| Description |
160 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- GUITAR CONSTRUCTION -- Classic Guitar -- Flamoenco Guitar -- Flattop Guitar -- Plectrum Guitar -- Solid Body Electric Guitar -- GENERAL REPAIR INFORMATION -- The Workshop -- Tools -- Glues -- Woods -- Strings -- General Repair Procedure -- GUITAR ADJUSTMENTS -- Classical and Flamenco Guitar -- Steel String Flattop Guitar -- Plectrum Guitar -- Electric Guitar -- Additional Notes on Fitting Ivory Saddles and Nuts -- Endpin -- Side Dots -- Pickguard -- Tap Plate -- ACTION AND SCALE -- Equal-Tempered Tuning -- Stroboconn Tuning -- String Compensation -- Neck Relief -- Neck Angle and Bridge Saddle Height -- Fingerboard and Frets -- THE PEGHEAD -- Repair -- Machine Head Installation -- Flamenco Peg Installation -- Grover and Schaller Machine Head Installation -- THE NECK AND FINGERBOARD -- Warped Neck -- Loose Neck or Broken Heel -- Resetting Neck Angle -- Fingerboard Replacement -- Fret Calculations for Guitars and Electric Basses -- Refretting -- Truss Rod -- THE Bridge -- Removal -- Cleaning -- Placement -- Gluing -- REPAIRING CRACKS AND MISSING SECTIONS -- Simple Cracks -- Loose Braces -- Cracks with Missing Chips and Pieces -- Reinforcing Cracks -- Removing and Replacing Top or Back -- TOUCHUP AND REFINISHING -- Touchup Methods -- Finishes -- Refinishing Materials -- Stripping and Preparation -- Spray Techniques -- Final Rub and Polish -- ELECTRIC GUITAR PICKUPS AND CONTROLS -- Replacement and Repair -- Basic Wiring Techniques -- Components -- Circuits -- TROUBLESHOOTING -- Humbucking Pickup -- How to Buy a Guitar / Stu Goldberg -- Index |
| Summary |
Explains the construction of classical and electric guitars, and describes the technical details of making simple adjustments and touch-ups and repairing the peghead, neck, bridge, and fingerboard |
| Notes |
"The set-up, maintenance, restoration and the construction of the acoustic and electric guitar by a master craftsman..."--Cover |
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Includes index |
| Subject |
Guitar -- Maintenance and repair.
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| LC no. |
74076821 |
| ISBN |
0825601568 (U.S.) |
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9780825601569 |
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