- The gift voucher entitles one person to attend a 3 Day Build Course at Guitar Tech Courses, Unit 2, Firgrove Business Park, Firgrove Road, Heathfield, East Sussex, TN21 0QL
- The course takes place over 3 days from 9.30am-5.30pm.
- Courses take place monthly - for a full list of dates, please see below.
- The voucher is redeemable for any 3 Day Build Course date within 12 months of purchase, subject to availability.
- To redeem, the voucher holder just needs to get in touch, either by calling 01435 867333 or emailing info@guitartechcourses.com.
- You can easily & securely pay by BACS (ideally) Paypal with either a debit or credit card (no PayPal account necessary).
- Your voucher will be sent out via first class post or emailed.
- If you would prefer to contact us to discuss dates, course details or anything else please feel free to call 01435 867333 or email info@guitartechcourses.com.
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Our Gift Vouchers... If you have a friend or loved one that plays the guitar, why not treat them to a course with Guitar Tech Courses. Our gift vouchers are the ideal present idea for a guitarist - whether it's their birthday, Christmas or any other reason you can think of! How it works... Buy a gift voucher online using your debit or credit card and we will send it out to you via Royal Mail First Class post or email a printable PDF. They can then redeem the voucher at any point in the next 12 months by getting in touch with us. Voucher T&Cs -
Electric Guitar; Guitar Setup, Maintenance and Repair by James Collins
Published by Crowood Press. Available from 22nd April 2024. IN STOCK! This practical guide considers everything you need to know, from the instrument’s initial set up through to maintenance and repairs. An invaluable resource for beginners who want to learn to set up and look after their guitars, to aspiring and professional touring techs and anyone who wants to work on other people’s guitars. Buy directly from the Author, signed copy. Free UK Delivery. Book includes promotional discounts for all our physical & online courses! Chapters Include:- Guitar Setup. Assessment, Neck relief, Action, Radius, Floating a bridge & Intonation Guitar Maintenance. Fretboards, Frets, Electrics, Cleaning, Re-Stringing & Pickup Heights Guitar Repair. Basics, Nuts, Machine Heads, Fret Dressing, Re-Fretting, Headstock Breaks & Finishing- Publisher : The Crowood Press Ltd (22 April 2024)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 176 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0719843634
- ISBN-13 : 978-0719843631
- Dimensions : 21.5 x 1.5 x 26 cm
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In this course you will learn the expertise and craft required to build your own custom electric guitar. Not only is there reward in the build itself, you leave our course with what we (and many other course attendees) think will be one of your most treasured guitar yet... Dates can be checked by selecting from the drop down list below (Available Dates) it will show you whether there are places available. You can easily & securely pay by Paypal (no PayPal acct necessary) or if you have online banking our BACS details/instructions will be given upon checkout (preferred with the Build Course if poss). You can either pay in full at the time of booking, or choose to pay a 50% deposit now and 50% later. To pay the 50% deposit please use the coupon code DEPOSIT at Checkout. If you choose to just pay a deposit now, the balance will be invoiced at the start of your chosen course month. Due to the nature of the build course, we ideally require a 6 week lead time to enable us to get your preferred build spec choices, if booking in nearer to the course date please get in touch and we will see what we can do! Please feel free to discuss dates, course details or anything else at all on 01435 867333 or email info@guitartechcourses.com. We very much look forward to seeing you on the 3 Day Guitar Building Course and making a great guitar with you! -
Sat. September 12th 2026
Now booking!
Vouchers available all Year!
The Professional Guitar Setup course (full course details below) has been specifically designed for guitarists (novice through to advanced) with a desire to learn the art of setting up both electric guitars and acoustic with confidence. Dates can be checked by selecting from the drop down list below (Available Dates) it will show you whether there are places available. You can easily & securely pay by Paypal (no PayPal acct necessary). You can either pay in full at the time of booking, or choose to pay a 50% deposit now and 50% later. To pay the 50% deposit please use the coupon code DEPOSIT at Checkout. If you choose to just pay a deposit now, the balance will be invoiced and must be paid at least 14 days in advance of the course. We do ask if you are booking for a course within 14 days of the course date that you pay the full amount now. The dates are changeable and should you not be able to attend, please just drop us a line to re-arrange and the deposit is refundable should you change your mind. If you would prefer to contact us to discuss dates, course details or anything else please feel free to call 01435 867333 or email info@guitartechcourses.com. We very much look forward to seeing you on the Pro Guitar Setup Course and passing on the skills & confidence to setup electric & acoustic Guitars! -
Our Gift Vouchers... If you have a friend or loved one that plays the guitar, why not treat them to a course with Guitar Tech Courses. Our gift vouchers are the ideal present idea for a guitarist - whether it's their birthday, Christmas or any other reason you can think of! What do we cover on the course? This is an in-depth course that will teach your partner, friend or loved one how to setup and maintain their guitar to a professional standard. Regardless of their playing ability, they will benefit massively from being able to get all of their guitars set up to the optimum level - making the guitars play and feel as good or even better than the day they got them! How it works... Buy a gift voucher online using your debit or credit card and we can either send a printed voucher out to you via Royal Mail First Class post or we can email you a PDF with the name of the attendee on the voucher. They can then redeem the voucher at any point in the next 12 months by getting in touch with us. Voucher T&Cs- The gift voucher entitles one person to attend a Pro Setup Course at Guitar Tech Courses, Unit 2, Firgrove Business Park, Firgrove Road, Heathfield, East Sussex, TN21 0QL
- The course takes place over one day from 9.30am-5.30pm.
- Courses take place monthly - for a full list of dates, please see the setup course page dates drop down list.
- The voucher is redeemable for any Pro Setup Course date within 12 months of purchase, subject to availability.
- To redeem, the voucher holder just needs to get in touch, either by calling 01435 867333 or emailing info@guitartechcourses.com.
- You can easily & securely pay by Paypal with either a debit or credit card (no PayPal account necessary).
- Your voucher will be sent out via first class post or emailed as a PDF.
- If you would prefer to contact us to discuss dates, course details or anything else please feel free to call 01435 867333 or email info@guitartechcourses.com.
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Thursday 11th Dec
Clean workshop. Maximum of 2-3 People.
A full on 1 Day course where you will learn re-fretting an electric guitar, both theory and practical. You will each remove and replace the frets on our Setup Course Strats with Rosewood boards. In depth discussion and notes on all the variants, ie Maple fretboard, bound fretboards, different types of wood and processes..Who is the course for?
The course is aimed for students who have either already done at least our Setup Course or better still our 3 Day Build course so there is an understanding of neck relief and ideally fret dressing. Fret work is Lutherie! so with that comes more specialist tooling, costly tooling, so the course is aimed at techs who want to add more experience and skills to their setup.What will you learn?
Theory & Practical
- Neck Preparation
- Different Wood Preparation
- Fret removal
- Fret radiusing
- Fret slot prep
- Fret hammering/Fret pressing
- Bevelling Frets end/Filing Fret ends
- Fret Dressing