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Old 10-14-2009, 09:40 AM
Steve Christens Steve Christens is offline
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Not sure if you can find it on YouTube, but Dan Erlewine has a nice video on one of his DVDs where he walks you through the evaluation of a used acoustic, and shows the tools he always brings with him to a guitar store.

For example, he brings a mirror to check inside for damage to the bridge plate, and for lose braces. He brings a fret rocker (three sided ruler) to look for high frets. A ruler to check action height, and a longer one to check for neck alignment. He said he also brings tools to check the truss rod, and to be sure that it even can be adjusted. I think he may have brought an electronic tuner to check intonation - and probably several other things I am forgetting.
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