Guitar Repair Business Starter 2.0

Guitar Repair Business Starter is specifically designed to help guitar enthusiasts make $70-$120 per hour performing simple repairs on guitars without expensive luthier school or years of experience.

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Course curriculum

1. Spring Live Session, Week 1 Recording
2. Spring Live Session, Week 2
3. Spring Live Session, Week 3
1. 24/7 Student Hangout Link
1. Spring Live Session
2. Spring Live Session
3. Spring Live Session
4. Spring Live Session
5. Spring Live Session
6. Spring Live Session
7. Spring Live Session
8. Spring Live Session
9. Spring Live Session
1. Definitely Start Here- How To Get The Most From The Course
2. Get The Course Calendar Here
3. Before we begin..
4. Join The Private Facebook Group
1. Picking Out Tools ( Video)
2. What Services Do Customers Want?
3. Why Are Setups Important?
4. Mechanics Of A Setup
5. Initial assesment
6. Cleaning Electronics (General Maintenance)
7. Fret Polishing (General Maintenance)
8. Fretboard Maintenance (General Maintenance)
9. Stringing a Guitar
10. Stretching Strings (Setup Essential)
11. Measuring Neck Relief
12. Adjusting The Truss Rod
13. Adjusting The Truss Rod At The Heel (Fender)
14. Measuring Action At The 17th Fret
15. Adjusting Bridge saddles on a Stratocaster
16. PRS Setting Action At The Bridge
17. Final Adjustments & Playing By Feel
18. Intonation
19. Setting Pickup Heights and Adjusting Volume
20. Setup Wrap Up Video
21. Setup Wrap Up And Discussion Of Core Concepts
22. Selling Strings (Optional)
23. Troubleshooting common Issues
24. Next Steps / Upload Your Pics
25. Electric Setup Quiz
26. Chapter 1 Setup Survey
27. Resources For Repairs
28. Timeline For Repairs
29. Troubleshooting Common Issues
30. June 22nd Breedlove Acoustic
1. Mindset Introduction
2. Give Yourself Space to Make Mistakes
3. Common Traits of an Entrepreneur Part 1
4. Common Traits of an Entrepreneur Part 2
5. Limiting Beliefs
6. Mindset Survey
7. Mindset Live 4/19
1. START HERE: Introduction to Business Preparation
2. 1. Naming Your Business
3. 2. Setup Payment Services
4. 3. Create A Text-Able Invoice/ CD Baby Story
5. 4. Federal Taxes and Business Structure
6. 5. State Taxes And Sales And Use Tax
7. Supplement: Advantages of a Sole Proprietorship and LLC
8. One-Page Wonder: Crafting a Website That Wows
9. Adding Your Website To Google To Be Indexed
10. 6. Creating A Google Business Profile
11. Google Business Profile Continued: Filling Out The Services Section
12. Google Business Profile: Adding Your Cover Photo
13. Sample Pics, Google Business Profile: Adding Your Logo and Other Assets
14. Google Business Profile: Collecting Reviews
15. Google My Business Verification Video
16. Manage Facebook, Instagram and Messenger from Meta Business Suite
17. Instructions for Joining Instagram and Facebook
18. Instagram And Other Accounts
19. Business Preparation Quiz
20. Business Preparation Survey
21. Business Preparation 7/19 Live
22. 7/26 Live Business Preparation Part 2, Facebook and Instagram
23. Google Verification Video-March 21st, 2025
1. Your Website (Above The Fold)
2. Website Sections
3. Sample About Us Sections
4. Sample Pain/ Pleasure/ Solution Section
5. Service Menu Section
6. Guitar Setup Process
7. Consistent Fonts
8. Pics For Your Website
9. Website Favicon
10. Your Website Review
11. Add your Website to Google Search Console
1. Introduction To 5-Star Customer Service
2. What Customers Value
3. Conversational Flow Part 1
4. The Conversation Flow Part 2
5. Making A Good Impression
6. Handling Customer Complaints
7. Communication Quiz
8. Customer Service Live 5/3
9. Customer Service Live 8/2
10. Summer Session/ Customer service and websites
1. Marketing Overview Part 1
2. Marketing Overview Part 2
3. Placing Ads To Acquire Your First Customers Part 1
4. Gorilla Marketing Techniques To Acquire Customers
5. Placing Ads and Acquiring Customers Part 2 (Craigslist Hack)
6. Marketing Legs
