The String Action Gauge: Stop Guessing at Your Guitar Setup

You pick up your favorite guitar, and it just feels… off. Photo: TT Zop, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons You know the feeling. You’re lost. You tweak a saddle, play a chord, and try to remember what it felt like a minute ago. Was that better? Worse? You have no anchor point, no objective … Read more

The Erlewine ShopStand: The Rock-Solid Hub Your Workshop is Missing

This is it: the glorious, rock-solid monster that anchors your entire workshop and changes the game forever. It puts a decisive end to the familiar, frustrating reality for so many of us: that slight wobble you try to ignore, the cluttered benchtop that forces you into awkward angles, the constant, low-level fear that one slip … Read more

End Fret Buzz: Pinpoint Problem Frets with the Fret Rocker

That frustrating, tell-tale buzz. You know the sound. Whether it’s an open string ringing sour or a note dying out on the fretboard, persistent fret buzz is a common plague for guitarists. It ruins tone, compromises playability, and can drive even the most patient musician to distraction. The main culprits are almost always frets that … Read more