So I bought a guitar

[Jackalope]

Nice axe. American standard? Or is it one of the Mexican or Japanese models?

I've got pretty much the same thing (American standard) in cherry red.

Thanks and yea it's the American Standard.

Heh. If you're gonna learn to play guitar, at least you're doing it right.

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My friend suggested that the first thing I needed to do was take the guitar to a pro and get it setup properly. Well fuck that. I enjoy piddling with stuff too much for that and plan to learn how to set up my own guitar. Which brings me to this post. Anybody have any recommendations on resources for setting up and tuning a guitar?

Oh, I wanted to comment on this but never got around to it.

This is something you may find handy - http://www.fender.com/support/articles/s...tup-guide/

There's "setting up", and then there's "setting up". There are some things that certainly a beginner should do, and really MUST do, like learning how to tune properly. There's other things (like adjusting the neck truss rod) that have the potential to lead to ruinous mistakes that they are best left to experts.

Let me give you a little piece of advice - find strings you like (brand and gauge) and stick with them. The intonation, action, tremolo, etc are all dependent on the particular strings you are using. Set your axe up perfectly with factory strings, change strings, and you'll have to do it all over again if you want it to be right. This is particularly true with a floating bridge.

Sometimes two types of strings are close enough that you get lucky, but I find it's just easier to stick with one SKU.

By the way, guitars are known to reproduce in captivity. One turns into two, which eventually turns into ten. How they accomplish reproduction is unknown, but it has something to do with flattening your wallet.

Amps do the same thing.