7. Placing Facebook Ads
8. Placing Google Ads
9. Sample Ad Downloads
10. Email Newsletter
11. Advertising Quiz
12. Advertising Survey
13. Strumming Up Social Media Success: The Ultimate Guide for Guitar Repair Business Owners
14. Writing Engaging Content For Your Guitar Repair Business
15. Sample Social Media Posts
16. 30 Guitar Repair Business Social Media Posts
17. Advertising 5/10 (Google Ads-Deep Dive)
18. Marketing Live 8/9
1. Business Nuts and Bolts Live (Recorded)
2. Business Nuts & Bolts Introduction
3. Pricing / Menu of Services
4. Inventory Basics
5. Record Keeping
6. Record Keeping Spreadsheet by Ken Sirower
7. The Business Nuts & Bolts Quiz
8. Business Nuts And Bolts Survey
9. 5/17 Live Business Nuts and Bolts
10. Business Nuts and Bolts 8/16
11. Luthierie Insurance
1. Electronics Introduction
2. Electronic and Soldering Tool Recommendations With Links
3. Cleaning Electronics
4. Soldering A Ground To A Pot
5. Soldering Vintage Push Back Wire
6. Tinning The Back Of A Potentiometer
7. Practice, Practice, Practice
8. Soldering a Barrel Style Jack
9. Enlarging Potentiometer Holes with a Reamer
10. Soldering Gibson Braided Wire
11. Removing A Stubborn Endpin/ Output Jack
12. ES 335 Wiring Harness Replacement
13. Open Back ES 335 Wiring Harness
14. Replacing An Endpin / Output Jack
15. Drilling Potentiometer Holes (Hollow Body)
16. Wiring A Guitar From Scratch
17. 5/24 Electronics Live
18. 6/28 Live Soldering Split Coil Push/Pull Pots/ GMB Business Page Pic
19. 8/23 Live Electronics
1. Nut Replacement Introduction
2. Nut Replacement Tools
3. Nut Replacement Workflow
4. Popular Tusq Nut Sizes / Inventory
5. Removing An Existing Gibson Nut
6. Removing A Fender Style Nut
7. Removing a Viola Bass Nut
8. Fitting A Fender Style Nut
9. Hand Sanding A Gibson Style Nut
10. Fitting A Gibson Style Nut With An Electric Sander
11. Nut Replacement Survey
12. 5/31 Nut Replacement Live
13. Installing a Tusq Nut AND Using Nut Files
14. Fender Style Bone Nut Removal- Parts Guitar
1. Fret Dressing Introduction / Tools
2. Fret Dresing Recommended Tool Links
3. Fret Dressing Preparation, Leveling, Taping, Sharpie (Overhead)
4. Fret Crowning Side View
5. Polishing Frets / Fret Dressing
6. Point of View Fret Crowning with a 3 sided file
7. POV Fret Polishing
8. Fret Dressing Survey
9. Fret Dressing Live Part 1 ( 2/16/2022)
10. Fret Dressing Live Part 2 (2/16/2022)
11. How to diagnose and prescribe a Fret Dressing/ Then getting started
12. Fret Dressing Live 6/7
13. Fret Dressing Live Session 8/30
14. Full Fet Dressing (Start To Finish)
1. Electric Bass Introduction
2. Step 1: Bass Initial Assessment
3. Taking The Strings Off
4. Step 2: General Maintenance, Fret Polishing
5. Step 2 Cont.: Cleaning The Fretboard
6. Step 2 Cont.: Cleaning Electronics
7. Stringing The Bass
8. Step 3: Measuring Neck Relief and Stretching Strings
9. Step 3 Cont.: Adjusting the Truss Rod
10. Step 3 Cont.: Measuring and Adjusting The Action
11. Step 4: Dialing the Bass In: Final Adjustments
12. Step 4 Cont.: Intonation
1. Tuner Replacement Tools
2. Introduction To Tuner Replcements
3. Tuner Replacement, Direct Fit, Reaming With A Dremel
4. Tuner Replacement MIM Finder Neck, Using A Reamer
5. Drilling Fender Tuner Pin Holes
6. Drilling 2 Pin Fender Tuner Holes
7. Copy of Week 8, Tuner Replacement (Fender 10mm 2-Pin)
8. Copy of Feb 21, All About Tuners
1. Fret Ends Introduction
2. Fret End Filing
3. Beveling Fret Ends
4. Fret Ends Fender Bass / 2 Techniques Demonstrated
5. Fret Ends Survey
6. Fret Ends and Tuner Replacement. 6/14
1. Acoustic Setup Introduction
2. Acoustic Initial Assessment
3. Acoustic General Maintenance
4. Stretching Strings & Final Setup
5. Acoustic Guitar Truss Rod Setup
6. Sanding an Acoustic Saddle for Lower Action
7. Copy of Acoustic Setup Quiz
8. Acoustic Saddle Shims for Sale
9. Copy of Acoustic Setup Survey
10. Troubleshooting Common Acoustic Problems
11. Acoustic Setup Overhead View / Saddle Shim
