A good guitar player knows that maintaining your guitar simply means you making sure that it keeps on sounding and playing the way you want it to. Maintenance could be anything from wiping down your strings before you store it, to a complete rebuilding of the piece. Basic maintenance means what is possible for you to do at home, safely on your kitchen table or in the basement and without specialist tools or equipment.That said, I do think that at home, on the road, in the studio or wherever you may be, if you are going to be performing than it’s my advice to have the following toolkit with you at all times. at the conclusion of the list I have added a few different items which I also have with me for any guitar work that I will be doing, these items are not essential but sure help when you need them to.

You may have a different idea as to what a toolkit should be and that’s to be expected as each of us have different guitars and rigs. This is meant only as a basic guideline to being prepared for whatever repair and maintenance you may have to do.I should also point out that no one should ever attempt doing any sort of repair without a good understanding of the work entailed. If you do not know how to do a repair then take it to a technician and save yourself the headache.

- Contact Cleaner
- Fast Fret
- Tape -Masking, Duct& Electrical
- Cable Ties
- Screws – Wide assortment of size
- Batteries – Whatever you have with batteries powering it try and make sure that you have the same replacement
- Files & Rasps
- 25 watt soldering Iron (Not Soldering Gun)
- Resin Core Solder
- Small Phillips head screwdriver
- Small Flat head Screwdriver
- Small Needle Nose Pliers
- Standard Size Pliers
- Wire Cutters
- Sharp Bladed Knife -Olfa or Xacto & replacement blades
- Jewellers screwdriver set
- Allen Keys
- Multimeter
- Strings & Stringwinder
- Guitar Tuner – Even when you are at home it is still good to have one close at hand.

Ok, that is a basic tool kit for a guitar players duffel bag. Below are some other items which also deserve a thought.

- Multi outlet powerbar – Preferably one with surge protection
- Small flashlight – Mag, Dover,or other
- Various Fuses
- Book of Matches, Bic lighter – Hey, you never know.

There you have it. The basic as basic can be Guitar Players Toolkit.