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String Action Gauge


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Fast, accurate measurements for setups.
Our String Action Gauge is a "Swiss Army Ruler" for setup adjustments on any stringed instrument. This pocket-size stainless steel rule has become a luthier's favorite in busy shops. It's the best way yet to get vital measurements on acoustic and electric instruments.
• String height
• Bridge saddle height
• Saddle slot depth
• Fret slot depth (unbound fingerboards)
• Nut height
• Pickup polepiece height


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Item# Description In stock Price Quantity
0670 Inches Yes
$18.95

0670-M Metric Yes
$18.95


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No more "three-and-a-half-64ths or 3/32" plus one of those little lines." This gauge measures in ways that regular rulers can't. —Dan Erlewine

Developed here at Stewart-MacDonald by Dan Erlewine and Don MacRostie, the gauge features a progressive string height scale: simply slide it across the frets and read the measurement under the string. It's faster to use than any ruler, and stays parallel to the fingerboard—much easier than trying to hold a ruler perpendicular to a rounded fret. The string height markers are graduated from .010" to .140" on the inch model, and from 0.25mm to 3.50mm on the metric version.

The back of the gauge has a time-saving fractional/decimal/metric conversion chart.

The String Action Gauge is made of durable stainless steel with precision-etched markings, and fits right in your pocket.

Tip: You can use the gauge to set router depth, instead of a shop ruler. It sits solidly on your router base, with the scale right where you need it.

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String Action Gauge
String Action Gauge
 
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5 7-21-2012
String action gauge

This gauge is a very fast tool when you have to set the action of your guitar.

Yuri  Milan, Italy Read my reviews (2)
5 7-20-2012
good for luthiers

very useful tool

Allan  Sao Paulo, Brazil Read my reviews (2)
5 7-12-2012
Great Tool

This is a wonderful tool that takes all the guess work out of string height and nut slot depth.. Don't know how I did without one of these for so long..

RSPeach  Woodstock, GA
4 7-10-2012
0670

Quality tool.

AUGUSTIN  Romania Read my reviews (90)
5 7-08-2012
Great Tool

High quality and easy to use. And learned some interesting things about my current guitar setups by using this. Should have bought the gauge long ago.

Mike Guzman  Bellevue, Nebraska Read my reviews (2)
5 7-07-2012
Best tool for a good setup.

Cheap, easy to use, will help you get great results with your setups.

Wv Bluesman  Suwanee, Ga Read my reviews (4)
5 7-05-2012
Indispensible

If Stewart-MacDonald were ever to go out of business, there are certain tools that would be very difficult to replace. This is one of them. I have three of these. I use mine most of the time for measuring string height over the 12th fret and it does that exceedingly well. The gauge lays along several frets which guarantees that the rule is exactly perpendicular to the fingerboard, reducing potential error. On the back is a table listing quick conversions between fractions of an inch and metric equivalents which is extremely useful; I use it all the time. All markings on the rule are etched and permanent. Great tool.

Seth Naugler  Bucks County, Pennsylvania Read my reviews (2)
5 6-29-2012
Very Handy

Another great tool for the box of tricks. U-beaut handy item.

Al McKay  Australia Read my reviews (5)
5 6-23-2012
Quick and easy

Great little tool. Quickly "eye ball" a setting and quick adjust tool.

Coffeeman  Lexington,Ky Read my reviews (3)
5 6-18-2012
Best tool i have.

Hands down the most used and best tool I have. It is simple to use and has improved the speed and accuarcy of my setups. I also use it to make adjustments to saddles, nuts, bridges, pick-ups, etc.

abilbay  Ft Worth, TX Read my reviews (12)
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