REPAIR AND BUILDING TECHNIQUES


These pages are a continuing effort to archive some good ideas and interesting repair and building techniques for Guitarattack.com visitors.

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Safety Warning:  There are some generally accepted techniques archived here.  If you have a question, ask a luthier or repairer before you execute a repair or technique you are uncomfortable with!


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THESE TWO ARTICLES ARE VERY IMPORTANT!  READ THESE FIRST!

  Setting Up Your Electric Guitar Keeping Your Tremolo in Tune
 

A GREAT NUT-FILE ALTERNATIVE!

Cool Tele Wiring! (This has become our favorite method!) Installing Bass Tuners when the hole is the wrong size!

Installing a Trem on a Hardtail

Fixing the top on an Ovation Making a EVH Strap on the Cheap

Changing the radius on a neck and completing a refret Converting a Trem to a Hardtail Refretting and Repairing a Saga T-Style Neck
     

Custom Walnut Hardware for an LP-Style Reshaping the back of a guitar neck Fixing Stripped Tuner Holes

Stripping a Fender Bullet Body:
Chemical Stripper and Heat Gun
Fixing Paint Runs! Painting a cool Paisley Pattern

Scalloping a Saga Neck Save those strings during repair! Salvaging an Ebay T-Style!
 
 
  A Custom Ferrule Template  
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Repairing a vintage Pinewood Derby Car    

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