12. Acoustic Setup Live 4/6/22 (Recorded from Guitar Repair Essentials)
13. Martin Acoustic Live/ Luxxtone Guitar Preview
14. Classical Guitar Setup and Re-Stringing
1. Crack Repair Tools
2. Acoustic Crack Repair/ Glueing the Top of an Acoustic
3. Crack Repair 9/20 Live Session
4. Acoustic Top Crack Repair with Magnets
1. Final Course Survey
1. Removing Frets
2. Fret Installation and End Cutting / Nipping
3. Beveling Fret Edges
4. Removing Frets from a heavily lacquered 1966 Fender Stratocaster neck
1. Floyd Rose Setup Introduction
2. Removing The Locking Nut on a Floyd Rose Guitar
3. Stringing A Floyd Rose Style Guitar
4. Setting Up the Bridge (Adjusting Spring Tension and String Tension)
5. Floyd Rose Guitar Adjusting The Truss and Bridge
6. Floyd Rose Setup from start to finish.
7. Copy of Floyd Rose Intonation
1. PRS Fret Polishing
2. PRS Fretboard Maintenance
3. PRS Stretching Strings
4. PRS Checking Neck Relief
5. PRS Adjusting The Truss Rod
1. Fitting a Tusq Nut into an SG
2. Removing a Broken Nut SG
1. Facebook Ad Test Main Text
2. Copy of 11/29 Marketing/ Facebook Ads/ Advanced Targeting
3. Copy of 007 Super Secret Testing Techniques
1. 8/4 LIve session/ Setups
2. 8/11 Live Sessions Business Preparation
3. 8/18 Customer Service Live
4. 8/25 Advertising
5. 11/1 Nuts and Bolts/ Ad Tests/ Pricing/ Record Keeping
6. 11/29 Marketing/ Facebook Ads/ Advanced Targeting
7. 12/06 Headstock Repair
8. Copy of 12/13 Live Session
1. Copy of Fret Dresing Recommended Tool Links
2. Copy of Fret Dressing Workflow
3. Copy of Fret Dressing Mastery Live Day 1
4. Copy of The Safe Setup
5. Copy of Making Sure The Guitar Neck is Straight and The Fretboard is Level
6. Copy of Sharpie and Levelling Frets with The Fret Bar
7. Copy of Analyzing The Results of the Fret Leveling/ Positives and Negatives
8. Copy of Fret Dressing Mastery Week 2
9. Copy of Fret Crowning with a 3 corner file
10. Copy of Week 3 Fret Crowning Live
11. Copy of Polishing Frets
12. Copy of Week 4 Live Session/ 9/27/ Fret Polishing
13. 7/12 Summer Semester Start/ Tools and Setups
14. 7/12 Part 2
1. Headstock Repair/ The Beginning
2. Headstock Repair / The Clamps Come Off
3. Headstock Repair / Epoxy Wood Filler
4. Headstock Repair/ Aquacoat
5. Headstock Repair Refinishing Phase/ Taping The Headstock
6. Headstock Repair Refinishing Phase/ Spraying Sanding Sealer
7. Headstock Repair Refinishing/ Spraying Color
8. 3rd Coat of Color/ Spraying in Bursts
9. Spraying a Clear Top Coat
10. Headstock Repair Final Paint Polishing and Reveal
1. Winter Session 2023/24 Week 1 Live
2. 1/03 Week 2 Business Preparation Live (Recorded)
3. Jan 10th Live Session
4. Winter Session Week 4 Jan 17th
5. Week 5 Recorded/ Amped Up Guitar Care
6. Jan 31 Live Session, Fret Dressing
7. Feb 7th, Stratocaster Wiring
8. Feb 21, All About Tuners
9. FEB 28 Tele Wiring
10. Mar 13th , Drop Fill Glue
1. Week 1 Live Session Recording
2. Spring Semester Week 2 Live Session 4/3, Business Prep
3. Spring Session Week 3 (Recorded)
4. Spring Session Week 4 Websites
5. Spring Semester lesson 5, Advertising
6. Spring Semester Fret Dressings
7. Nut Installation Live Session 7
8. May 22nd Live session acoustic setup
9. Spring Semester Week 10
10. Facebook Ad Testing: Psuedo Masterclass
11. Gluboost Fill N Finish Demo
12. Spring Session week 11- Electronics
13. Spring Semester Week 12/ Customer service
1. Week 1 Summer Live Session
2. Week 2 Summer Live Session
3. Week 3 Summer Session/ Customer service and websites
4. Week 4 Marketing
5. Week 5 Live sessions
6. Week 6 Live Sessions
7. Week 7 Nut Replacements (Filing and shaping a Bone Nut Blank)
8. Week 8, Tuner Replacement (Fender 10mm 2-Pin)
9. Week 9- Re-fretting Live Session
10. Week 10, Installing Frets, Awesome Bookkeeping Spreadsheet.
11. Week 11 -Live Session, Level Crown and Polish for new re-fret
12. Week 12 Live Session/ Record Keeping, Fret Polishing, Insurance
1. Fall Semester Live Session Sept 24th
2. Fall Semester Week 2-Business Preparation
3. Fall Live Session Week 3 (Websites)
