Electric Guitar Setup Guide

First sight the neck.

Electric guitar setup guide.

Performing a setup on your guitar will allow it to play its absolute best. Here using my friend s old 100 fender squier as a model we break down the essential components of a guitar setup hoping to encourage guitarists to start tinkering. These steps aren t. Place the ruler on the 12th fret making sure the ruler ticks are parallel to the string.

Play a natural harmonic on the 12th fret of each string whilst checking against an electric tuner. The neck the nut and the saddle. Basic set up instructions basic set up kit. A mechanical stroboscope can be the most accurate display in 2010.

In this course you will learn the basics of how to do a setup on an electric guitar. Adjust the truss rod. We ve broken it down into four simple steps. Raise lower or leave the action.

Set intonation tune to pitch. Tune the open string with a tuner play the string at the 12th fret and look at your tuner if note is sharp then move bridge saddle back if note is flat. For electric or acoustic electric instruments. Adjust the bridge height.

On an electric guitar this is a. Steps to intonation do this for each string. With the guitar on its side look down the fingerboard edge for overall straightness back bow. A guitar s action can also be adjust at the bridge.

Use a programmable electric tuner with stroboscope display that you can plug directly into. Virtually every acoustic and electric steel string guitar built after the mid seventies has an. Turn the guitar on its side close one eye and look down the neck from the headstock towards the bridge left. Tune the guitar to pitch.

Each step of the process is thoroughly explained and demonstrated. Is the neck straight or is. Adjust the saddles forward or backward with a screwdriver or alan key depending on the bridge and tune the string to. When these adjustments are completed in the correct sequence they will ensure that the guitar is optimal both in sound and playability.

A guitar setup is a series of adjustments that achieve a balance between three components. Do this so that you re. If note is sharp then move bridge saddle back if note is flat then move bridge saddle forward. Use the chromatic equation below to get the pitch frequencies fn for this programmable tuner.

Neck relief truss rod adjustment string height action intonation. Setting up a guitar involves working with the bridge nut and neck adjustments to dial in the. Some luthiers will install a.