How to set up an electric guitar – Telecaster STRING ACTION Adjustment Admin, April 5, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xeOa66XQGU&showinfo=0&rel=0This video is for everyone who wants to set up the string action of their Fender-style electric guitar. All the steps are beginner friendly and easy to follow and even you don’t have more tools than just the allen key that came with your guitar, there’s all information you need. More setup tutorials about the intonation and the pickup height adjustment are coming up, so please make sure to subscribe! You can find a String Action Adjustment Cheat Sheet and the the poor man/woman’s version of a string action gauge for FREE here: https://bandforge.net/downloads Here’s a pretty awesome kit with all the tools and gauges anyone could ever need: https://thmn.to/thoprod/542686?partner_id=38769 A low budget string action gauge option is this: https://thmn.to/thoprod/491199?partner_id=38769 🎸 Squier by Fender Affinity Telecaster 2021 (the 2020 version is discontinued): https://thmn.to/thoprod/516659?partner_id=38769 🎥 Biweekly Livestream on Sundays: https://www.twitch.tv/bandforgetv 📫 Get in touch: http://www.bandforge.net 🎤 Audio recording gear: https://bit.ly/RecGear ☕ My Thomann partner link: https://www.thomann.de/intl/index.html?partner_id=38769 The Thomann links are part of the link partner affiliate program. If you make a purchase after following one of these links, I will receive a small commission without any additional charge to you. This helps me to advance the projects for the channel and purchase gear for modding and reviews. Thank you very much for your support! *Attributions* Stock music by KennethWongMusic / MotionElements.com Magic wand sound by Mike Koenig from Sound Bible http://bit.ly/374iZCQ *Other audio gear used in this video:* Focusrite Scarlett 8i6 Gen3 https://bit.ly/3qIvu12 *Video production gear:* Camera: Panasonic GH5 with Leica 12-60 mm https://amzn.to/2LEwe5I Keylight / Fill: 2x Colorspike LED Lights https://colorspike.com/ Ambient lights: 2x Stairville PAR 56 Short Black https://bit.ly/3tMCQjK Microphone (talk): Sennheiser AVX MKE-2 https://bit.ly/3nAtcPB Microphone (guitar): Behringer C-2 https://bit.ly/3cZ7NLH No strings were harmed for making this video! Timecodes 0:00 – Intro 0:42 – What is a good string action? 1:05 – Tool requirements 1:23 – String and radius gauge DIY 2:18 – String action adjustment walkthrough 5:05 – Lower and higher settings 5:30 – Fretwork issues 6:06 – Conclusion 6:32 – Outro Information provided by Amber Wong 2110. *-B-* Telecaster Guitars electric guitarelectric guitar beginnerelectric guitar cheapelectric guitar for beginnershow to adjust electric guitar actionhow to adjust guitar actionhow to guitar intonationhow to make your electric guitar play greathow to make your electric guitar sound betterhow to set up an electric guitarhow to setup a electric guitarhow to setup an electric guitartelecaster intonationtelecaster setuptelecaster truss rodtelecaster truss rod adjustment