String Action Gauge

très polyvalent et s'adapte à toute situation,un seul outil pour multiple usages

Bought the imperial version a good while back. Use it all the time for string action measurements, so for that it's 5-stars. Ideally, I'd keep the string action side the same (inch fractions, like how we measure strings) and have a metric ruler on the opposite face.

It makes the job of measuring the string height so much faster and clearer.

I have to agree with Martin Fuerstenau though, a version with metric and inches would be indispensable and would get a 10 star rating.

Not only do you save time in checking string height specs you can check a customers guitar instantly and get another repair out of it.
Ms Ricki Leigh

you NEED this, it's the one tool that I just cannot live without now.

I live in Germany. That means metric. I read a lot of guitar building books. That means metric and imperial. Therefore I ordered both - the metric one and the imperial one. Thats the drawback. I think it would be great to have metric on one side and inch/fractional on the other side instead of the conversion table.

Usually I set up my guitars basically by trial and error and bits of paper with pencil marks on them for string height etc. However I recently purchased the String Action Gauge and it makes things very much simpler and much more consistent. As a result I have reset up 4 guitars since getting it and eventually I'll work my way through the rest.

Why? So I'll have one for the rest of my life if they quit making them - that's why! One would easily last a lifetime on the shop table, but I want to carry one in my billfold like a credit card and I'm afraid the ink and markings will wear off (probably won't though). This is the single most all-round valuable tool on this website. I promise!

Simply excellent and especially fast to be used. A++++

I was having some tone issues after changing the strings and adjusting the action on my Godin 5th Avenue. I tried to adjust every string just above buzz, but it just wasn't quite right. With this little tool, I had everything right within 2 minutes. The price is way less than I would have paid for set-up. Be sure to watch the instructional video. That was helpful as well.