Tips and Tricks
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Tips and tricks for setting up or repairing your guitar
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How to Remove Frets from a Rosewood Fretboard Quickly and Easily
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Does gravity affect tuning? And why should you even care?
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How Strong Are Old Electric Guitar Strings?
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What's the best material for nuts or saddles?
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Revisited: Why the G string such a b*tch, and how to fix it
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How to instal strings on a Strat using a luthier's knot
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How to remove strings installed with a luthier's knot
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Why Is The G String Always Out Of Tune? (Mystery Solved!)
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How to Buy A Guitar for Beginners - Part 2
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How to Buy A Guitar for Beginners - Part 1
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How A Truss Rod Works
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Intonation and Equal Tempered Tuning - Why G and D Chords SUCK!
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How To Tune A Guitar Quick and Easy
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How to instal acoustic strings at the bridge quickly and efficiently - Martin LX1 Little Martin
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How to instal strings on an acoustic using a luthier's knot - Martin LX1
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How to instal strings on vintage-style slotted tuners - Fender Telecaster Custom Shop
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How to setup a cheap acoustic guitar and make it playable.
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Acoustic brace repair - layout and dry run for re-gluing. Art & Lutherie Acoustic
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The hidden reason why cleaning an open pore fretboard is so important.
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How to remove and instal standard trem springs.
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How to install guitar strings using the over-under method - Godin Session Custom Classic
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How to clean a rosewood fretboard, plus a few tips and tricks - vintage Seagull S6 C.W.
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How to remove a plastic nut from an Epiphone electric guitar - Epiphone Firebird
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How does totally bypassing Tele controls affect output? Custom Built Telecaster
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How much does changing to 500k pots affect Tele pickup output?
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How to easily remove a sticking backplate.
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How to restring a Bigsby unit without the headaches! Tips! - Gretsch G2623TG-P90 Streamliner
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How to stop a retainer strap from sticking outside the case.
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How to level a slanted humbucker pickup - quick and easy trick.
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How to clean a box switch - it's not as hard as you might think.
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Does a luthier's knot work? Well... I wasn't expecting that!!
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String hangups? Nope, not with this trick.
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Noise behind the capo you may not be aware of, and why some guitars really need fret wraps
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The ping test - how to check your locking nut is working - Epiphone Alex Lifeson Les Paul Axcess
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Locking system saddle hack - stop string slippage! Alex Lifeson Les Paul Axcess.
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Locking Systems: How to manage pressure at the bridge when changing strings
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How to easily remove bridge post inserts and bushings
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Tele saddle hack: How to improve intonation of vintage-style Tele saddles without replacing them.
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How to quickly read and adjust acoustic neck relief. On the bench, an older Epiphone AJ Deluxe.
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How to safely remove guitar knobs - early 80's Yamaha SBG-3000
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How to cut nut slots to the perfect depth every time.
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How to remove fret sprout - FAF Ricky 12 string knock-off
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How to remove leftover plastic film from under the knobs - Ricky FAF 12 string knock-off
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How to instal a jack into a semi-acoustic guitar - gone fishing
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How to set humbucker pickup height - Epiphone DOT ES-335 PRO
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How to intonate a modern ABR-1 bridge, and the best way to get it done. Epiphone ES-335 Dot
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Using a business card and a feeler gauge to reference neck relief for better action
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Why I leave certain divots in frets before crowning - early 80's Yamaha SBG-3000
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How to measure scale length
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How to easily tighten a jack from the outside
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How to intonate a Floyd Rose bridge - no fancy tools required
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How to remove a broken screw - mini hole saw hack and string tree reinstall included
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Solid vs laminate top - how to tell the difference - vintage '78 Ibanez Concord vs Martin DX1AE
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Guitar Niche - Dynaguide Demo
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How To Setup A Fender Telecaster Part 5: Action and Intonation
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Tuning machines and bushings - the do's and don'ts
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How to remove and reglue an acoustic bridge - vintage Seagull S6 C.W.
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Fretboard condition - you might not want to see this - vintage Seagull S6 C.W.
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The hidden trick to string stretching
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How to avoid misreading neck relief - Tele American Professional
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How to set the radius on a Tele bridge - Fender American Pro Tele 2017
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What does an out of phase Tele sound like?
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How to use a gauge to measure neck radius
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Why is this string buzzing? And how do you fix it?
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Why does this Tele switch cap keep falling off? - didn't see that coming...
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Where should you instal a strap button on an acoustic?
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How to Intonate a Buzz Feiten System bridge - Tom Anderson Short Drop Top
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How to clean a matte finish maple fretboard
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Martin DX1AE spot level and dress out
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How to deal with worn Stratocaster saddle screws - tips and tricks
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How to fix a loose trem bar
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Is it okay to take all the strings off?
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Should you remove factory stickers?
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How to re-center a bolt-on neck
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How to deck a Strat-style bridge
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What makes a good guitar setup? And the problems that say it's not.
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How to adjust a vintage Strat bridge for a light float
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Unseen string wear - does it matter?
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How to stop bridge pins from popping out
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Can you intonate an acoustic guitar?
