Ratings and reviews

I've used Stewart-MacDonald Lacquer on several projects. It not only is the best protection I've used on guitar bodies and necks, but always looks GREAT! I will NOT use anything else!!!

Perfect replacements.

As i live in New Zealand it can be difficult to get the proper tools to do a job,so it has been a delight to discover you range of tools and the fret cutter has been a life saver so i will certainly be looking at others in the near future.

works great but a little pricey

works great

worked awesome

Don't have that new string brightness but they are good for the price

These things are dead reliable, and work amazingly well. I wish they came in chrome.

These are nice bridges, but Stew Mac needs to make another available option: traditional ashtray bridge with comp. saddles. That way you wouldn't have to buy an extra set of saddles.

I bought this epoxy so I could glue in the inlays I made for my ebony finger board. Well, this was my first time doing it and i was a little careless and my hands slipped making the cavity much larger than it needed to be. I glued in the inlay and after the epoxy dried and the inlay was sanded flush the mistake isn't even noticeable. (I used the slow setting black by the way)

This bit cuts a perfect channel for hot r truss rods to fit in. Probably because that is what it is made to do. Either way the bit is very sharp and cuts through mahogany with ease.

These buffing wheels will produce a mirror finish especially with the Menzerna compounds. I rigged a "Rube Goldberg" buffer and these buffing wheels are First Class!

It has been over 32 years since using bar type buffing compounds and that was the Lea brand. I rate this product Excellent. My banjo neck and resonator buffed/polished out to a mirror finish.

I use 3L and 3R Sperzel's on all my guitars, Genius design, fast string changing, a must have for the professional player!

The stain is fine - does what it's supposed to do. But the stain is in a flexible plastic bottle. After I used it, I recapped the bottle and picked it up along with a few other tools. To my surprise, the black stain came out of the bottle around the cap and got all over my hands and dripped on my bench. Thankfully my project wasn't affected but I ended up with quite a mess. If you get this dye, handle it carefully, or transfer it to a glass jar.

These clamps are easy to use. However, you may need some of the larger clamps to get to the middle of the top.

A little while ago I bought an "intonator" because I thought the idea was great. I've used it a number of times now, however, I think there's some things to note about using it... from my perspective of course.
1) I found that using it with the software called AP tuner was best as I was able to get "octaves" within 3 cents which I thought acceptable.
2) As I tightened the high E at one point, I noticed that the intonator was pivoting and the low E end was moving back. I stopped this by anchoring the intonator behind a piece of wood at either end outside of the adjusting knobs of the intonator.
3) At first I was laying the guitar flat and supporting the neck but I found that even this was altering the position of the octave according to the intonator. I suppose that in choosing a "tolerance" of 3 cents I should have know! Anyways, I now use the intonator in playing position and get more stable results.
4) Instead of using the small fiddly bushes, I raised the string guides with feeler gauges and measured the distance from a clamped straight edge in front of the bridge with digital calipers. I felt that that gave me more accuracy than trusting a pencil to be at 90 degrees.

I was getting sore fingers from playing my strat as the fret ends were sticking out slightly. The Diamond Fret leveler did the job in no time flat (sorry about the pun) and I'm back to enjoying my strat again!

Large enough for several pickguards and easily cut to any shape. Shipped super fast ordered on Friday morning had it on Saturday.

I ordered it for an Alverez 25th Anniversary model acoustic that had a plastic Abalone sound hole ring. It fit perfectly and looks great!

Super fast shipping, great quality and unbelievable price. Will use Stew-Mac for all my guitar needs.

These are perfect for working with CA (Super Glue). The small tip makes it easy to direct the right quantity of glue to the right place. Great for gluing loose fret ends. A "must have" item for guitar repair.

On obtient avec les Understring Radius Gauges un arcs exactement du même radius que la touche,formidable.

Daniel G.

Cet outil est merveilleux car pour niveler soit les frets ou la touche d'une guitare il touche a toute la surface et on obtient un meilleur résultat et une touche bien droite ou un nivelage de frets bien droit, ces merveilleux.

Daniel G.

J'aime beaucoup,parce que les frets sont bien assit sur le manche quand on les pauses et quand on nivelles les frets ils sont beaucoup plus égales.

Daniel G.