Guitar Workbench Collection: Setting Up Your Guitar

Guitar Workbench Collection: Setting Up Your Guitar

Whether you’ve just unboxed a brand-new axe or you’re looking to dust off an old favorite, chances are going through a few simple setup procedures will bring out the best in your playing and make it easier to form a bond with your instrument. In this collection, we’ve put together some of our helpful Guitar Workbench guides on common guitar setup techniques to help get your guitar in tip-top shape.

Everything you need to intonate your guitar.

 

How to Intonate Your Guitar

Learn how to check and adjust intonation to keep your guitar in tune across the fretboard | READ »

How to Wind Strings

 

Tips on Changing Guitar Strings

String changes: easy to learn, difficult to master. Read up on these tips to step up your game | READ »

Setting the Action on your Acoustic Guitar

Setting the Action on Your Acoustic Guitar

Learn the steps involved in measuring and adjusting your acoustic guitar’s action | READ »

 

Setting Your Pickup Height

Sometimes, completely changing up your guitar’s tone is just a few turns of the screw away | READ »

Guitar setup on a workbench

A Rough Guide to Setting Up Your Guitar

This overview of setup techniques is a great way to diagnose performance issues | READ »

Mason
4 years ago Guitar Workbench

Editor of the zZounds Blog. Donut snob. I love to write and to play guitar, so naturally, I love writing about guitars. My favorite kind of music is the kind that sounds like Muzak but cooler, you know?

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