G'day Mate

I have never been unfortunate to have a bad experience with a Guitar Tech but on the other side of saying that, I really never truly understood what type of set up I really preferred until I forced myself to learn how to set up my Guitars, and do my own work.

Mate the best guitar tech will be you

After owning many different Strats and various G-Tars over the years,
I wish I would have bitten the bullet sooner and taught myself how to set them up and repair etc.

Like many out there I have spent so much money paying someone else to do something that I can do too.

I am pretty good at setting up Strats and Tele's, I have saved so much money over the last 5 years.

Having 13 Guitars to practise on helps though ...

A couple of days ago a friend of mine at work was quoted $120 AUD for a full set up on his Ibanez RG Series fitted with Floyd Rose Trem.

I told him to buy strings and I would do it.

Mind you I was nervous because it was my first Floyd Rose Tremolo System I had worked on and To make things more challenging for me,
he wanted it set up for drop C tuning...I was feeling a bit of

Anyway After a bit of a balancing act I conquered the RG Series with the Floyd Rose. He was absolutely impressed and probably surprised...
So was I, I think the practise paid off in the end.

Well sorry for my war and peace, but really Mate, try to force yourself to learn how to set up your own gear now, before you make the mistake I did and paid out money I didn't have to..

Good Luck and Take Care...

I said to you speaka my language He just and gave me a Vegemite Sandwich....
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oooooiiiiiii, the eagle rock.

Years ago I learned how to do most of my own work on guitars and amps,there's still so much to learn but that's what is fun about it.
I work with a guy who has played longer than I have,40+ years and he still goes to Nashville to Guitar Center for every little thing on his guitar,that's 45 miles one way...I don't volunteer to do his work because he is so picky and will annoy you to no end,but for the life of me I can't figure out why he hasn't learned to set up his own axe.
I work on my son's gear,he's a full time musician,who is normally penniless...

I just can't comprehend the continued reliance by most players on guitar technicians. In my mind a guitar is the most personal of belongings: like a toothbrush, perhaps, or a pair of shoes. Entrusting it to someone else seems ludicrous. Furthermore it's an economically catastrophic practice. The up-front cost of a few tools is far less than the price of a visit or two to the technician. Finally, and most importantly, I feel that tinkering with one's own guitars is profoundly beneficial: it is an entertaining, educational, enjoyable, and immensely rewarding hobby.

I've had guitars for over 20 years, but never did anything myself on them other than change the strings, adjust the action and intonation.
After signing up for the forums and reading everybody's great tips and knowledge, I can do most basic work.

I can all my own wiring, I've added pickups, switched pots and 5 way switches, painted my own guitar, fixed an amp, learn to adjust truss rods.

I've still taken a guitar to a tech to fix some frets, but everything else I've done myself, with help from all of you.