Stop guessing. Start maintaining.
A single luthier visit costs more than both guides. These booklets teach you the routines, measurements, and judgment calls that keep your guitar playing perfectly — and tell you exactly when a problem genuinely needs a professional.
What's inside
Humidity & environment
The 45–55% system, symptom checklists, and seasonal regimens that prevent cracks before they happen.
Full DIY setup
Truss rod, action, intonation, and pickup height with exact measurement tables — no guesswork.
Electronics care
Fix crackling pots, noisy jacks, and hum yourself with a $10 can of contact cleaner.
Structural inspection
The five-minute circuit that catches cracks, bridge lift, and loose braces while repairs are still cheap.
Maintenance calendars
Every task from the two-minute daily habit to the yearly once-over, in one schedule per guitar type.
Troubleshooting charts
Symptom → likely cause → fix, ordered by probability. Diagnose before you spend.
Choose your guide
The Electric Guitar Care Guide
For solid bodies, semi-hollows, and everything with pickups
- 13-page digital booklet (PDF), designed to keep forever
- Finish-safe cleaning by finish type — poly, nitro, satin
- Full DIY setup: relief, action, intonation, pickup height with spec tables
- Electronics care: crackling pots, jacks, hum diagnosis
- Symptom → cause → fix troubleshooting chart
- The maintenance calendar: every task from daily to yearly
Instant download • Yours forever
The Acoustic Guitar Care Guide
For steel-string flat-tops, from first guitar to heirloom
- 11-page digital booklet (PDF), designed to keep forever
- The humidity system: symptoms checklist, targets, seasonal regimen
- Structural inspection circuit: cracks, bridge lift, braces, neck angle
- Action, saddle, and truss rod — what to DIY and what to never touch
- Symptom → cause → fix troubleshooting chart
- The maintenance calendar tuned for acoustic ownership
Instant download • Yours forever
The Complete Bundle
Both guides — the full guitar.care method
- Both digital booklets (electric + acoustic)
- Every setup spec, troubleshooting chart, and maintenance calendar
- Covers every guitar in the house — and the next one
- Free updates to future editions
- Save $9 versus buying separately
Instant download • Yours forever
Questions
What format are the guides?
Beautifully designed PDF booklets, sized for reading on any device or printing at home. Download instantly after purchase and keep them forever.
Are the guides suitable for beginners?
Yes. Every procedure starts from zero — no prior maintenance experience needed. Experienced players get the reference tables, specs, and troubleshooting charts they wish they'd had years ago.
What's the difference between the electric and acoustic guides?
The electric guide covers finish-safe cleaning, full DIY setup (truss rod, action, intonation, pickup height), and electronics care. The acoustic guide focuses on humidity management, structural inspection, and the saddle/action decisions unique to acoustics.
Do I get updates?
Bundle buyers get free access to future editions of both guides.
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