I got into it after watching a lot of his videos. Then other channels on fretting and nut making. Spent quite a bit on tools and I've done a few fret jobs on my own stuff. A good place to start is find a cheap guitar you don't care about, buy some basic tools and go to town. The StewMac tools are great but expensive.

I've done a few WIP threads on MBP cataloguing some of the learning experiences I've had:
http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/inde ... ic=23389.0
http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/inde ... ic=23275.0
http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/inde ... ic=20019.0
http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/inde ... ic=23741.0

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 05, 2018 8:33 am 
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Dan Erlewine’s book How to Make Your Electric Guitar Play Great is a nice primer with some simple plastic punch out tools in the back. Enough to make you decide whether you want to pursue it further or if (as was the case with me) it’s not something you’re interested in investing in.

(Written as I sit here holding a Telecaster that needs a setup and I ponder going to grab that book and give it another go, so…)

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 06, 2018 4:49 am 
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That's some impressive work on that strat Madbean.

Sounds like I have a trip to a book store in my future at the very least.

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 06, 2018 6:54 pm 
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That's some impressive work on that strat Madbean.

Sounds like I have a trip to a book store in my future at the very least.


TY. I've had a lot of fun doing those projects. Really, I took the same approach as when I started in pedal stuff: buy a few tools/parts and just jump in. Make mistakes, fix them and move on to the next thing. I'm sure you will have fun, too!

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