Mel Bay Guitar Setup, Maintenance & Repair [Paperback]

John LeVan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 12, 2006

This guide will use photographs, diagrams and sketches made by the author and some provided by various manufacturers to teach how to clean, condition, adjust the action and properly intonate your acoustic guitar, as well as: John's trade secrets on hand-carving bone nuts and bridge saddles, wiring and fretwork. John has also included a chapter on identifying and diagnosing problem guitars. It even includes a forward written by Bob Taylor of Taylor Guitars. This book is perfect to teach a beginner or a reference for the guitar repair professional.

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About the Author

Beginning his guitar repair career in 1985, John LeVan studied under many different guitar repairmen to learn the trade. John decided to launch into the guitar repair business professionally and began training with various manufacturers such as Taylor Guitars and Tom Anderson Guitarworks. He started a guitar repair business in Auburn CA and later moved it to Nashville TN where John has a successful business today. In 1997, John launched Guitarservices.com and Guitar Services Workshops. These workshops provide on-hands personal training for various types of Guitar Repair. The Workshops are provided mainly for guitar technicians who tour with professional artists, retail guitar store employees, distribution warehouse guitar technicians and guitar manufacturing employees. Now, John has taken his Guitar Services Workshop Manual and fine-tuned it to give you a hands-on guide using photographs, diagrams and sketches made by John. In addition, he has also included diagrams and photographs provided for this book by several guitar manufacturers and component manufacturers.

Product Details

• Paperback: 152 pages
• Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.; 1 edition (January 12, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786639040
• ISBN-13: 978-0786639045
• Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 8.7 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #173,988 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mel Bay Guitar Setup, Maintenance & Repair by John LeVan, February 28, 2011

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Mel Bay Guitar Setup, Maintenance & Repair by John LeVan is a really good read. Visuals and information, whether or not you would ever do repairs on your guitar, as it will inform you of what is necessary and maybe move you to take your guitar in to the right person to bring it back to where it needs to be. Don't consider this to be just for someone who wants to do professional work on guitars either, it is so informative and subject related, as to Guitar, that if you do the work or not, get this book for your library.

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5.0 out of 5 stars complete info, June 22, 2011

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i bought 3 guitar repair books after reading other reviews. this book is by far the most complete in straight forward words ''how to' and WHY. im very impressed with this book.it gave me better insight into the total guitar as well. buy it.you wont regret it,plus it gives websites to get other info and tools for the trade.