Fret Basics covers fret dressing and refretting with basic tools. Dan describes it this way: "With basic tools and simple skills, you can do excellent fretwork. This DVD shows you how."

The definitive guide for finishing guitars and fretted instruments. Learn from the pros: materials, equipment and techniques, plus three dozen recipes for famous finishes. This DVD helps give you the confidence to finish new instruments, refinish old ones, and perform flawless touch-ups.

How to Wire a Gibson® Guitar demonstrates the basics of wiring two humbucking pickups, two volume and two tone control pots, a 3-way switch and an output jack. Dan rewires a Les Paul® style guitar and refurbishes a semi-hollowbody Gibson, using a simple wiring jig you can easily make in your shop. Proper grounding and shielding procedures are shown, to help you eliminate unwanted noise and get the best sound possible.

Demonstrates how to do simple small shop spray painting set-ups beginning with wood preparation and spraying clear finishes. Concludes with sanding and rubbing out the finish on guitars.

Advanced Fretting will teach you how to do professional-level work on tricky fret jobs. This is practical training for everyone involved in guitar repair. Advanced tools are demonstrated in use on real jobs, so you can decide what you really need for the work you do. Vol 1: Complete acoustic and electric refretting.

Advanced Fretting will teach you how to do professional-level work on tricky fret jobs. This is practical training for everyone involved in guitar repair. Advanced tools are demonstrated in use on real jobs, so you can decide what you really need for the work you do. Vol 2: Additional advanced techniques for the professional.

This video lesson covers all of the information you'd get if you could train personally with Dan Erlewine in his repair shop. Nut making is bread-and-butter work for the professional shop, and getting it right makes your customers happy. Every bit as important as neck adjustments and fret work, it's a key part of every guitar setup. The whole process is presented: removing the old nut, making a top-quality replacement nut, and final shaping, polishing and installation.

See how we reclaimed a 1973 Gibson Les Paul® "fretless wonder" that came into the shop playing badly.