4. 12 Ways to Get Customers
5. Fall Session Week 4 Customer Service
6. Week 5 Advertising
7. Week 6 Electronics and Soldering, Pick Your Axe and Al's Guitars Reviews
8. Week 7 Live Session, Fret Dressing
9. Week 8 Live Session
10. Week 9, Les Paul Pickup Swap
11. Week 10 Live Session/ Wiring A Telecaster
12. Week 11 Live Session- Finishing up the Partscaster
1. Week 1 Live Session, Electric Guitar Setups
2. Week 2 Live Session, Business Preparation
3. Week 3 Live Session, Customer Service
4. Week 4 Live Session, Websites
5. Week 5 Live Session, Advertising/ With Captions and a Timeline 🙆‍♂️
6. Week 6, Website Reviews and Tool Discussion for The Rest Of The Semester
7. Week 7, Fret Dressings and Website Reviews
8. Week 8, Website Reviews, Fret Dressing Part 2
9. Week 9, Website Reviews, Electronics and Pedal Building
10. Week 10, Live Session
11. Week 11 Live Session, Crack Repair
12. Week 12 Live Session, Wins and Challenges
1. 2025 Spring Live Session Week 1
2. Week 2 Live Session, Business Preparation
3. April 15th Live Session, Customer Service
4. April 22nd Live Session-Websites
5. Marketing Live Session
6. Fret Dressing Spring Live Session
7. Live Spring Session, Electronics
8. Spring Live Session Routing: Pt 1
9. Spring Live Session, Routing Part 2
10. Spring Live Session: Multimeters
11. Spring Live Session- SEO
12. Spring Live Session: Tuner Swap and Treble Bleed
13. Spring Live Session Finale', Les Paul, Les Paul, PRS
1. Guitar Body Restoration and Refinish for Nova Guitar Setups Giveaway
2. Grain Filling and Sanding
3. Spraying Vinyl Sealer
4. First Coat of Color
5. Last Coat of Color and Blushing
6. Spraying Clear Gloss and More Blushing
1. Summer Live Session 1
2. Summer Live Session 2: Customer Service
3. Summer Session Week 3: Floyd Rose Setup
4. Summer Session Week 4: Crack Repair
5. Summer Session Week 5- Fret Dressings
6. Summer Live Session 6: Electronics and soldering
7. Live Session 7: Marketing
8. Live Session 8: Ding Repair
9. Live Session 9: Electronics, Including some amplifier repair
10. Live Session 10: Flattening Paint
11. Live Session 12 Part 1
12. Live Session 12: Part 2
1. Fall Live Session 1
2. Fall Live Session 2
3. Fall Live Session 3
4. Fall Live Session 4
5. Fall Live Session 5
6. Fall Live Session 6
7. Fall Live Session 7
8. Fall Live Session 8-1
9. Fall Live Session 8-2
10. Fall Live Session 9
11. Fall Live Session 10
12. Fall Live Session 11-1
13. Fall Live Session 11-2
1. Winter Live Session Week 1
2. Winter Live Session Week 2
3. Winter Live Session Week 3
4. Winter Live Session Week 4
5. Live Refret Day 1
6. Re-fretting Day 2
7. Winter Live Session 5- Refretting
8. Winter Live Session 6: Marketing
9. Winter Live Session, Installing Frets
10. Live Session, Acoustic Setups
11. Winter Live Session, Restoration

About this course

$310.00 / year
386 lessons
177 hours of video content

Spring Live Session Recordings

24/7 Student Hangout

Spring Live Session Links

Welcome to the course

Essential Services Framework- The #1 Service Customers Want The Most

Guitar Repair Business Toolkit: Mindset

Business Preparation

Guitar Repair Website Builder

Customer Service

Advertising

The Business Nuts & Bolts

Electronics

Nut Replacements

Fret Dressings

Electric Bass Setup

Tuner Replacement

Fret Ends

Acoustic Setups

Acoustic Crack Repair

Final Course Survey

Refretting

Floyd Rose Setup

PRS SE Setup

Gibson Chapter

Fall Semester 2023 Facebook Ad Testing Results

GRBS Archives- Fall Semester Live Session Recordings

Fret Dressing Mastery 2023

Headstock Repair Start To Finish

2023/24 New Year Semester Week 1 Live Session Links

Spring Live Session Recordings

Summer Live Session Recording, week 1

Fall Semester Live Session Recordings

2025 Winter Spring Live Sessions

2025 Spring Live Session Recordings

Guitar Body Paint and Restoration Summer 2025

Summer '25 Live Session 1

Fall 2025 Live Session Recordings

Winter Live Session Week 1

About this course