New Guitar Setup Guide VIDEO2
Video 2 of our setup on the Firefly FFST
0:00, Introduction to the video
0:53, Checking the neck with the FRET ROCKER TOOL
3:37, Taping off the FRET BOARD
11:28, Spot leveling the frets
18:42, Fret prep work
22:08, Fret work chat ( lets talk about why it's done )
23:18, Fret Polishing
28:42, Clean up from polishing the frets
29:46, Polishing Chat
30:25, THE TAPE TRICK 101
32:29, Making the neck BUTTER SMOOTH !
42:46, Cleaning the fret board
45:17, Lets show off our Work !
46:31, Installing the strings
57:22, TUNER TIME ! ! !
1:00:37, Checking Intonation 2nd time NEW STRINGS!
1:05:49, Talking about cutting the nut
1:07:38, Talking about all the work done to this guitar
1:11:20, Quick Demo of the Guitar
1:12:33, Final Thoughts and Ending
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