Set up Guitar Doubled Price Last 2 months

[jauernis]

So I brought one guitar in to get set up for drop d ($30) now I brought in another guitar to get set up for Drop C ($70) They more than doubled in two months time!!
How much are you guys paying?
Can I learn to do this myself, still a noobie with tunings and set up and action?
What are the best ways to learn this?

 

[Unavailable]

I can do this and I don't play guitar (much). Just watch youtube videos 'n stuff.

 

[Zack Uidl]

You can totally do it. Pretty easy to do. I normally have my tech do it, but if needed I can do it. I learned from a friend a while ago, but I am sure that you can find great resources online

 

[Kadmium]

Prices are in AUD, where at the moment, $1 AUD is worth $0.71 USD. Depending on how much work needs done to the guitar, I pay $50 to $120 a time for a fixed-bridge setup. That includes new strings, action-setting, intonation and truss rod adjustment if needed and a fret polish. The work is always first-class.

 

[Metaltastic]

It's really simple man, as far as keeping it generally playable - there's only two ways to adjust the action, with the truss rod and the bridge height. The truss rod affects everything from frets 6-7 down, but anything higher is the bridge height. So if it's buzzing on an open string or any fret up to 7, then the truss rod needs to be loosened. Stick with 1/4 turn, a little goes a long way. An easy way to gauge if you've got it right is to fret the first fret with your left hand, and also fret the fret over the place where the neck meets the body, and then look to see how much of a gap there is between the string and the 6th-7th fret (it should be about 1 mm). And then, once that's set, you can adjust the bridge height until there's no buzzing on frets above 6-7, and voila!

 

[JBroll]

Truss is more about balancing that region against the rest of the strings, and that's neglecting the nut, but... yeah, it's pretty simple.

Jeff

 

[jauernis]

Thanks so much for the replys! Will watch a few you tube videos as well.

 

[MarkG]

Trust rod = last resort. Don't fuck with that thing if you don't need to.

 

[JBroll]

Yeah, adjust the truss rod before you tinker with anything that doesn't actually exist.

Jeff