Learn how to repair a hairline crack in a Spruce or Cedar Acoustic or Classical Guitar top. We offer tips, techniques and a few cool littly tools that you can use to make this job much easier to perform a professional repair.

Guitar Body Cracks. It is often as important to know what caused a guitar body crack as to how to go about fixing one. This article will discuss the different types of body cracks that you will encounter for guitar repair.

Wood Binding Removal Source: Guitar Plate Repairs Tools & Materials Required: X-Acto Knife Set Dremel Rotary Tool Stewmac Binding Channel Attachment Chisel Scraper Blade Japanese Pull Saw or Razor Saw Reasons For Wood Binding Removal: There can be a number of reasons where the wood binding needs to be removed on a guitar. Some of [...]

Plastic Binding can be a bit of a challenge to remove without damage to the guitar. Follow these easy to use instruction to pull of a perfect binding removal job with minimal touch-up required.

Repair of Rough Fret Ends Source: Fret Repair Rough Fret End Repair: Tools and Materials Required: Fret Dressing Tool Set of Needle Files Fret File 400 Wet Dry Sand Paper (Silicone Carbide) 0000 Steel Wool Amazon.com Widgets If you have a guitar or are brought a guitar that has rough fret ends – or more [...]

Types of Truss Rods Source: Guitar Neck Repairs Types of Truss Rods: There are two main types of truss rods used in contemporary guitar construction. The one way truss rod and the two way truss rod. How the One-Way Rod Works: The tension rod works in a similar manner to the guitar strings. The strings [...]

Fingerboard Removal Source: Guitar Neck Repairs Fingerboard Removal: Certain operations require the removal of the guitar fingerboard. These can include, but certainly not limited to: