Ratings and reviews

This was my first nut job, these tools made it flawless & easy.

I had to replace a broken bridge on a cheap archtop. This bridge solved the problem and vastly improved the tone, for a low price. It needed to be sanded down about 1 mm, but it worked fine. Thanks, StewMac! Mike Hart

Like these tuning knobs a lot! Got a DIY guitar kit a few months ago. The tuning machine that came with the kit does not keep in tune. So bought these and tried it on. Very solid and keep the instrument in tune very well. Highly recommended for those who is looking for a hardware upgrade.

Despite fear & trepidation, I embarked on the mission of a partial refret job. I did my homework & read Don's revised fretwork manual.
It went very well, and I am pleased with the results. Not sure if I'm ready to do it for anybody else yet, but I now know it's do-able!

I found the same product in an electronic store, and the geek told me it was the best on the market. I used it and I agree. Great stuff.

The neck relief gauge I found to be a little tricky. It's rather subjective as to weather you have it straight over the fret when measuring maybe a wider base would be better. Both of them I felt the gauge should go the other direction in reference to zero.the manual should include recommended settings for different instruments. I like having a number reference that I can compare. All in All these are nice tools to have, and I found them to be very helpful...

A truly great invention for the acoustic guitar. It gives the guitar added strength where they need it most and enhances the sound. A great bargain. I believe Breedlove guitars uses these on their guitars. A winner!

This is a good cheap fix for the wonky wrap-around tailpiece on my 2001 Melody Maker. It's a straight drop-in, and corrects most of the intonation issues. It doesn't fix everything though. The right strings seem to be essential - for instance, a wound G string appears to be a must. I'll also end up replacing the nut.
My only complaint about this bridge is that the material is fairly soft. It's very easy to mar it while setting the intonation. Still, I consider this to be money well spent. And it looks pretty good too.

The Parsons Street P-90 is a great pickup, so much so, that now I'll have to change the other pickup in my guitar just to make justice for the P-90. Awesome product!!!

I have used other wraparound bridges and have always had the same problem stringing the guitar up. The string hole is in two parts, the tone pros is a very good bridge but suffers from this problem. The Pigtail has a continuous hole from one side to the other and is very easy to string up.
Tonewise it is superior to any other wraparound bridge I have used.

I like it, it's not that easy to set and can come loose but better than anything else I have seen. Proper engineering job.

It's a nicely made thing, not easy to set but good to use. I see the issue about flat things being ok and curves not, but it does what it looks like it does.

Here i can find all that i need and from France,the shipping is fast and excellent,thanks St.Mc Do.!

I've seen three (and used two)12 fret necks from Stewmac. The first ( received three years ago) I sent back because of the way the diamond seemed off center. (In reality I probably could have adjusted my carving to accommodate that.) The replacement was fine and worked well.
I ordered and received the third neck about three weeks ago and I felt it was a lot slimmer that either of the other two. I like to leave a little extra wood in these necks but will not be able to leave as much in this neck because it is already so slim. I'm sure it will be ok but I'd rather remove any extra wood myself.

I used the Polishing Papers to polish a bone nut. I cut off a little 2" x 3" piece (1" x 3" would work too) of each grit paper, worked progressively through them all. Not even halfway through, the nut really started to shine. I was in awe by the time I finished. These will last a long time, they're inexpensive, and definitely worth buying. Quality product!

Well there's no guess work here, You just select the Block for the radius you wish to have on the fretboard put on a piece of sand paper, sand the board and it comes out radiused. What more could you want. Great product at a good price. Excellent!!!!!

Although the grain is a little wider than the most desirable Curly Maple, the sets I received are very attractive and will be used for high line instruments

Nice hammer. I tried it out on a banjo fret job and it works great! I would recommend this to anyone

I bought this bit to cut new channels, or clean old channels, on gibson style guitars. It works perfectly on fingerboards or bodies for that purpose. The tiny mark left by the pilot tip comes out in finish sanding. Cutting binding channels is a job for a Dremmel sized tool, not an industrial router, so I'd like to see more of these type bits. I'd especially like to see a piloted bit for the "stepped" laminated bindings seen on customs. Especially if one is building or restoring one of those bound headstocks.

I'd like to thank you for my last order which included an es-175 trapeze a parson st alnico 2 neck pickup and a micro bead pad selection.
> I own an es-175 copy that had been made by the takamine factory as a prototype that never went into production. I was never happy with the feel or sound of the guitar but I knew it had been very well built. I used the micro bead pads to take the over polished lacquer down and to polish out the rough edges on the neck and fretboard. I change the pickup and .......WOW!!!!!! not only has the trapeze given it a better acoustic quality and more sustain the micro bead pad polishing has given it a look that resembles 50 years of polishing and the neck feels amazing. Here's the best bit, the pickup is truly stunning. I've often heard people describe tone as sweet, this pickup for me is not only sweet it's much much more. The high tones are so smooth until you dig in and then it has this cutting vintage blues tone, layoff and you get the sweetest of jazz tones. I can hear the plectrum momentarily scrape across the flat wounds on the lower strings to produce this almost breath like quality just before the sound opens out. A truly beautiful and inspiring tone, that I would be happy to put on any guitar and I've owned some amazing guitars in my 30 years of playing which have included some of the best hand wound pickups in the world.
Archtops that have been made by the likes of Dick knight, the luthier to Pete Townsend , George Harrison and Paul McCartney.... This humble guitar has now become my pride and joy and has inspired me to reach for greater things.
It's also worth mentioning that the previous owner had put one of your ebony bridges on it as well, fantastic, I think I speak for most when I say thank you so much for providing such incredible quality at an attainable price for the not so rich.
Yours
Lance Thomas

I made a rosewood Martin guitar kit 12 years ago and finished it with Clear Gloss spray Lacquer. I was very pleased with the results. This time, I figured I'd put the Clear Satin spray Lacquer on my second homemade guitar, made out of some beautiful rosewood I bought in Nepal.

I sprayed on two cans of base coat and four cans of satin finish, about 15 coats in all. I did all the spraying in my garage in the evenings, temperatures in the 70's to 80's and dry conditions. I sanded between every third coat, and before the final coat as per instructions. It seemed like I was breaking through during sanding even after multiple coats, but I blamed this on my ham-fisted sanding technique.

In the end, it came out great, at first. I only waited 3 days before putting on the tuning machines, and it the finish cracked underneath as I tightened the machines. I blamed that on my impatience. The rest of the guitar looked awesome, like a pro finish. I set it up and played it, delighted.

Now, 8 weeks later, the guitar looks like it's been treated badly for a decade. I've kept it in a humidified case and taken it out only to play, sitting around on a couch (no live gigs or abuse.) The slightest trauma leaves a ding, including dropping a credit card sideways from a height of 1 inch. Cracks have started to form in the finish the way they do on "vintage" instruments. The finish looks just like my grandma's 50 year old classical guitar, that's sat in her living room on a stand for decades.

I'm starting over and sanding all the finish off. I haven't decided what I'll do now, maybe I'll try tru-oil or a brush-on lacquer.

Maybe spray finish is best done by the pros in a booth with an airbrush. Maybe my coats were too thin and I should have sprayed on a few more cans' worth. I'm very disappointed with this outcome.

When I first received these papers I didn't think they would do anything. I didn't feel any grit on them but after using them to polish a repair I had made in a finish they worked great.

I highly recommend the clear lacquer for touch ups, it blends in and levels nicely and, polishes to a great shine as well.

Sorry but I find the nut anchorage to the bar not enough resistant.
Others truss double action rod are more resistant in that zone

I done several guitars in my life and i try all brands of frets , these Frets are the best on the market. I never find anything wrong. It bends easily and is hard enough to dress fine without glue or other stuff from 4 to 13 strings necks !