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- Contents -

A Note from the Author
Acknowledgments
Introduction
   About the Information in this Book
   Please Note!
   Tools and Supplies


GUITARS

General Concerns
Transport
   Flight Cases
   Hard-Shell Cases

Shipping
   Arch-Tops and Acoustics
   Solid-Bodies

Storage

Display

Body
Paint

Cleaners, Polishes, and Abrasives
   Polishing Techniques

Bare Wood
   Butcher's Wax

Sticker Gunk
   Lighter Fluid or WD-40

Metal
   Cleaners and Abrasives on Metal
      Metal Polish
      Cleaning Corrosion and Rust

Plastic
   Claening
   Polishing
   Dealing with Static

Strap Buttons
   Tightening Loose Strap
   Buttons

Bridges
Intonation
   Setting Intonation

Fixed Tune-O-Matic Type Bridges
   Extra Nut Stability Trick
   Stop Tailpiece Position
   Action Adjustment

Arch-Top Bridges
   Setting Intonation, or Position Finding
   The Sandpaper Trick!
   Action Adjustment

Vibratos and Vibrato Bridges
   Vintage and Modern Strat-Types, PRS,...
      Arm Swing Tension
      Tremolo Action
      Pull-Up and Arm Position
      Action Adjustment

   Floyd Rose
      Arm Tension
      Action Adjustment
      Maintenance
      Setting Intonation
      Troubleshooting

   Bigsby, Gretsch,...

   Telecasters
      Checking for a Ferrous Bridge

   Acoustic Bridges
      Lowering
      Raising

   Rust and Corrosion
      Prolonging the Life of Metal Plating and Parts
      Freeing Rust-Welded Parts

Necks
Action (Slight Return)

Fingerboard and Neck Care
   Fingerboard Schmunda
   Rosewood
   Ebony
   Sticky Maple Relief
   Unfinished Neck Relief

Nuts
   Slot Height
   Binding, Creaking, and Goop

Tuners
   Proper Stringing Technique
   Tuner Care

Replacing Tuners

Bolt-On Necks
   Fret Edges
   Neck Angle

Truss Rods
   Truss Rod Adjustment

String Trees and Tuning Problems

Set Necks
   Tuning Problems on a Les Paul, Gibson, Gretsch,...
   Fret Edges
   Truss Rod Adjustment

Electronics
Soldering
   Desoldering
   How to Solder
Soldering Iron Hygiene

Basic Wiring Diagrams
   Strat
   Tele
   Fender Bass
   Gibson-Style

Special Wiring Schemes
   Standard Humbucker Wiring
   Single/Double Coil(Split Coil)
   Series/Parallel or Series/Split/Parallel
   Five-Way Humbucker Special
   Phase Switch

Cleaning Contacts

Troubleshooting

Pickups
   Testing
   Fixing
   Height Adjustments

Shielding
   What Can You Do?


AMPS

General Concerns
Tube Amps
Solid-State Amps
!!!!! WARNING !!!!!

Tube Amps
Tubes
   Troubleshooting
      Visual Check
      Microphonics
      Troubleshooting Chart
   Replacements and Equivalents

Capacitors
   Troubleshooting Filter Caps
      Visual Check
      Replacement
   Capping it Off

Tube Bias
   Fixed Bias
      Biasing: Oscilloscope/Signal Generator Method
      Biasing: Current Draw Method
   Auto/Self Biasing

Wattage
   Measure Wattage

Fuses
   Under-Fusing

Solid-State Amps
The Poke and Push Method
Quick Visual Inspection

Speaker Cabinets
Vinyl
   Cleaning
   Armor All
   Rips
   Stencils, Names, Graffiti

Sound Posts
   The Center Screw

Dusty Speaker Holes

Wiring Speakers
   Ohms
   Practical Applications

Maintenance

Troubleshooting
   Rubbing Voice Coils
   Open or Shorted Voice Coils
   Other Problems

To Replace or to Recone? That is the Question

APPENDIX
Wrench Sizes
Some Places to Buy Stuff
Cool Magazines with All Sorts of Info about Swap Meets and Listings of Parts Dealers
Resistor Color Codes
Tube Info
Schematic Symbols
Things to Read
Guitar and Amp Maintenace Log

About the Author