From Dan Erlewine's Guitar Shop
Dan Erlewine's Repair Videos
A valuable tool for everyone - novice to pro - and the perfect companion to
Dan's book "How To Make Your Electric Guitar Play Great"

Available on VHS and DVD
Maintenance & Setup: Electric Guitars & Basses
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Dan walks you through a step by step evaluation of an acoustic guitar at the music store. Lots of valuable tips about everything from re-shaping bridge saddles to installing new strings. Friends Visit Dan to share their personal setup tips and demonstrate their unique playing styles.
 
On this disk, Dan covers everything from cleaning and setup of Strats to Floyd Rose, Gibson L5, Danelectro U2 and Fender 5 string bass setups.


Included in this DVD:
 
Included in this DVD:
Evaluating the guitar
Cleaning a guitar Installing strings:
Fender, Gibson
Truss Rod Troubles
Fool proof Fender Strat setup
Clamping a backbow
Floyd Rose setup: Ibanez Gem
Cleaning the electronics
Setting intonation on a Floyd
Straightening a bent bridge
Floyd Rose locking nut
Cleaning the bridge hardware
Tuning new strings on a Floyd
Fine-tuning the bridge saddles
Installing a Strat button
Deluxing the bridge saddles
Crumbling tuning key repair
Replacement bridge parts
G&L ASAT bass setup
Bridge support studs
Making a neck-pocket shim
Shop vacuum system
Misaligned pickup mount
Noisy Volume Pots
Shifting a bolt-on neck
Replacing the jack plate
Lubricating stiff tuning keys
Working on the nut
ASAT bass setup specs
Cleaning humbuckers
Danelectro mods and setup
Cleaning the guitar
Warped Dano bridge fix
About rotting plastic
Aluminum Dano bridge plate
Simple string tie
Custom Dano setup specs
Setting the intonation
Truss rod access hole
Setting the pickup height
Factory fresh Dano specs
Soldering techniques
Improved pickup mounts
Jorma Kaukonen's Tele setup
Raising the nut
Jamming with Jorma
Dan's 1956 U2 setup specs
Dismantling a new guitar
Gibson L-5 CES archtop setup
Jack Cassidy on bass setups
Duke Robillard setup
1963 P-Bass neck troubles
Wood bridge saddle setup
Jack's 1953 P-Bass
Fender 5 string bass setup
Jack's Signature Epiphone Bass
Reshaping a factory nut
Strat bridge overhaul
Balancing a Strat tremolo

Maintenance & Setup: Steel String Acoustic Guitars
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Volume 2
This one is great for everyone - from the beginner buying their first guitar…Setup, maintain and repair Evaluates and works on a 1973 Gibson Les Paul Custom.   This DVD has invaluable information for cleaning, setting up and evaluating archtops, flattops, Nationals, and Resophonic guitars. Dan invites artists to share tips and setups.
Included in this DVD:
 
Included in this DVD:
Evaluating a guitar setup
Cleaning the guitar
Truss rod adjustment
Fitting an archtop bridge base
Hardening bridge pad holes
Archtop bridge saddle fitting
Re-check the truss rod
Light 'n' low archtop specs
Lubricating the truss rod nut
1958 Gibson L5
"Ramping" bridge string slots
Big band archtop setup
Low action specs
Dating a guitar
Re-shaping the bridge saddle
Adjusting the trussrod
Re-shaping and adjusting a nut
Reshaping the nut
Bridge plate repair
1930 National Style O
How to string at the bridge
Down-pressure on the cone
Installing a strat button
Style O setup specs
Lube fretboard and bridge
Tri-cones: a complete setup
Installing strings
National neck-set diagnosis
Humidity: Cracks and action
1929 wood-bodied Triolian
Adjusting saddle height
National neck stick re-set
Reasons to reglue a bridge
Installing a new cone
Measuring saddle location
Biscuit and saddle setup
Jorma Kaukonen talks setup
Regal/Dobro setup
Long-scale practice payoff
Prepping the rim for a cone
Paul Geremia: Sliding 12-strings
Trimming a cone to fit
J-35: Fingerpicker's dream
E-Z saddle height jig
JD Hutchison D-28 fingerstyle
Fitting the spider's feet
Roy Bookbinder blues setup
Saddle and slot fit is important
No fingerpicks allowed
Fasten the spider to the cone
Todd Sams bluegrass action
Making a new saddle
Bill Dutcher's one man band
Re-tighten the spider and cone
Bill Dutcher's high-tech rack
Dobro-style action setup
Effects pedal board
Correcting poor intonation
Sunrise/Baggs iBeam combo
Tim Scheerhorn's tailpiece pad
Stereo Output jack
Tim Scheerhorn's setup tips
Match the string to the job
Fur Peace Ranch Guitar Camp
Sunrise polepiece Adjustment
Kelly Jo Phelps talks lap-slidin'
Setups: Collings/Lakewood
Jed Foley: Open-tuning action
Taylor 12-string/Sunrise combo
Del Rey's no-slide reso setup

To learn more about these videos, or to purchase, please visit Stewart McDonald's site.