Guitar service guides and checklists, manuals, and more, for free.

Free guitar service materials
Personal Luthier Setup Guide
Personal Luthier Guitar Service Schedule
Learning to Speak Guitar
Learning to Speak Guitar: A Luthier’s Thesaurus (PDF proof sample)
Presentations
Demystifying the Guitar
(Presented at Mechanics’ Hall, Portland, Maine. January 2020 (Coming soon)
Previous newsletters
March 2022: Free Resources and Tool Selection Advice
February 2022: What Do We Mean by “Consulting”? and Cleaning Advice
January 2022: Educator Sale and Restringing Tips
December 2021: Holiday Sale and Long-Term Storage Tips
November 2021: Affiliate Referral Program Spotlight
October 2021: Personal Luthier Launch
September 2021: Personal Luthier Prelaunch
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