Gear Vault
Guitar maintenance, tone and gear lessons
Gear Vault is a collection of guitar gear and maintenance lessons from GuitarZoom Master Instructor Steve Stine. You learn how to change strings on electric, tremolo, acoustic and classical guitars, adjust a truss rod, and install a pickup and strap locks. Other lessons cover reverb and delay, amp setup for recording and live playing, tuning choices, and demos of pedals and the Kemper Profiler. The course has 29 video lessons, over six hours in total, plus a short PDF.
What Gear Vault is about
Steve breaks every skill into simple steps you can follow. In this video, he reviews the Donner Bluetooth music pedal.
Free preview lesson: Donner Bluetooth Music Pedal Review · 5:05
Is Gear Vault right for you?
- Players who want to maintain their own guitar. Lessons cover string changes, truss rod adjustment and installing hardware.
- Tone chasers. You get lessons on reverb, delay, blues tone and solo tone.
- Pedal and amp shoppers. Demos and reviews show pedals, an amp and the Kemper Profiler in use.
- First-time acoustic buyers. One lesson covers buying your first acoustic.
Skills you'll walk away with
- Change strings on electric, tremolo, acoustic and classical guitars
- Adjust the truss rod on a guitar
- Install an electric guitar pickup and strap locks
- Use reverb and delay to shape your tone
- Set up amps for recording and live playing
- Explain the difference between down tuning and drop tuning
- Get tips on buying your first acoustic guitar
- Learn Kemper Profiler basics, like browse vs. perform and the back panel
What the course covers
The full lesson list is below.
Guitar gear, maintenance and tone lessons
String changes for electric, tremolo, acoustic and classical guitars, truss rod adjustment, pickup and strap lock installation, reverb and delay, blues and solo tone, amp setup, down vs. drop tuning, protecting your ears, and demos of Donner, Electro-Harmonix and Alpha pedals, a Hughes and Kettner amp, the Kemper Profiler and other practice and recording tools.
Learn at your own pace
Clear video lessons
Every move is shown up close. Pause, rewind and repeat each lesson as often as you need.
Practice materials
Includes 5-page PDF. Use them to practice what you learn in each lesson.
Yours for life
Pay once and come back any time, on your computer, tablet or phone. No subscription.
Steve Stine
Steve has taught guitar for more than 30 years and has helped millions of players in over 100 countries. He has a Music Education degree from Minnesota State University Moorhead and taught guitar at North Dakota State University. He's known for breaking hard things into simple steps you can follow. Read Steve's full story
What students say about Steve's teaching
Excellent · 4.8 out of 5 on TrustpilotRead our reviews"It's clear, precise and I can follow along really well."
Jim C.United States
"This is top class. Thank you very much. This is really good, gold standard."
Brian H.United Kingdom
"I really like Steve's systematic approach to practicing."
Kevin M.United States
"The lessons are easy to learn. You'll progress quite well. Do it."
David P.United States
"You're gonna be surprised. You're gonna learn a lot very quickly."
Timothy C.Canada
"I think the really positive thing about GuitarZoom is the structure of the lessons."
David C.United States
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Where to go after Gear Vault
Home Recording Made Easy
Set up Studio One and your audio interface, record your first song, and use guitar VSTs and online mastering.
Acoustic Guitar
Learn acoustic guitar step by step: open chords, strumming, barre chords, flatpicking and fingerpicking, with real song examples.
Guitar Solos
A step-by-step soloing course: lead techniques, phrasing, pentatonic scales, chord chasing, arpeggios and blues soloing.
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