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베스트셀러인 Guitar Player Repair Guide와 유명한 Guitar Player지의 리페어 컬럼의 저자 Dan Erlewine이 쓴 이 책의 맨 뒤 페이지에는 떼서 쓸 수 있게 만든 플라스틱 곡률 게이지들도 들어있습니다.
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- Contents -

Introduction
You really can do this yourself!
How to find the problems
Don't be afraid of adjustments

Setup Tools
The handful you really need

Evaluating Your Guitar
1. Play the guitar
2. Find the cracks, dents, and scratches
3. Is the neck strong?
4. Is the neck straight? Does it have relief?
5. Check a bolt-on neck's alignment
6. Inspect the nut
7. Look at the frets
8. Make sure the truss rod works
9. Do the strings follow the fretboard radius?
10. Check the bridge and tailpiece
11. Do the tuners work smoothly?
12. Check the hardware mounting screws
13. Finally, check the electronics

Installing Strings
Installing strings on Fenders
Installing strings on Gibsons

Cleaning Fretboards, Finishes, and Hardware
Cleaning the fretboard
Moisturizing the fretboard
Cleaning dirty finishes
Cleaning technique
Cleaning hardware
Cleanina rusted parts

The Fretboard and String Buzz
Fretboard radius
Compound radius fretboards

Pickups and Wiring
Choosing a replacement pickup
Different magnets = different tone
What you need to know about capacitors
Control pots affect your tone, too
Understanding the action of control pots and caps
How a potentiometer works
Reading DC resistance with a multimeter
Shielding to reduce hum
Wiring and soldering
Tools for wiring and soldering
Basic soldering advice
Replacing pickups and controls
Wiring ideas,tips,and techniques

Installing Strap Locks
Nobody wants their guitar to fall to the floor

Setup Checklist
Setup steps
Setup measurements
Setup specs form

Adjusting the Truss Rod
Truss rod adjustment tools
Truss rod types and how they work
Use a backlight to read the neck
Adjusting standard one-way truss rods
Adjusting two-way truss rods
Help for difficult truss rods
Adjusting at the body end of the neck, Fender style

The Nut, String Tree, and Tuners
Measuring string height at the nut
In my opinion, the perfect nut would pass this checklist
Common nut problems
Nut working tools
Cleaning nut slots
Back-filing nut slots
Raising nut slots that are too low
Removing material that's muting strings
Gluing a loose nut
Shimming a traditional nut
Shimming a mechanical nut
Lubricated nut material with tremolos
Locking nuts
String trees
Tuning machines (tuners)
Locking tuners with low post holes

The Bridge and Tailpiece
Good coupling = good tone
Tele bridge saddles
Strat bridge saddles
Gibson bridge saddles
Graph Tech replacement saddles
Cleaning and fixing your bridge
Cleaning rusty bridge parts
Strings that don't align with fretboard edges
Disassembling and cleaning a Gibson Tune-o-matic
Notching new Tune-o-matic saddles
How neck angle relates to Tune-o-matics
Straightening a collapsed Tune-o-matic
Changing a Tune-o-matic bridge radius
Rusted stopbar tailpiece studs
Gibson stopbar tailpiece height
Top-wrapping a stopbar tailpiece
Variations on Gibson's bridge design

Tremolos
Fender Stratocaster tremolos
Modern two-point floating vibratos
Fender Jazzmaster tremolo
The Floyd Rose locking tremolo system
Traditional Bigsby vibratos
Gibson's Maestro Vibrola
Wilkinson Vibrato bridges
Hipshot's ball-bearing tremolo bridge
Anderson Tremolo bridge by Fishman

Bolt-on Neck Issues
Misaligned necks
Neck mounting screws need clearance
Neck shims and Fender's Micro-Tilt
Threaded neck mounting inserts
Reverse shimming

Intonation and Tuning
Scale length
Compensation and intonation
The most basic approach to intonation
Difficulties to watch out for
Joe Glaser's approach to intonation
Tuning your guitar
Tuning a tremolo-equipped guitar
Better intonation on a 3-saddleTelecaster
Buzz Feiten Tuning System

Fender's 10-step Setup
Straight from the source

Pro Setup Specs
Floyd Rose locking trem setup
Leveling the tremolo and setting intonation
Stratocaster setup specs
Telecaster setup specs
Les Paul setup specs
Slide Guitar setup specs
Hollowbody setup specs

Measurement Conversion Charts
Converting millimetersto inches
Converting inches by "half-64ths"

On the DVD: Easy Electric Guitar Setup
Adjusting any truss rod, and bass setup
Setting up a Stratocaster, Fender style
Setting up a Les Paul
Setting upa Floyd Rose floating tremolo
Wiring a Stratocaster, and intro to soldering

Radius Gauges for Setting Up Your Guitar
Use the gauges inside the backcover to measure the radius of fretboards and bridge saddles