Ratings and reviews

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.

I got it today and with no practice whatsoever I installed all frets for a new guitar in less than 20 minutes. It's fool-proof, accurate and very easy to use. I'll never sit frets without this again.

I recently purchased a kit Double Neck. I purchased Color Tone, Fender Creme, and Clear Coat+Polishing compound. I was amazed at the ease of spray, and all the helpful tips that Stew-Mac gave me. For a first time my guitar turned out almost flawless.

These are amazing tuners, they are a bit ugly but they took an old guitar that had never had any real stability (would regularly stray rather badly within songs) and have transformed into a rock solid monster, even with the addition of a Bigsby afterward.

This 3-DVD set is wonderful, like being at Robinson's bench and looking over his shoulder as he executes simple and elaborate inlays. The information is presented clearly, with Robinson providing valuable commentary that extends beyond mere "how-to" instructions. His dry humor is also included.

Using the info from these DVD's, I was able to execute a script logo inlay into my peghead that belies the fact that this was my first advanced inlay. Many thanks, Larry!

Explaining good sound is like explaining color for someone who's been blind all his life. Which words can you use? All I know is that my new Golden Age pickups separates the sound of each string. The sound is clear and defined. The guitar now has a wide specter of sounds from biting clear to a warm jazzy sound – and everything in between. I have a 2005 Gibson Les Paul Standard, but my Hohner HS35, witch is very well made – except for the pickups, is now right up there with it!

Many thanks from Russia. Kit the magnificent! Packing reliable. Very sympathetic people work in StewMac. Thanks Larry!
To start to build guitars without Kit - in vain to waste time. Really many tools are not necessary. For those who continues to doubt. Or those at whom else are not present professional tools. For example is not present Go-bar Clamping System. Do not despair! Take my decision on a photo.
Order to itself Kit and have pleasure. You will stick together it even on kitchen!

If you like vintage look in your strat and you wish a better intonation this bridge is a must!!

I used several of the ColorTone products to refinish a Les Paul Custom, and I'm happy with the results. They went on easily, gave good coverage, and dried nice and hard. I'll be using ColorTone more in the future.

These are an invaluable help in the workshop. They take all of the guess work out and let you get to work. Stew Mac you did it again. Fantastic!!!!

I am so pleased with these LP style inlays. Accurate size, look great, plenty of room to work with. Can't wait to put them on the project I'm currently working on. As always Stew Mac is top notch. Thanks for being there for us rookies.

It don't get better than this if you are just learning like me. This is the way to go, pre-slotted, pre-radiused, Beautiful color with enough meat on it to sand to the thickness you want to make it vintage accurate or leave it as is for a thicker fretboard. Great for the novice or the pro. Excellent

Very nice figuring, easy to cut.