Are You Using Feeler Gauges To Set Up Guitars? You Are A Hack And Ripping People Off!

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@Somehiguy

leave it to Stewmac to take a 20 dollar dial depth gauge and turn into a 115 dollar tool.

@karmaandkerosene_music

Sorry Buddy. Guitar players are the only group that think the pinnacle of technology was in the 1950s. If Leo Fender used feeler gauges - by God I'm gonna use 'em too!

@hotdotdog

After all, Gibson has been using the StewMac Digital Gauge since 1894.

@sjr3124

That caliper tool is a fix to a problem that doesn’t exist. A simple string gauge or feeler gauges work just fine. Glad your getting paid to sell Stew Mac’s expensive tools. JMHO

@THRobinson

I kinda feel like (if this were pre-partnership with StewMac) feeler gauges and going by look/feel would have been totally fine. It's cool, but an expensive overkill when in the end it comes down to personal feel and preference anyways.

@leftyo9589

1911 for the win!

@keithschultz3644

Dial indicators used in Lutherie has only been used for 10 years as compared to feeler gauges which have been around a LOT, LOT longer. So going by the title of your video everyone before that has been ripping people off????!?????!???! That is an extremely inflammatory defamation of ALL Luthier's character and could be grounds for a class action suit!!!!

@DE-GEN-ART

ted woodford is the best guitar tech and repair man in Canada and possibly the continent and he uses feeler gauges. no offense but he sets up more guitars in a week than you will do in a month building guitars, so if ted can be a wildly successful tech and repair man using a set of 10$ feeler gauges im not going to run out and buy an expensive tool from stew mack. im poor and that digital micrometer costs more than i paid for my whole guitar. im sure they are great but theres more than one way to skin a cat

@heres2ya

LOL, a stewmac comercial. if your paid by commision, and used that fumbally string gauge your losing money. if your shop is paying the tech using that gauge your losing money. you have shown in the video it takes a lot longer to adjust one string height. also if your paying someone to do your setups, (because you don't know how to do them) and get that gauge. your stateing now since you have that gauge you can setup your own guitar. your also being very condescending to the ones that don't use your newly obtained gauge. . . . i do admit im just a part time hack guitar tech and builder. i don't have all your experience or knowledge on building guitars. i also believe i would probably learn 100 new ways to do the job properly, if i took some of your classes.

@zombieprivates

Ahh, I remember the "luthier" wars in my area. If only they set up guitars as good and fast as they shot their mouth off about the other "luthiers". Most "luthiers like this guy are nothing more than guitar techs with enough knowledge to be dangerous to themselves and others..

@bretbrown7347

You would need that tool, nut files, hex keys, truss rod wrenches maybe, and a notched straight edge as well as screw drivers at the very least. So, no, sorry, you cant just get that tool and do your own setups for the cost of one setup from a tech.

@samirisku9835

I'm a little skeptic about that. I tend to do string height adjustments on playing position because gravity pushes strings downwards when guitar is on its back. This can especially be seen on bass guitars! I also believe that the plunger affects on string height with that tool so its not a real zero when you zero it and leaves strings actually higher from frets than adjusted. Pretty tool anyways but i dont see anything wrong with feeler gauges either.

@PeterWasted

I don't have one. I don't really need one either. Just a thought though. When adjusting action, can you zero it with the string pressed down? If so, the saddle adjustment would be just lowering it to the required action height...

@kenzuercher7497

I've always setup my own guitars, starting in 1966 when I started playing. It was self defense as I had barely enough money to buy a Univox guitar on mail order. Most recently I have a 2006 PRS Santana SE. Got it used and just didn't warm up to it. I had an excellent luthier set it up and it still didn't feel good. Then I saw a Joe Walsh video for Gibson where he setup a Les Paul completely using just a screwdriver. He must have perfect pitch for the intonation part. Level the frets with a straightedge and the truss rod. Lower the strings until they sit on the frets. Raise the strings up until they don't buzz unless it's a Fender type with is supposed to rattle a bit. Joe did that and the end result was a great sound and he was happy with the string height etc. I setup my PRS that way and now it's my favorite guitar. (Please do a video on pickup height and sound!) The stock pickups are too loud but instead of spending a bundle to replace them, I just cranked them way down and slowly raised them up, listening to the string balance. It sounds like a 8K Gibson Humbucker now and is perfect for jazz and blues! My friends like to play it also!

@richardweidner1625

you sold me. i would love a setup video or two on that stew mac gauge. hell, i'm gonna go crazy and sub to your channel

@motrcycleboy

Can this be used to measure neck relief at 7th fret if guitar is capoed at first fret and am holding string down where it meets the body?

@erichfrederick9229

I seen a few other videos on this. They said you're suppose to press down on the string on each side of the guage to get the proper reading. And the guitar is suppose to be in playing position when checking the height on the 12th fret. I have a LMI digital guage for that.

@evowire

Set ups will usually conform to factory specs. An important factor that many overlook is how heavy or light the player's touch is. You must keep this in mind when performing a set up for someone else. I also use the dial indicator for nut slotting. The relief gauge is cool if you're a person who prefers a specific amount of relief. I have a particular action height for my personal guitars, which is quite simple to read with a rule marked in 1/64th inch increments. I measure my action at the 14th fret. This is just my personal method. As for my neck relief: I keep it as straight as I can without inducing fret buzz. Again this is largely dependent on the touch of the player. This is a good reason to learn how to set up your own guitars/basses.

@zodak9999b

Try this: Zero the indicator with the string bottomed out to the fret, and when you adjust the saddle, you can read the height as you go. Also, how much does the plunger push down on the string? My old dial indicator is unusable for this because of that reason.