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Like everything made under the sun, your guitar is subject to wear and tear. There are many things that you need to take into consideration along with your guitar practice and one of such is your guitar maintenance.

There are special parts in the guitar and they all require special maintenance or else, you'll not get the most from your guitar. I will examine a few things along the lines of guitar maintenance.

As part of a good maintenance, you must store your guitar well. A lot of young guitarists seem to take this very lightly. For example, they keep their guitars in such places where they are very likely to slide off on fall.

If your guitar has fallen once, unless it is in a flight case, it is not the same guitar you bought again. I know this may seem like laying it on too thick. But believe me, this is so because anything that cause the neck of your guitar to take such impacts compromises its performance.

For no reason should you keep you guitar anywhere that it's slightly likely to fall. If you don't have very good stands, wear it with your strap or put it back in the flight case. I know you may argue that those rock stars don't do all that with their guitars. And my response is "Those stars only need to ask and several top guitar makers will make them a few guitars to their minutest specifications."

Apart from storing your guitar well, it is a good practice to always clean your guitar after every use. Pay very close attention to the fret board and the strings. You know that sweat from your hands can easily corrode most strings.

Take time to oil your guitar's tuning machine. This is especially true if your guitar uses the open tuning machine. Anything made of metal that has moving parts does better with oiling. Just make sure you drop only a little once in a while. This is not one of those tasks you should undertake on a daily basis.

These are just a few guitar maintenance tips. However, if you use them judiciously, your guitar will serve you for years and years on end.

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