Instrument Setup

Have You Been Set Up?

In this case, being "setup" is a good thing! It involves having us perform a few small but important adjustments to bring your fretted instrument back to factory playing specs, and usually, even better! There are several reaaons why your fretted instrument might need a setup:

• Seasonal changes that affect the humidity level of your instrument
• Heavier or lighter string gauges installed, making your instrument harder to play, or perhaps the strings are buzzing on the frets
• Heavy use, heavy travel, or improper storage
• Even under ideal care situations, the passage of time can change an instrument 

At GuitarSam, we can make your electric or acoustic guitar, bass, banjo, mandolin, ukulele etc, play like a dream again and sound better than ever. The adjustments necessary will vary from instrument to instrument. Some of the possible adjustments may include:

• Neck adjustment (truss rod)
• Install new nut, repair old nut, or reslot the string slots
• Check, tighten, repair or replace tuning gears
• Clean fingerboard, polish frets, fret dressing
• Check electronics, clean potentiometers and switches, check output jack
• Adjust saddles (on electric) for intonation and action
• Shim or un-shim saddle (on acoustic) to raise or lower action
• Adjust tremolo arm (if applicable)
• And many other potential adjustments...