Want Your Guitar to Sound Better? Master These 6 Techniques!

If you want to get the best performance possible out of your guitar, there are a handful of simple maintenance tasks that will help you get the most for your tone and playability.

Dan Erlewine, Tomo Fujita and Gene Imbody walk you through all 6 in this video (and they are easier than you might think). Check it out!

0:00 6 Things Every Player Should Know
1:40 Changing Strings
10:00 Adjusting the Truss Rod
12:58 Setting the Action
19:08 Adjusting Pickup Height
21:42 Adjusting Intonation
27:04 General Maintenance

Check out some of our other videos cover the topics above in more detail:

How to String an Acoustic Guitar
   • How to String an Acoustic Guitar  

How to String an Electric Guitar
   • How to String an Electric Guitar  

How to Measure Your Guitar's Action
   • How to Measure Your Guitar's Action Using ...  

Tomo's Video on Adjusting Pickup Height
   • How to make a better tone?  /  Pickup heig...  

How to Intonate a Guitar
   • How to Intonate a Guitar  

Understanding guitar truss rod adjustment
   • Understanding guitar truss rod adjustment  

5 Reasons Your Guitar Won't Stay in Tune
   • 5 Reasons Your Guitar Won't Stay in Tune  

How to Clean a Guitar
   • How to Clean a Guitar  

Tools and supplies featured in this video include:

ESP Multi Spanner Wrench
https://www.stewmac.com/item/1344

String Action Gauge
https://www.stewmac.com/item/0670

Radius Gauges
https://www.stewmac.com/item/5432

Understring Radius Gauges
https://www.stewmac.com/item/0353

Truss Rod Wrenches
https://www.stewmac.com/item/6100

Jack The Gripper Tool
https://www.stewmac.com/item/0814

StewMac Hygrometer/Thermometer
https://www.stewmac.com/item/0814

D'Addario Guitar Humidifier
https://www.stewmac.com/item/10665

Peterson StroboStomp HD Pedal Tuner
https://www.stewmac.com/item/5863

Guitar Tech Screwdriver Set
https://www.stewmac.com/item/3000
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🎥 Gear We Use in Our Studio
We get a lot of questions about the gear we use to make our videos, so here’s our current setup!*



Camera / Mounting Gear

Canon C70 à https://bhpho.to/3UOUkef

Canon XC10 à https://bhpho.to/4n4urD3

Sachtler Ace XL Fluid Head Tripod System à https://bhpho.to/3Hz9YHF

Manfrotto Deluxe Autopole 2 à https://bhpho.to/45SCNqs

Glide Gear OH 75 Overhead Portable Pole Rig à https://bhpho.to/4maFBpf



Lights

Aputure 300 Bi-Color LED à https://bhpho.to/47m0ASc

FotodioX C-700 Flapjack LED à https://bhpho.to/4fUL9Cs

Quasar Science Q-Lion LED à https://bhpho.to/4p3OROA



Sound

RODE Wireless PRO Microphone System à https://bhpho.to/45FLK7F

Sennheiser MKH 416 Shotgun Microphone àhttps://bhpho.to/4oUAsUR

Sennheiser e 609 Microphone à https://bhpho.to/4mxRJRW

TASCAM DR-70D Multi-Track Field Recorder à https://bhpho.to/3URMwbG



🛠 Workshop Tools & Supplies We Use
While most of the tools we use in our shop are StewMac (shocker!), we’ve also outfitted our shop with some other essentials. If you’re looking to pick up anything to make some improvements to your own shop or bench, here are a few of our essentials.*



Storage & Organization

We love Craftsman toolboxes in this shop! à https://shoplowes.me/4mYqhwV

Storage Cabinets àhttps://shoplowes.me/3HVk9pO, https://shoplowes.me/3T4wSsw, https://shoplowes.me/3ZHXN0V

Small Parts Organizer à https://shoplowes.me/4l9cSkY

Storage Chest à https://shoplowes.me/45wIrA7

Workbench and Toolbox Stations à https://shoplowes.me/43YRlVX

Wire Storage Racks à https://shoplowes.me/4loDrSW



Tools

Craftsman Drill à https://shoplowes.me/4nghEOW

DeWalt Drill à https://shoplowes.me/4l1LVzz

Drill Bit Set àhttps://shoplowes.me/44tvxlh

Screwdriver Bit Set à https://shoplowes.me/4lEOGXx

Screwdriver Set à https://shoplowes.me/3I8iTiS

Silent Shop Vac à https://shoplowes.me/40chXjO

Spindle Sander à https://shoplowes.me/3T6RPmz



Shop Supplies

Blue Shop Towels à https://shoplowes.me/4l4xjzo

Shop Rags à https://shoplowes.me/4nqDpf6

Power Strips à https://shoplowes.me/4llBfLP

Work Lights à https://shoplowes.me/4ljsK3F

Dehumidifier à https://shoplowes.me/46LWAd8

Mixing Buckets à https://shoplowes.me/4ekkUVf



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