Neck Relief Gauge and Nut Slotting Gauge Set

Homerun! These tools make neck relief and nut depth much easier!

What's with all the drama? The underside of a quality bubble level is a planed surface. These tools ROCK!!!

Honestly! A little disappointed at first! The nut slotting gauge I received would not function when I received it! So I pulled it apart and discovered than travel stop pin had wound itself out and jammed the plunger travel. A quick tighten and away it went. Excellent! Watch out for the weight on the strings and double check with feeler gauges.

The relief gauge is quick accurate and easy to use! But is limited to guitars with the right fret spacing and some Bass Guitars if the gauge can sit directly on the fretboard itself! Still an excellent tool to have in the workshop.

I have used both these tools every day since receiving them but I would say to make sure you double check your readings especially with the nut gauge. Cheers for some helpful tools guys it has cut time off nut work and setups.

I bought both of these tools in order to get my 4 guitars from different manufacturers a little more 'swap' friendly. I have achieved exactly that as I have been able to set them all up with the same relief and the same string to first fret height. I used the Nut setter a little differently to all below and my advice is as long as you are doing whatever you are 'repeatedly' then it's always the same amount either right or wrong. I first set a capo on the first fret and then measure the second fret to string height. I measure not by pushing the string down but by pushing the plunger down and releasing it. I find this way the 'down' is always the same (as long as you hold on tight to the fretboard and make sure the gauge is tight in it's base) and only the up then will be 'slightly erroneous', to which I use the strings natural resistance to push it back up by having the neck sitting horizontal on a neck rocker block. I then remove the capo and use the measured numbers + 0.001 - 0.002 from high E to Low E and have an action on every guitar now that is smooth and buzz free. Note: I play pretty light when the sound is clean and 'wring it out like a useless piece of wood' when its dirty and both ways the settings work wonderfully. Settings were used on an Ephiphone 56' Gold Top, Epiphone Black Beauty 3 pickup Custom, USA HSS Strat and 62' Telecaster. I agree that a digital readout may be better but I certainly won't be sending this unit back to soon. The Neck relief is easy to use but yes could have a larger flat (even up to 5 or 6mm as a triangular section only on the rest) to make the contact brace solid. Hey with the holes already on it and a wide flat rest you could even cable tie it to the neck for hands free adjustment

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...

My story happened words by words like Bobby. The only way to get good readings is to put the guitar in playing position so the gravity does not affect the plunger. And even with that, the repeatability is mediocre. You have to do the reading a couple of time to be sure it's good. The indicator is not made for that type of precision, it would be way better if it was digital.

I bought one recently. It is great. It made my head spin like Linda Blair's! I can tell in a second how much relief I have, or need. I took it into a friends shop. I came back from playing some guitars and these guys had my neck relief gauge out and were using it to set up guitars. Everyone should have this tool...It will save you time and make you money. The Scientific Setup. As a scientist, I love it!

I disagree with Bobby B; probably because of the approach to using a dial indicator I learned as a toolmaker. Depending on a dial indicator's ability to bottom out is an unreliable, and inaccurate approach; he witnessed why this is the case. Instead, use it up off the limit of it's range, in fact, I like to set mine in about the middle and leave it there; little chance for a mistake this way. I'm getting repeatability to 0.0005 [half a mil]. To do this, set it up so you are in the middle of the indicator range, and push down on the string over the second fret. Remember what the dial says, now lightly press on the top of the plunger, this tells you the space between the bottom of the string and the first fret very accurately. While the neck relief gauge is handy, you can use the nut gauge and a couple pieces of tape to hold the strings down. So if you want to save $$ all you need is the nut gauge. Terrific products!