Guitar Repair Workspace

In this post, we'll look at a quick way to get a useful guitar workspace set up. Most professional luthiers or service centers will have a bench set up, where they are able to have a dedicated work area for the instruments being repaired. Most of these will consist of some sort of mat with a neck rest at the end, so the guitar can be cradled, and be somewhat secure when performing repairs. If you have looked into any of these for your home, you know they can get quite expensive, but I'm here to show you a quick way to get a workspace set up, using items you already have at home. It isn't intended to be a permanent solution, but it will certainly do the job, and only takes a matter of minutes to get set up. Here's what you'll need:

• A large, clean, dry towel
• A small, clean, dry towel
• A bag of rice or dried beans (I prefer rice, but beans will work if you don't have any bags of rice in the kitchen)
• A book- any regular paperback should work- about 2" when it is laid face down.
• A cold beer- why not?

Now, let's set up the workspace:

1. Clear off your kitchen table, or any other surface that is big enough for you to lay your guitar on.


2. Lay out the large towel on the table, so we don't scratch, ding, or nick the guitar or the table.


3. Place the book near the end of the towel.


4. Put the bag of rice/beans on the book.


5. Now cover the bag with the small towel.


6. Now, straighten out your hand like you are about to karate chop the middle of the pile of book, beans, and towel you just made, and nudge an indention in the bag.

Your finished workspace should look like this:

Folks, you have just made a perfectly acceptable and useful guitar bench w/ neck rest, and I would put it up against any pro space out there to do most of the jobs you'll need to do. And you did it with items that you already had in your home. Who loves ya?

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