Customer Reviews

Complete Guitar Repair

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I am greatly impressed. Mr. Kamimoto has written and illustrated a very fine book, here, on how to accomplish various repairs on your guitar.

All of the various styles of guitar are addressed equally: the Classical, Flamenco, Flattop, Plectrum and the Solid Body Electric. You own an f-hole archtop Gibson acoustical electric? It's in here. Glues are discussed, with emphasis on the hide glue which, normally, one finds used on instruments.

You will find in this book, replete with detailed illustrations, such things as how to repair cracks, remove and re-attach bridges, refretting, remove and re-attach necks to bodies, tables of fret intervals for various scale lengths, and various refinishing techniques addressed in great detail. You name it: it's here.

I don't know how Mr. Kamimoto could have made his book more complete.

If you own a guitar, you should probably own this book.

Joseph Pierre

This book covers several areas about guitar repair, but only vaguely. It does not go into details that are needed before even trying most repairs. I was hoping to find help on removing binding and fingerboards to replace a truss rod. It touches in these areas, but that is all it does. I still have no clue. I already know the board and binding needs to come off, but how? Not enough info to even try attempting this feat.

The book is 23 years old. Something that is not shown on the Amozon.com site before buying it. If you buy this book you're reading history, not up to date facts needed for guitar repair. This is more a reference book from the 60's and 70's and not a repair book at all.

This is a book that any guitar player should own. It's a great basic manual. I don't know why the other person was complaining about its "age". If you look at the publishing date it states quite clearly "1975". But that shouldn't matter. The basic repairing of guitars hasn't changed in that time. As for more complex problems, like changing a truss rod, as another reviewer mentions, this book isn't what you need. This is about the basics and truss rod change-outs aren't basic. If you're new to playing or an old pro who wants to take good care of his axe, this book is a worthwhile addition to your library.

This outstanding book gives the reader the backround knowledge and theory to professionally address guitar repair issues.
It is important to note that skilled guitar repair requires years of practice and trial and error so don't expect to pick up this book and replace your fret board with no prior experience.
Knowledge is your best ally however, when diagnosing a problem and deciding on a proper repair aproach. This book will help the individual do the simple repairs and adjustments to his instument and know when to delegate the more complex ones to a professional.
The section on tuning and intonation is by itself, worth the price of admission. If you think tuning a guitar is as simple as plugging into a tuner and turning the machines, this book is for you!
There are other repair guides available but I would reccommend this one as the first reference as it will enhance your understanding of these additional texts.

i bought 3 repair books after reading reviews. this is the least about basic adjustments that most of us do. it was much about building guitars, the history of building guitars, and much time on how to repair a guitar that was run over by a truck.i did gain much knowledge about woods used and why. if you want detailed understanding of every element of the guitars body --its interesting, but its title i thought was misleading--HOWEVER it WAS published in 1978 so-the craft has evolved. its still a good read for info.i wouldnt buy it if you want to do your own adjustments on your guitar.read the reviews-choose another

This book is great if you are into BUILDING guitars. But for repair its actually not all that helpfull. Most of the things gone over in this book are about how to make a guitar, which is cool. But not what i was looking for since the title is "guitar repair". But, overall its a good book with usefull information... A bit dated, but still relevant

This is the seminal book for luthiers the world over. It doesn't matter that it was published so long ago; it is still relevant. The joy of this book is the plain language used and the unpompous descriptions. I understood everything and have benefited from owning this book.

This guide is the most needed, useful, great helper and bible for the guitar repair and maintenance. I had already browsed it once or twice and been advised with some tips from people who had it or read it. It's the best guide of the genre with many "old innovative" techniques still applied currently, for technology can't do much about this subject.
I'm loving it!!