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How to measure fret wear
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Do you really need to stretch your strings?
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If your strings are old, you need to watch this
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How to use a notched straight edge, plus a really cool tool
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How to adjust a Floyd Rose bridge down a semitone
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Gibson, you got some 'splainin' to do...
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Should this damage even be happening in the first place?
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How to to repair a nut - the best way
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How to control loose hardware on a Les Paul-style setup
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Are newer Gibson electronics boards friend or foe?
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Gibson troubles - how did it turn out?
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How to fix loose guitar bushings and posts
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Does changing string gauge affect intonation?
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How to fix a loose strap button
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How to setup a Nashville bridge and tailpiece properly - before and after
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Solid or laminate back? How do you tell the difference? - Yamaha FG830
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Why is this Epiphone 59 Les Paul pickup not working right?
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Solid or laminate sides - how to tell the difference - Martin D-35
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Inverted Strat jack hack - yes or no?
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How to fix a sketchy poker chip and squeaky 3-way switch
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How to fix a sketchy poker chip and squeaky 3-way switch
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How to re-intonate a "floating" bridge
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How to relocate a "floating" bridge
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How to control bolt-on neck screws
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How to read an acoustic neck angle
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How to stop a 3-way switch from loosening up
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Why is a properly cut nut so important?
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How to fix loose machine screws
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Squier Classic Vibe Tele parts swap - pickups, saddle and cap
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Martin D-35? Humpty Dumpty top crack inspection
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How to find and fix loose fret ends
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Gibson AJ Birdseye bridge work
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How to remove pickguard film from a Stratocaster
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Worn painted fretboards and a word of caution - '91 Fender MIM Strat
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How to reseat a high fret - Martin 000 Custom Shop
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What's under the pickguard? - Fender American Vintage II '61 Stratocaster in Fiesta Red
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How to remove and adjust a vintage-style Fender neck - Fender American Vintage II '61 Stratocaster
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How to fill chips when re-fretting - 1993 Fender Strat
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How to instal an acoustic barrel jack - Martin D-35
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How to use a radius gauge at the bridge - Fender American Vintage II '61 Strat
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It came back, and you're going to hate me - truss rod readjust
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How to replace an output jack - Reverend Sensei RA
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How to clean an ebony fretboard with steel wool - Taylor 914ce Grand Auditorium
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How to setup a Floyd Rose-style locking system - complete tutorial - Ibanez RG470AHM
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Why is steel wool dangerous? Reverend SENSEI RA Set Neck Korina
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How to lower a locking nut - that doesn't have shims!
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How to block a floating bridge - semi-permanent.
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How to use different straight edges to assess a fretboard
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How to easily remove a classical saddle - without removing strings
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How to level a 2-point Music Man tremolo bridge plate
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How to glue fret ends quickly and efficiently - Music Man Albert Lee
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Super easy continuity check
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Solving problems: Why a compensated nut has to be replaced with a compensated nut
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What's the best way to shim a neck? Vintage Klira acoustic.
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How to keep your Les Paul-style posts from shifting during a string change
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How to quickly clean a maple fretboard with a urethane finish
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How to set a 2-point Fender Strat bridge flush
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When should you replace your frets? The realities of fret wear
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How to stop Gibson style tailpieces from tilting
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Does size matter? When it comes to re-fretting, one dimension certainly does!
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I got blisters on my headstock? Taylor GA4 2007
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How to remove a Gibson Les Paul nut - 2019 Standard 60's Iced tea Burst
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How to tighten a vintage Maestro Vibrola bar - 1969 Gibson SG Standard
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How to fix an annoying buzz at the headstock
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How to fix a bent tuner shaft, sort of
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How to do a partial re-fret - Takamine EG341-SC G Series fixes
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Will 9 gauge acoustic strings work for these fixes? Takamine EG341-SC problem solving.
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How to do a full re-fret - 2019 Gibson Les Paul 60's Standard
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How to make a bone nut for a Les Paul
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The fine points of setting up a Gibson Les Paul 60's Standard
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How to quickly polish frets - on a worn painted fretboard
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How to test for tuner slop
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How to lower the action on an acoustic guitar
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How to stretch your strings to stay in tune
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How to setup a Strat - Fender Limited Edition Vintera '60s Stratocaster
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Can you use steel wool on an electric? Ibanez Soundgear SRX400 Bass in Martini Olive
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How to put a Les Paul bridge back on the same way it came off
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How to replace a bone nut on a Strat, and repair fretboard damage
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How to clean a really dirty fretboard - vintage '83 Yamaha SA800
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How to level frets - 2018 Fender Stratocaster
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How to measure string height with more accuracy - simple trick
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How to lower the action on a Telecaster
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How to clean a Rickenbacker fretboard
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How to remove overspray on frets - and create a finish you can be proud of
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How to stop a string from getting stuck under the frets
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Why do so many guitar players miss this?
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I wasn't expecting this! Vintage Gibson B-25 Deluxe bridge and bridge-plate repair
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Something's hiding in the dark eating your fretboard
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A magic eraser? Are you kidding?... 2020 Martin DC-X2E Spruce Cutaway
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