The Sub $3 Luthier Tool - Guitar Goomba Ep0006

[@fuktifino]

Cheap and useful. I like it.

[@GuitarGoomba]

Just like my wife! Haha, I kid. My wife is anything but cheap.

[@104customs5]

Well now I need to make one of these.

[@GuitarGoomba]

Super easy and super cheap.

[@georgelackey622]

I just made one with Fender spacing on one side and Gibson on the other. Thanks for the tip!

[@GuitarGoomba]

Sweet. I will put the Gibson spacing on the other side of mine also.

[@jasoneshelman8746]

I had no idea about these tools. Good stuff!

[@GuitarGoomba]

If you want to do your own setups, you need the right tools. And to use them correctly.

[@MStone-im1mu]

Cool! These are necessary, good, affordable and useful. Nice DIY 🤘

[@GuitarGoomba]

I try to be relevant. Plus, anytime I can make something useful out of what others consider trash is a win for me.

[@MStone-im1mu]

Kudos to you! Beats paying high dollar when you can DIY. Enjoying the videos!!!

[@GuitarGoomba]

Thank you. The next home made tools will be a honing block and a fret leveling beam.

[@tawnixmia]

So cool!

[@GuitarGoomba]

I try. The price on the StewMac one is a bit steep. Don't get me wrong, they are nice, just pricey.

[@garrettodonnell4177]

I've always just stretched a string between two frets and measured the clearance over the frets in the middle (or lack thereof). Granted the guitar I used that method on the most now has a backbow that makes it look like an actual archery bow... (which is why I no longer do my own adjustments ;))

[@GuitarGoomba]

LOL. Have you tried adjusting the truss rod?

[@garrettodonnell4177]

Yup... though I eventually realized it was actually a nut issue. Success is built on failure.

[@GuitarGoomba]

That is so true. You learn more from one failure than from ten successes.

[@greggraffeo4951]

“Spoiler alert”.......love it. I still can’t wait to see it finished

[@GuitarGoomba]

It's coming together faster than I thought it would.

[@davidcastle3292]

Madeine on a drill press, then.cleaned the edges

[@GuitarGoomba]

Yep. There are tons of ways to get your slots. Even a hacksaw will do the trick in a pinch.

[@poey2811]

This is actually really interesting I might have to use some of these tips to build a guitar of my own looks like so much fun

[@GuitarGoomba]

It really is. Just wait until I start doing the scratch builds.

[@TheKaameleon]

NIce tip.

[@GuitarGoomba]

Next, we make tools out of scrap.

[@davidadams9578]

Good info, you certainly got the tools for the job.

[@GuitarGoomba]

My wife likes to say that I have at least one of every tool known to man, and a few known only to God. I'm actually limiting my tool usage on this build to make it more approachable for beginners. How am I doing?

[@davidadams9578]

You doing a good job, I go to Memphis often, always wanted to go to the Gibson Factory and museum to see how it’s done but between time spent eating BBQ and visiting other places, haven’t made it there yet

[@GuitarGoomba]

I lived outside of Nashville for a year and practically lived at Gibson.

[@spaz4774]

Cool video. Interesting and practical tip.

[@GuitarGoomba]

Next is a homemade fret rocker made out of scrap. Spoiler: Most people use them wrong.

[@zgoume]

This is my next tool i'm going to build! Cheap metal ruler and a file! Keep rockin'!

[@GuitarGoomba]

You know I will.

[@geekymetalhead4982]

That’s cool

[@heymishy5245]

I just noticed my uncle saw your videos... I hope he creates guitar lol, I think he have all the necessary tools lol, the garage is full of them

[@GuitarGoomba]

Nice. Maybe you can build one together.

[@heymishy5245]

Guitar Goomba haha yeah, maybe in some years... I don’t know, I’m going to start an expensive journey into Medical school, and I don’t think there’s enough money haha

[@GuitarGoomba]

You can build a guitar for as little as $50, even less if you use used parts.

[@heymishy5245]

Guitar Goomba I didn’t know that! That’s cool

[@calebmikesell4021]

Sup

[@GuitarGoomba]

Yo.

[@respondersfirst3364]

Is this really better than the ones you get from StewMac?

[@GuitarGoomba]

No, just less expensive.

[@jpement]

Seriously man where did you get all this knowledge from?

[@GuitarGoomba]

I have been working with my hands since I was child.

[@Generatingmoments]

Me