6 Best Guitar Setup Tool Kits for Maintenance and Repairs

The GrooveTech Guitar Player Kit is a basic kit that even a novice will find easy to use. This pack comes with an Easy Setup Guide, unlike some of the other kits listed here. If you know your instrument needs a fix but are terrified of breaking your guitar, this guide will make sure you don’t make a mistake.

It comes with eleven color-coded hex wrenches so you can adjust the truss rod on any kind of guitar.

The carry pouch has a clear window to see all the tools included with your kit. These tools include a string cutter, string winder, a screwdriver, a ruler, and a thickness gauge. It even includes a capo.

This guitar tool kit is a little more expensive than others, but for all the tools and add-ons you get, it may well be worth it. The MusicNomad Ultimate guitar kit comes with Guitar Polish, One oil, and F-One oil, so you can repair your guitar and clean it off and condition fraying wood.

It also comes with a 36-inch by 17-inch work mat and a gel neck cradle, so you won’t have to worry about scuffing up the back of your instrument as you work. A string cutter, string winder, and a bridge pin puller are included in the package, too.

The pack features a 26-piece tool set to complete adjustments to the action and setup of your guitar. The only thing you don’t get are hex keys to adjust your truss rod. But if you prefer to get a professional luthier to work on your truss rod, this may not be a dealbreaker.

If you love Ernie Ball’s guitar strings, you’ll also love the Ernie Ball guitar repair kit. This kit comes with a microfiber cloth and Wonder Wipes, so you can polish up your guitars without using tons of conditioning oil.

This string cutter is extremely heavy-duty, so you can easily cut through even your thickest bass strings. You also get a peg winder so you can make quick string changes.

The zippered carrying pouch also contains a six-in-one screwdriver, a ruler, and a hex key set, so you can make adjustments to the truss rod.

This kit is a great compromise between price and quality. If you want a guitar conditioner included in your kit, this guitar set up kit comes with Dunlop’s Formula 65 solution and a microfiber cloth. It’s perfect for cleaning up your fretboard and body, and it’s safe to use on your beloved guitar every day.

The Dunlop System 65 kit itself has a semi-rigid shell that’s much more durable than some other kits here, so you don’t have to worry about accidentally breaking a tool or having one poke through.

In addition to all the standard guitar tools that come with this kit, you also get a powered flashlight, so you can make adjustments even during a gig in a dark room.

This is the preferred guitar kit of Nita Strauss, the current touring guitarist for legendary rocker Alice Cooper. If you want a guitar maintenance kit that’s tried and true by professional guitarists, this is the pack for you.

The D’Addario Nita Strauss Hurricane Kit comes with a 9V battery and a headstock tuner, so not only can you make repairs to your instrument, you can make sure that you’re always in tune. The string height gauge, winder, and multi-tool will enable you to fix your setup exactly how you want it.

Not only that, it comes with D’Addario’s patented Hydrate Fingerboard Conditioner and XLR8 String Cleaner, so you can keep your strings in great shape.

Unlike the GrooveTech Player Kit, this Compact tech kit is designed to be carried onstage. You might have a little bit less functionality than a full kit, but it comes with all the guitar tools necessary to stop a broken string from being a disaster.

This kit comes with a screwdriver and a 19-piece magnetic bit set to go along with it. It also has both inch and metric hex keys, thickness gauges, and a string cutter. You also get a string-winder. And like the other GrooveTech kit listed here, you get a capo packed in.

If you’ve ever fumbled with all the tools in a full-sized maintenance kit during a gig, the GrooveTech Stagehand Compact kit might be perfect for you.