Two Truths and One Lie……

[Loraine]

Ha – I had such a fear of changing my strings for the longest time, and then a selfless TACer took time out of their busy life to Zoom with me and walk me through changing the strings on my guitar. Now it’s a piece of cake. I don’t visit the luthier often, but I should probably start of a rotation of guitars with him just to have them checked up on and maintained. I know a couple that need a good set up right now, and I’m too afraid to try anything on my own.

[Cadgirl]

@Loraine , what do you mean, a good set up?

[Loraine]

@cadgirl, a good set up for me means having everything checked out and the action being at a low enough level for me to play comfortably and making sure the neck is straight.

[Cadgirl]

Probably not a bad Idea. Next time I’m at the guitar store I’ll ask how much maintenance is. I do have a small travel guitar that I rarely use. I totally loosened the strings and put it back in it’s case.

[Cadgirl]

I am going to guess the one lie is steel wool. Good for you to change your own strings. I’ll change mine but I don’t like to.

[TMutter]

Actually it’s #3😆. I have learned to do it but I still put on Tony’s video to walk me through it. I actually do use a very fine steel wool (almost like cotton) on the fret board and then oil it. I make sure to tape the sound hole first to keep debri from coming in contact with internal pick ups.

[That_Guy]

It’s worth polishing the frets every once in a while. I use one of the Music Nomad kits.

• This reply was modified 4 years ago by  That_Guy.

[David_Leo]

Yes, this is usually part of a luthier set up.

[TMutter]

I may have to have a few frets replaced on the Larrivee which is almost 20 years old. They have some pretty good wear on them so that will definitely be done by a pro.