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Mel Bay Guitar Setup, Maintenance & Repair - Softcover

Levan, John

 
9780786639045: Mel Bay Guitar Setup, Maintenance & Repair
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0786639040 ISBN 13: 9780786639045
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc., 2015

Synopsis

This guide will use photographs, diagrams and sketches made by the author and some provided by various manufacturers to teach how to clean, condition, adjust the action and properly intonate your acoustic guitar, as well as: John's trade secrets on hand-carving bone nuts and bridge saddles, wiring and fretwork. John has also included a chapter on identifying and diagnosing problem guitars. It even includes a forward written by Bob Taylor of Taylor Guitars. This book is perfect to teach a beginner or a reference for the guitar repair professional.

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About the Author

Beginning his guitar repair career in 1985, John LeVan studied under many different guitar repairmen to learn the trade. John decided to launch into the guitar repair business professionally and began training with various manufacturers such as Taylor Guitars and Tom Anderson Guitarworks. He started a guitar repair business in Auburn CA and later moved it to Nashville TN where John has a successful business today. In 1997, John launched Guitarservices.com and Guitar Services Workshops. These workshops provide on-hands personal training for various types of Guitar Repair. The Workshops are provided mainly for guitar technicians who tour with professional artists, retail guitar store employees, distribution warehouse guitar technicians and guitar manufacturing employees. Now, John has taken his Guitar Services Workshop Manual and fine-tuned it to give you a hands-on guide using photographs, diagrams and sketches made by John. In addition, he has also included diagrams and photographs provided for this book by several guitar manufacturers and component manufacturers.

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Publisher
Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0786639040
ISBN 13 
9780786639045
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
152