Comments on: Ten Cheap and Handy Tools for Guitar Work

By: Big Earl

Big Earl — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 02:21:04 +0000

Howdy!

My latest fav for cleaning guitars: microfiber cloths. The ones with a fuzzy and a smooth side. You get them at dollar stores. Beats the old wadded newspaper trick.

Second the clear nail polish. Great for minor finish chips too. Coloured polish works great for adding side dots to old guitars that don’t have ’em.

And get yerself both round and flat toothpicks. A couple of dabs of glue and flat toothpicks can reinforce pot/jack holes in guitars that are too wide, easier than using wood veneer…

By: PlanetEleven

PlanetEleven — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 20:47:15 +0000

For loose switch tips, knobs and also wobbly trem arms, I like to keep a roll of plumbers’ teflon tape in my gig bag.

A tube of extra fine graphite for locks works great in sticky nuts – I prefer this to any kind of gel lubricant, although Chapstick or a similar lip balm will work in a pinch. Chapstick is also good on string trees, where graphite might not stick around.

By: WC

WC — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 11:21:25 +0000

You can also use clear fingernail polish to secure bridge screws from vibrating lose and other applications like securing the nut on the output jack and switch tips that can come off [think Tele or Strat]. Think of it as a low tech Locktite [which I would never use on a guitar]. Just a very small drop goes a very long way.

FWIW – when it comes to lubricating the nut & bridge I prefer Rene Martinez’s Graphital: http://www.texasguitarwhiz.com/products/copy-of-graphitall-white-small