Ratings and reviews

Strong and reliable. If you can make it half an inch longer it will be perfect. Some guitars need that extra reach.

Not only did Stewart-MacDonald ship this in record time, the Peg Shaper is easy to use. Perfect pegs every time. Do yourself a favor get the right reamer at the same time.

Perfect for a 'shorty' mountain dulcimer, and the banjo as well. Good tone.

it`s a micro wonder, just works !!

I use Titebond for every guitar I build, I believe it surpasses all others. I trust it so much I used it to fix a severed neck on a customers 3,000 dollar Washburn N4. Great stuff!

Wow, I love these tuners on my 1917 Gibson A. No telling how many wonderful vintage mandolins can be now revived and played! Thanks for a great product.

superb quality and amazing price

With equipment purchased from you the Floyd Rose bridge is perfect and my guitar is returned as new. Thanks Louis

Aside from checking vintage fret spacing, check all NEW necks, especially replacement necks, for correct fret spacing. Yes, I have spent hours carefully measuring fret spacing on replacement necks and found the spacing incorrect. These necks will never play in tune. Save yourself time and money by quickly and accurately confirming correct fret spacing on all necks before investing your skills on a neck that will never play correctly.

Too thin to lay flat with 5 screws, rough edges, ordered 2 single ply black guards... both equally marginal.

I first tried one of these (screw mount model) about 10 years ago for a bellied flattop. I was very impressed and have since taken to installing one routinely on all my acoustic guitars. More than a prophylactic against bellying, they improve the tone and volume and make me much less nervous about using heavier gauged strings. My one suggestion would be to include the exact sized drill bits required in the packaged kits. The extra couple bucks the kit would cost would be very well spent!

I don't know what's going on with Grover. Those tuners you get with 18:1 stamped on the logo and ones that come with new inexpensive guitars are worthless. This may sound corny but the Grovers you buy here are still the real deal rotomatics.

All my guitars have JLD Bridge Doctors. Besides keeping the top from buckling, it also enhances the sound. It works the same as a soundpost in a fiddle. It makes the whole instrument vibrate. I recommend the bridge doctor for any and all flat top guitars.

Although the previous reviews give this thumbs down, I would say whether using this fret puller or the bigger one you have to learn to walk it across the fretboard and make sure the fret is able to come out without chipping the board if at all possible. Sometimes I have had to keep the soldering unit on the fret longer especially if there is glue underneath the fret. These little specialty tools if used in the right way are quite nice. These smaller fret pullers are also good for just getting under the fret ends as well and then using the bigger ones to walk the fret out of the slot.

I love this stuff!! its too easy to work with, dries fast... really fast and it blends so well its easy to custom color stuff!!

I buy stew mac fret wire a lot!! I use two profiles on my Cigar box guitars and buy 2-3 pounds a month!! its good Stuff!!

These also work great as strap buttons; nice and wide (just use a bigger screw). In fact these retainers are almost the exact size and shape as PRS strap buttons, and a lot less expensive.

This goes hand-in-hand with other measurement tools such as: Stew-Mac's electronic luthier's calipers, feeler gauges, etc. It's great to have the 1/64th of an inch resolution available as an included feature of this humble, utilitarian 6" Steel Rule.

This is the greatest investment that any guitarist can possibly make. It is a required reference tool for any and every one that owns an electric or acoustic guitar. In addition, Dan Erlewine is a world-class authority with a friendly, unaffected, and practical writing style: a great teacher that does not 'skip steps' in his patient and thoughtful approach to the reader. My copy was signed by Dan with a personalized and inspirational touch.

Mine broke on the 2nd neck I used it on.

This is an amazing product. This set left zero tear-out on maple endgrain.

Weld-on cement is an excellent product for installing bindings, purflings and end wedges. I looked for a long time and used many products from other suppliers with varied results. None of the claims the suppliers made were true. With other adhesives the bindings would fall off with a little heat, set to fast or set to slow. Some of them were very difficult to clean. They penetrated the wood and kept reflecting through the finish regardless of how much cleaning I did. Some of them expanded with each coat of sealer. Weld-on sets at a speed I can work with it. It cures so I can start cleaning within a few hours and sand flat and scrap a few hours after that. Thanks Stewmac for offering such a great product.

It works realy well no rattle in the neck.Also theres no need for a large truss rod cover

I use the fast setting mix for smaller jobs and the slower set for work requiring just a little more time to place the materials and set in place . Easy to use .

I am very pleased with the gauges I purchased. They are very easy to use and of good quality.