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Fancy-Pants Tools and Gear
Fancy-Pants Tools and Gear

After last week’s post about expensive gear and tools, I need to sit you down and have one of those talks. I may even need to use your middle name when speaking to you. And you can take that look of your face too. 😄

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OpinionGerry Hayes4 February 2026guitar, bass, repair, luthier, gear, gas, tools
Fancy-Pants Tuners. Do you need one?
Fancy-Pants Tuners. Do you need one?

Strobe tuners are incredibly accurate and operate in a cool, nerdy analogue manner. Should you get one to up your setup or tuning game?

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Setup, OpinionGerry Hayes2 February 2026guitar, bass, repair, luthier, tuner, strobe
The Spot-Levelling Problem
The Spot-Levelling Problem

Spot levelling a single high fret can be a quick and easy way to deal with it. Sometimes, though, it’s difficult to properly identify problem frets and dealing with them can quickly become complicated.

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Guitar RepairGerry Hayes28 January 2026guitar, bass, repair, luthier, fret level, fret, fret-rocker, spot-level
Spot-Levelling: Giving Frets The Kiss-Off
Spot-Levelling: Giving Frets The Kiss-Off

Sometimes the guitar gods smile on you and it’s possible to deal with a single high fret in isolation without having to level the whole neck. This is a big time-saver so here’s how it’s done when the fates allow…

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Guitar RepairGerry Hayes26 January 2026guitar, bass, repair, luthier, fret, fret level, fret kisser, spot levelling
Lifting inlay lifts no more
Lifting inlay lifts no more

Sometimes fingerboard inlays can start to lift out of the board, making for really annoying playing. The fix isn’t too tricky to do.

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Guitar Repair, SetupGerry Hayes21 January 2026guitar, bass, repair, luthier, nerds
Mysterious instruments, repair estimates, and guitar bans
Mysterious instruments, repair estimates, and guitar bans

What can make your guitar repairer make the pained emoji face? Well probably lots of things, but here's one in particular.

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Guitar Repair, SetupGerry Hayes19 January 2026guitar, bass, repair, luthier, nerds
Foam-Cutting Neck-Reseting
Foam-Cutting Neck-Reseting

Foam-cutters make a truly fantastic tool for removing the neck during a neck reset. All hail the new king!

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Guitar Repair, SetupGerry Hayes14 January 2026guitar, bass, repair, luthier, nerds
Teeter-style Refret Saves The Day
Teeter-style Refret Saves The Day

The ‘Teeter Method’ of refretting isn’t something we hear about too much these days. It can be a very useful technique to have in your arsenal though.

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Guitar Repair, SetupGerry Hayes12 January 2026guitar, bass, repair, luthier, nerds
Shielding and Static
Shielding and Static

Usually, static electricity is a hilarious way to annoy your family and friends by zapping them after you walk across the carpet. With guitars, thought, it’s even more annoying than that.

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Guitar Repair, SetupGerry Hayes7 January 2026guitar, bass, repair, luthier, nerds
Quick and Easy has a place
Quick and Easy has a place

Just a couple of quick tips this time. Sometimes, quick and easy is the way to go (as long as it doens’t become half-assed)

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Guitar Repair, SetupGerry Hayes5 January 2026guitar, bass, repair, luthier, nerds
Book Review: Sound On Sound
Book Review: Sound On Sound

Sometimes people write nice things about my stuff. This one’s from Sound On Sound.

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BooksGerry Hayes21 June 2025book, review, soundonsound
Tools: Rich Mans Nut Files
Tools: Rich Mans Nut Files

So, what about those posh diamond-coated nut files you can get? Are they any good? Well…

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Guitar Repair, SetupGerry Hayes29 April 2024guitar, bass, repair, luthier, nerds, nut, file, diamond
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