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Once again, it's time for the FNGT!

If you don't know how this works, click this link (fngt.gq). That link will take you to another site to give you some additional information and tell you about some of our off-site features. That's also the site where we will host the weekly guitar threads, should Poal go down.

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**Once again, it's time for the FNGT!** If you don't know how this works, [click this link](https://fngt.gq/index.php?page=intro). That link will take you to another site to give you some additional information and tell you about some of our off-site features. That's also the site where we will host the weekly guitar threads, should Poal go down. **NOTE:** That site is by invitation only. If you want an invite, and you're a regular participant, then just ask Crazy, or myself. If you do know what's going on, you probably don't need to click that link - but you may want to, to make sure you know of the other features, such as the archive or a separate forum that's invite only. Remember, we are guests here on Poal. Let's act like it. If you're interested in supporting Poal, then [you can donate](https://poal.co/donate).

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I dont know, I've never bought anything like that I just use the tools I already have I have allen wrenches and files and things like that that I get bye without having to buy dedicated guitar tools

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Yeah, but I want the guitars to have perfect action, perfect frets, a perfect nut that doesn't bind, etc...

Plus I'm starting with guitars that may need some set up.

Personally, I'd advise a new guitar player to not just buy such a kit, I'd teach them how to use it. Along with understanding your guitar, you should know how to maintain it so that it plays just as good twenty years later.

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beginners do not know what perfect set up is. As long as they can play it reasonably and it will stay in tune then it will get used. I think a beginner would make the assumption that to get a guitar that plays easier or better is only a matter of laying more for it and the cheap ones are what they are

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beginners do not know what perfect set up is.

That's pretty much my point. It'd be my job to teach them - and to do so early on. Playing on a guitar that's poorly set up sucks and makes it a shitty experience for a new player.

My last student, Biff, I had setting up her first guitar and restringing and maintaining all the guitars she touched (plus mine) after just a few weeks. You can make a cheap guitar play better - even well - with some setup work. There are people who specialize in buying cheap guitars, throwing a setup on them, and selling them at a profit. That's literally all they do - is resell cheap instruments that they've made playable. (Not just guitars, normally. They'll do ukes, banjos, bass guitar, and the likes.)