Most people who have a guitar of their own know the importance of setting up and maintaining the instrument to optimize its action.
Guitar set up and maintenance is extremely important since poor playability can hamper a player's progress and interest.
Though you can seek the aid of a professional guitar tech for getting an official set up done for the instrument; it is not always necessary.
If you develop the practice of maintaining your guitar properly, you would end up saving money and also have the satisfaction of fixing your guitar by yourself.
In fact the basic adjustments that a guitar needs to sound better are simple and can be done even if a person does not have specialized skills of a professional technician.
The first and foremost point which you need to keep in mind when setting up your musical instrument is that it would need set up tools that are of top quality.
Cheap tools can end up ruining your instrument forever.
One would need screwdriver, hex keys, wire cutters, steel rule, feeler gauge, socket wrench, nut tools, string winder, bridge radius gauge and finally the neck block.
So when you get down to set up your guitar, do not forget to have these important tools around.
Guitar set up and maintenance would involve certain important steps.
Stringing and restringing the instrument are one of the most important aspects and you would need a string winder for this.
If you want to play the instrument in tune you would need to set its intonation correctly.
This can be done by adjusting the length of the string depending on the need.
Though a guitar nut might seem to be a simple piece of bone and plastic it plays an important role in improving guitar's playability and sound.
Adjusting the truss rod present in its neck is also very important.
Once the job of adjusting of the guitar components is completed you would be left with some minor maintenance work.
Regular maintenance of the guitar would help to keep it clean and in perfect playing condition.