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07-23-2008, 10:18 AM
Dan Erlewine- Maintenance & Setup for Electric Guitars and Basses Vol.1
"Learn from real-world jobs — guitars belonging to real customers. Every time I turned around, the exact job I needed waltzed in the door! This is for players as well as repair shops, and even experienced repair techs will find some gems in this DVD." — Dan
The focus of this DVD
See how we reclaimed a 1973 Gibson Les Paul® "fretless wonder" that came into the shop playing badly.
Information covered
Evaluating the guitar before setup
Dating a guitar by potentiometer code
Getting an unworkable truss rod working perfectly
Cleaning dirty potentiometers
Straightening a collapsed Tune-O-Matic Bridge
Cleaning, and replacing corroded bridge parts
Comparing and selecting replacement hardware
Slotting saddles to match the fretboard radius
"De-luxeing" Tune-O-Matic bridge saddles
Tone-Pros locking bridge system
Refurbishing the nut for low action and clean sound
Replacing humbucker mounting rings
Low-action setup
Setting pickup pole piece height
Setting intonation
Gretsch Brian Setzer 'Hot-Rod' setup:
Installing TV Jones replacement pickups
Protecting a new guitar while working on it
Fine-tuning a Bigsby vibrato
Setting up Jorma Kaukonen's Tele®:
Troubleshooting a pickup that won't work
Rewiring the toggle switch
Jorma's electric action setup for playing blues
Setting up Jack Casady's P-Basses®:
Repairing a shrunken pickguard (1963 P-Bass) and freeing up pickups that won't raise or lower
Conquering a hard-to-adjust P-bass truss rod
Repairing '53 Bakelite Telecaster P-Bass saddles
Setups for three of Jack's basses
BONUS: Dan and Jorma play "Dan's Place Blues"; Jack plays and describes the circuit design and tone of his Epiphone Signature model bass.
"Learn from real-world jobs — guitars belonging to real customers. Every time I turned around, the exact job I needed waltzed in the door! This is for players as well as repair shops, and even experienced repair techs will find some gems in this DVD." — Dan
The focus of this DVD
See how we reclaimed a 1973 Gibson Les Paul® "fretless wonder" that came into the shop playing badly.
Information covered
Evaluating the guitar before setup
Dating a guitar by potentiometer code
Getting an unworkable truss rod working perfectly
Cleaning dirty potentiometers
Straightening a collapsed Tune-O-Matic Bridge
Cleaning, and replacing corroded bridge parts
Comparing and selecting replacement hardware
Slotting saddles to match the fretboard radius
"De-luxeing" Tune-O-Matic bridge saddles
Tone-Pros locking bridge system
Refurbishing the nut for low action and clean sound
Replacing humbucker mounting rings
Low-action setup
Setting pickup pole piece height
Setting intonation
Gretsch Brian Setzer 'Hot-Rod' setup:
Installing TV Jones replacement pickups
Protecting a new guitar while working on it
Fine-tuning a Bigsby vibrato
Setting up Jorma Kaukonen's Tele®:
Troubleshooting a pickup that won't work
Rewiring the toggle switch
Jorma's electric action setup for playing blues
Setting up Jack Casady's P-Basses®:
Repairing a shrunken pickguard (1963 P-Bass) and freeing up pickups that won't raise or lower
Conquering a hard-to-adjust P-bass truss rod
Repairing '53 Bakelite Telecaster P-Bass saddles
Setups for three of Jack's basses
BONUS: Dan and Jorma play "Dan's Place Blues"; Jack plays and describes the circuit design and tone of his Epiphone Signature model bass.