Acoustic Guitar Setup – How to Set up an Acoustic Guitar 🎸 | Guitar Lesson

It's hard to believe, but many guitar players go years or even decades before learning how to set up an acoustic guitar. Sweetwater's Don Carr joins Ben Armour from the Sweetwater Guitar Shop for a lesson on how to set up an acoustic guitar like a pro.

0:00 - Intro
0:25 - Initial Inspection
0:52 - Humidity
1:45 - Inspect Specific Sections
2:31 - Putting It Into Action
4:14 - Adjusting the Trust Rod
6:23 - Filing The Nut
8:31 - Action and Saddle
10:22 - Cleaning and Polishing
11:50 - Thanks For Watching!

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[sweetwater]

A proper set up can breathe new life into a tired ax 🎸 If you enjoyed this video, be sure to like, comment, and subscribe!

[DamnDealDone]

1 - Visually inspect guitar for damage and obvious problems.
2 - Check nut groove height. Simple method of fretting 3nd fret and checking string height at 1st fret.
3 - Check truss rod relief. The how is missing. You didn't press any fret or check any string height. You pressed the strings down without fretting any which would not tell you about truss rod relief.
4 - Record string height.
5 - Adjust truss rod. Quarter turn, retune.
6 - Check truss rod relief. Press down on 13th fret and check string height in middle.
7 - Record string heights.
8 - Fix nut issues.
9 - Measure action at 12 fret in playing position.
10 - Remove strings.
11 - Adjust saddle.
12 - Clean fretboard and frets.
13 - Check machine heads.
14 - Polish guitar.
15 - Restring.

[lordofthemound]

Finally, somebody who puts the guitar in playing position to measure relief and action height!

[toddphipps]

Man, this is how it's done! Great job. I had my Taylor set up when I bought it a couple years ago at GC. The tech may have done a little filing on the nut but that was it. $100 after buying the Taylor and he didn't do much. I had someone else go over it and he agreed.

[joesatchton]

Sweetwater has really upped their youtube game recently. Top quality content and consistent production across the board for all their recent efforts. Clearly Mitch & Company have a master plan in place for youtube and they're executing it well thus far. Nice work folks....

[davidclark]

A very well-made and informative video. I've been playing acoustic guitars since 1959 and learned things I never heard before. Thanks.

[jakocadiz]

when you close your eyes anf listen, it's like seth rogen is teaching you about adjusting the string action

[tsharpton]

Done my own before but makes me see how a real Luthier with the proper tools can do an excellent job!

[philippinefandango]

There is a lot more to it, than you see on other videos.. Thanks for the video...

[Whitehawkvisionfilms]

this! So much great info and it really does make me impressed with Sweetwater to have such a knowledgeable and talented luthier on staff!

[jaxnotdead]

I admire luthiers so much. Their services are expensive but I know it's extremely difficult to do such things. And finally, they are the people who are in some way responsible for a great sounding performance later.

[ciaraskeleton]

I just need a tiny bit of truss adjustment but I'm going to watch this and several more guitar videos because I'm enjoying then way too much 😂

[JR]

I just finished setting one up and saw this just now haha. I had it down right.

[mpojr]

Thank you Ben thank you Sweetwater these videos are very helpful.

[BastianZamorano-uw]

Probably the greatest video about setting up a guitar. Excellent

[TerryBoydPhoto]

Hi guys, thanks for a super helpful video. A wee bit more special since you are setting up what looks awfully like my 000028H (#703936). Really appreciate the comments on humidity. I live in a forested area in SE Australia, which means hot, dry summers and cold, damp winters. So far I've had no obvious issues but if you have any tips for maintaining a relatively stable RH, I would be grateful. Also, I just made a little (necessary) trussrod adjustment and found it pretty stiff to turn. Hoping that isn't abnormal. Keep up the great work guys.

[turtla]

This is a great video, thanks for posting.

[Stratsrule]

Awesome!!! I learn so much about my guitars by watching ur content!! Ty

[SeanQuinn]

Love the chapter on the truss rod, titled "adjusting the trust rod"

[BkBk-gyvr]

Best guitar setup video Ive ever seen!