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Fast, accurate measurements for setups

String Action Gauge


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Inch and metric versions now available!
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 5-21-2012
fast

This takes the guess "eye ball" out of my set ups and also gives Me a reference point for my customers set ups when they come back measure write it down and i even cross reference customers likes to get all there instruments to feel right. Me and my customers are glad i purchased this

kennylee  aberdeen maryland Read my reviews (4)
3 5-19-2012
Nice, but hard to read

I use this tool quite frequently, but it should come with a magnifying glass to read it. lol. I find myself tilting the guitar and having to make awkward angles to read it. The guitar pretty much has to be eye level with good lighting.

Robmase  Charlotte, NC Read my reviews (5)
5 5-18-2012
The first thing I grab for a setup

Invaluable! Having the 64th measurements from both sides in addition to the graduated string height increments puts this beautiful little tool on a pedestal for me.

Equitz Guitars  Placentia, CA Read my reviews (3)
5 5-16-2012
String Action Gauge

The all-in-one tool for strings, pickups & nut depth. Makes checking of existing hardware or setting up new hardware a breeze!

Scott Evans  Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Read my reviews (2)
5 5-02-2012
Action gage

I have four guitars that need constant attention and I could not do it without this gage. Thanks for being there for me. Can not do it without you. Thanks.

Paul Holder  Hillsborough, NC Read my reviews (3)
5 4-28-2012
Perfect tool

Not much to say but it is a useful tool to calibrate the guitar.

Miguel H Peña  Venezuela Read my reviews (4)
5 3-14-2012
Great idea and execution.

Perfectly sized and marked for every action related measuring task I can think of, and probably quite a few others as well.

Demac  Seward, NE Read my reviews (6)
5 3-12-2012
Thank you

Standards were very good time,I will support new,send information about new tools to help with.

Mr.Jittrailert  Thailand
5 3-10-2012
An Excellent Tool

This tool assists you in measuring string action height, but it doesn't just stop there you can use it for accurately setting routers or any plunger cutter, it also serves as a miniature ruler, a measurement converter and has numerous uses. It saves you valuable time and it is one of these tools that once you start using it you don't know how you managed without it, a must have tool and very good value for money.

M Dawes  South Shields, England Read my reviews (14)
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5 3-07-2012
Indispensable para la calibracion y mantencion

Esta es realmente una muy buena herramienta para calibrar y hacer mantenciones.
Es de muy facil lectura y sirve para todo lo que se tenga que medir en una guitarra, accion, altura de capsulas, etc.
La recomiendo plenamente

ACHguitars  Santiago, Chile Read my reviews (11)
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