Where do I Start?How do I remove the Map?
When the time comes that you decide you want to take a break for a week or two from your guitar scale practising, or you want to change strings or just give a little maintenance and cleaning to your guitar, its time to remove the map and store it away until you get the urge to use it again.
The first step is to access the back of the neck of your guitar and using a finger nail slip it under one of the corners of the flanges of the map. Begin to slowly pull away one corner of the map and then using your other free hand try pulling a little further down the map.
Just lightly pull it away in as even a motion as you can. It doesn't take much effort as the tack is the same as post it note. Do the same thing to the opposite flange of the map and then flip your guitar over...
Now pull both sides of the map upwards slowly and gently so that the map actually pulls away a little bit from the edges of the neck of the guitar. You should find that you can actually pull away the map from almost all but the center inch to half inch of the fretboard.
Be gentle especially if this is the first time the map has been removed. But a good guide is to pull up on the edges to the point that the outer strings are actually being lifted a little bit as this picture depicts.
Now try this technique. Using your pointer fingers and your thumbs, gently pull the map tight horizontally which in itself will pull the map away from the last little point of contact. But in addition, use your pointer fingers to lift upwards at the same time. This will break the contact. You can also just wiggle it ever so lightly.
Now move down to the second fret. Do the same thing. Then move to the third fret. Do the same thing. And it gets really easy as you get to the sixth fret and beyond because you will notice that the width of the contact points get progressively smaller so that by the time you get to the eleventh fret its only about 1/4" wide. But that also means you should not be over agressive.
Now that the map is free from the guitar pull the map out from under the strings starting at the narrow end of the map or near the first fret and orient it on and angle as in the picture. This way you won't catch any of the fret openings against the strings as you pull it away.
The first step is to access the back of the neck of your guitar and using a finger nail slip it under one of the corners of the flanges of the map. Begin to slowly pull away one corner of the map and then using your other free hand try pulling a little further down the map.
Just lightly pull it away in as even a motion as you can. It doesn't take much effort as the tack is the same as post it note. Do the same thing to the opposite flange of the map and then flip your guitar over...
Now pull both sides of the map upwards slowly and gently so that the map actually pulls away a little bit from the edges of the neck of the guitar. You should find that you can actually pull away the map from almost all but the center inch to half inch of the fretboard.
Be gentle especially if this is the first time the map has been removed. But a good guide is to pull up on the edges to the point that the outer strings are actually being lifted a little bit as this picture depicts.
Now try this technique. Using your pointer fingers and your thumbs, gently pull the map tight horizontally which in itself will pull the map away from the last little point of contact. But in addition, use your pointer fingers to lift upwards at the same time. This will break the contact. You can also just wiggle it ever so lightly.
Now move down to the second fret. Do the same thing. Then move to the third fret. Do the same thing. And it gets really easy as you get to the sixth fret and beyond because you will notice that the width of the contact points get progressively smaller so that by the time you get to the eleventh fret its only about 1/4" wide. But that also means you should not be over agressive. 
Now that the map is free from the guitar pull the map out from under the strings starting at the narrow end of the map or near the first fret and orient it on and angle as in the picture. This way you won't catch any of the fret openings against the strings as you pull it away.And voila! You are ready to store your map away for another day. Be sure to read the article on storage...
