The Acoustic Guitar: Adjustment, Care, Upkeep and Restore (Quantity I)

guitar repairman is tough to search out, and when discovered, an extended ready listing appears inevitable. Those that have confronted this downside might now flip to Don E. Teeter’s encyclopedic therapy of guitar adjustment, upkeep, and restore. Profusely illustrated with line drawings and images and written in a transparent and simple model, this ebook takes the reader on a guided tour of the acoustic guitar’s numerous elements and their capabilities. Teeter gives detailed directions for disassembling and assembling guitars, describes the instruments and supplies used of their restore, and provides step-by-step procedures for main and minor repairs, inlay work, and refinishing.

The ebook is not only for the specialists in guitar restore. As Teeter notes, “Fairly just a few of the strategies listed on this handbook, equivalent to adjusting rigidity rods, adjusting string heights (motion), repairing minor cracks, setting movable bridges for correct intonation (word accuracy), dressing and sharpening frets, gluing unfastened bridges, altering machine heads and naturally, the correct care and upkeep of the devices, are throughout the capabilities of the common newbie with restricted instruments.”

Writer ‏ : ‎ College of Oklahoma Press (March 15, 1996)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 216 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0806128143
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0806128146
Merchandise Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.3 kilos
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9 x 0.43 x 12 inches