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This is a rescheduled class due to weather closures. The class is full. Please "join waitlist" if you want to be alerted to a future class.

Bring in your steel-string acoustic or electric guitar and learn how to get it sounding and playing its best.

We'll start with a refresher on terminology and the factors that impact tone and playability. Then we'll evaluate the instruments for structural integrity and discuss the importance of temperature and humidity control. (Please note that if your instrument is deemed to need more than a basic setup, you'll be offered a refund or the option of working on another instrument.)

Then comes the hands-on tweaking of truss rods for perfect neck relief, nut and bridge adjustments for great action, and saddle adjustment for intonation improvements.

Electric guitar players will also learn how to adjust their pickups.

Finally, we'll discuss string differences, put on a set of fresh strings, and test out our improvements. You'll go home with a better guitar, a better understanding of how it works, and a checklist for future reference.

Details:

• Ages: Ages 14+ welcome. No woodworking experience is required.
• This class covers only steel-string guitars; tuning up nylon-string, classical guitars involves different steps.
• The materials fee covers new strings.
  
• Wear closed-toe shoes and tie back long hair.
  

Instructor: Doug Salot started playing the guitar about 10 years ago and occasionally tries to distract himself by building guitars and ukuleles. He studied instrument building with local luthier Alan Simcoe.