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Guitarpix ,
    You're right on with both those tips . Funny how when you've been doing this stuff for so many years and someone asks how to do it , you don't even think of all the little tricks we use .......

Oldnewbie ,
   When I mentioned used guitars , I certainly was'nt recommending E-bay . An expert can be taken for a ride there . Most larger music stores have nearly as many used as new and if you don't trust them to sell you a good used instrument , I would'nt trust them to sell you a good new one .
   Anyway , enjoy the search ,
sometimes the hunt is half the fun........Good luck.......

Oldnewbie ,
   Your local music store should have a tool like the thing on the winder but better quality and properly designed to do the job of pulling .
   Back on topic though , I take my off then linseed oil the fingerboard then restring.
And yes , as has been mentioned , your guitar reaching equilibrium again is directly commensurate to how long it has been unstrung . For some reason that seems to be worse on violins . I've been known to cringe when I have someone bring me a fiddle that's been in their attic for years , and they want strings put on it so someone can play it ......tommorow.............

Boxer ,
    Sounds great , and don't worry about the other one , just let it pout for a couple days . It'l come around and they'll be the best of friends.......

Hey Badeye ,
   I want to join your band , sounds like a blast . Any jam where you're emptying beer out of the guitars & fiddles in the morning is for me !!!???
   Your story reminds me of the most traumatic experience of my life and the shrinks say it's best to talk about these things .......at one of our big jams , one of my nieces got up to do a song and grabbed one of her dad's guitars ( very nice J B Player accoustic electric ). On her way up to stage area she had to walk behind the food table , I think she tripped on a cord and fell with that guitar in her hand . She was fine but when she stood up , still holding the guitar I was horrified to see that the headstock had broken clean off and was hanging by the strings .........................
I knew I would never be the same............

Get your butt up there and play ......you're only going to have regretts if you don't .
   Years ago I was asked to play in a band or two and I said no . And now when we have our big jam parties (sometimes thirty five people
just watching and listening )
there's nothing like the rush .
   So even though I've never played prof. now I want to be heard any chance I get ....

Hi dguyton ,
   I owned a small music store
and I can tell you from experience that setting up and repairing solid body electrics will be a small part of your business volume . As far as the repair part goes , untill you can make a name for yourself setting up electrics , the bulk of your repair business will be accoustic instruments , ie. guitars , violins and such. Neck resets on guitars , repairing sound board cracks,
parting a violin to repair cracks and or rebuilding a crashed violin . I've done my share of resets and violin rebuilds successfully , but I
was always nervous when these instruments were valuable . If you get to that
point be sure you do not take on any repair job that you're not sure you can do well . It's better to send the job elsewhere than to mess it up .
   A music store or shop also means setting up dealerships with suppliers and when it comes to musical instruments
there aint no such a thing as floor planning , everything is paid for when you get it or within thirty days . That's where the problem comes in for guitar dealers if you're small , even the distributors who handle the cheap stuff expect you to buy a certain volume per year , and the big name stuff will want you to buy twenty to thirty instr.
per year , whether you can sell them or not . I don't want to discourage but do all your research and know what your getting into . I still do instrument repair along with other things and I love it  . And I don't have to deal with all the other crap .......

Hi Oldnewbie ,
     So , how do you pronounce that one ?????
     I only have one guitar with a name . Black ES-330 copy that everyone at jams has always called
" Blackie "and I guess the name stuck ....go figure....

Hi guys ,
   Over the years I've had one or two guitars with Bigsbys on them and I've come to the conclusion that there's nothing like a Gibson style stop tailpiece for stayintuneitiveness ( isn't that a word ? ) Anyway my little bro had a fender strat a few years ago that had the F.R. trem factory installed on it and I don't remember a jam where he was'nt cussing that thing . He got rid of it before resorting to the stop block that you can buy for them . But then , what's the point ???

Pardon me , but , who is Slash and do I need to know who he is ? I'll ask my little brother lead player , he'll know......
Really though , all B.S. aside
it amazes me how many people are convinced that the
axe they're using makes their sound . Once talked to a right handed guy who figured if he took a left handed strat and restrung it to play right handed , he would have that " Hendrix "
sound ???
One time my little bro was playing my black ES-330 copy
and I told him it gave him that B.B. King look......, didn't
really sound like him though......