Ratings and reviews

This works very well. Especially helpfull if you have stacked humbuckers in single coil sized holes. Springs are not always long enough for these taller pickups, but this can be cut to whatever length needed.

With 8 guitars in my house setups cost money since buying this kit and the refretting kit I have saved £800. If you are thinking of buying, just buy. You cant do the job without them. Well done stewmac

I've used the 300 grit for years. It's way smoother than a traditional crowning file making further polishing steps go that much quicker. The only option I would wish for would be different widths, it can be a little squarish on the tops of smaller frets. Otherwise a pleasure to use.

This is a really handy product. When I'm building a bass and apply this to the fretboard, it acts almost like Teflon. Not much will stick to it.
It also gives the fretboard a nice matte finish.
I'll be using this on all my future builds.

This switch is GREAT! It should be standard equipment on ALL 3 pickup Gibsons. I put it in my Gibson Firebird VII. My buddy has the Jimmy Page Les Paul Custom that has this switch in it. I was hoping someday I'd be able to get one, and now I (you) can! Practically every combination available. It needed just a little routing under the pickguard to fit.

The machining is Awful. The workmanship on this caul would have been given a D- in high school shop. The pads are glued on crooked. Haven't had occasion to use it yet but the quality does NOT justify the price. This was quickly thrown together and not inspected before being sent out. I will take off the pads and reglue them. This is the first time I have gotten junk from StewMac and have been very pleased with my previous purchases.

When it comes to electric guitars, Dan Erlewine has seen it all, and generously shares his knowledge, experience, and innovative solutions in this great book. If you want to buy, setup, repair, or build an electric guitar, buy this book and save yourself the learning curve.

An essential tool for a perfect setup.

Instead of laboriously calculating the correct string spacing, and then very carefully etching the nut before cutting the slots, this rule does all that and remembers it for the next time. A simple colored dot with a Magic Marker saves the specific setting for the next time. Produces a perfect string spacing.

The guitar that we built at Kent Everett's "The Art Of Guitar" construction class, in October of this year, was actually strung up using the Acoustic Bridge Bolts before the finish was applied. They secured the bridge to the top with ease and we were able to bring the guitar to pitch and play it! This is truly a great invention. They can also be used to secure the bridge in place during glue-up.

After just completing Kent Everett's "The Fine Art of Guitar" construction class, in October of this year, I realized how important it was to have the 50 grit sanding discs attached to my radius dishes. The time in radiusing the kerfing/sides, braces, bridge plate, bridge, etc. has been cut tremendously and the accuracy of the required area of the radius has been greatly improved.

I needed to replace the sliding 3way switch on one of my guitars (I dislike them immensely) and this switch from StewMac is much more substantial in terms of weight and construction, and far better looking than any of the others I found. There was also the added benefit of the cream knob which was supplied, which matched the color of my guitar's pickup bobbins nicely. A gorgeous and valuable product!

Best of the best i ever had

Bob

I have both sized syringes and used them almost every day at my shop.

I have the 10 Thin and works great for me.

Bob

I took my jigsaw to the bottom arm of a large clamp. I shaped it like their mini cam clamp with a deep contour on top, 1/4" off the bottom side and rounded front end so it would fit inside smaller parlor guitars I repair.

Finally, a way to achieve a perfect match at the bridge to the curve of the neck. Easy and accurate! What a time saver!

I purchased one of your Rosewood fretboard strat necks because the neck on my strat was one of those crapy Fender Bi-flex necks that Fender used. After about 10 years of using the strat the neck (because of the crappy Bi-flex neck) was in bad shape and could not be re-fretted or fixed. So I bought your neck (which is really a mighty mite neck). The lady that took my order was great the neck was unbelievable and I will be buying another neck for my other strat which has the crappy Fender bi-flex neck.

The neck has made my strat play so much better and even sound so much better....thank you again

More precise, accurate and faster results on nut and saddle work.

The 300 grit file arrived within days from StewMac. USA to Auckland, New Zealand in blistering time! I have recrowned 2 fret boards now and I'm very pleased with the result. This file is a serious item for the tool box. I got the fretwork book too. It has lots of handy hints and secrets. Great for a beginner like me. Thanks StewMac!

Very accurate...draw your fret without any guesswork!!

Not a good tool, not stable without bearing . I prefer Binding Router Bit and Bearings

Finally! I have my own set of nut files for my basses. It's a small investment that pays a huge dividend, in terms of being able to do my own set up on my basses without needing to take them to a tech, or borrow some files. I was concerned that the string gauges weren't a perfect match, but they were close enough, and worked fine. I am very pleased with them. Stewmac was prompt in sending them to me. Happy!

Just an excellent idea and execution. Simple to use and makes me faster and more accurate, everything a tool ought to be! Thanks guys.

These are NOT 3/8" bushings. And how are you inserting a 3/8" bushing in a 5/16 hole?????