In this episode of the Fret Files Podcast, Eric ponders whether removing the finish from John Lennon’s Epiphone Casino really did improve the tone and answer a few questions regarding fret levelling, fret polishing, fancy strings, moving your Telecaster’s switch, and adjusting your playing style when needed.

To participate in the show, you can leave a message with your question or comment by calling 757-774-8482.  To email the show, visit Eric at EricDaw.com and click the contact link.

In this episode of the Fret Files Podcast, Eric and Nat answer a few questions regarding P-90 pickups, mysterious pickups with 3 wires, how to get naphtha down under, how to loosen stiff potentiometers, and more.

To participate in the show, you can leave a message with your question or comment by calling 757-774-8482.  To email the show, visit Eric at EricDaw.com and click the contact link.

In this episode of the Fret Files Podcast, Eric and Nat answer questions regarding removing sticker residue, an archtop that won’t stabilize, sloppy fitting tuner ferrules, vintage style knobs and more.

To participate in the show, you can leave a message with your question or comment by calling 757-774-8482.  To email the show, visit Eric at EricDaw.com and click the contact link.

In this episode of the Fret Files Podcast, Eric and Nat answer questions regarding Eric’s book “Solid Sound,” discuss out of phase guitar tone recordings, and wonder if hide glue can be made from gummy bears. To close the podcast, we discuss the merits of and proper methods for using hot hide glue.

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In this episode of the Fret Files Podcast, Eric and Nat read a little bit of guitar news and then answer questions regarding acoustic guitar neck resets, crack repair, synthetic vs. bone, guitar wiring, neck shapes, and how to prep bolt on necks for screws.

To participate in the show, you can leave a message with your question or comment by calling 757-774-8482.  To email the show, visit Eric at EricDaw.com and click the contact link.

In this episode of the Fret Files Podcast, Eric and Nat read a few book reviews of Eric’s guitar wiring book, Solid Sound. Then the two read and answer questions regarding guitar repair costs, acoustic guitar pickups, cleaning gold plated hardware, Danelectro lipstick tube pickups, and refinishing a neck with a mystery undercoat.

To participate in the show, you can leave a message with your question or comment by calling 757-774-8482.  To email the show, visit Eric at EricDaw.com and click the contact link.

In this episode of the Fret Files Podcast, Eric answers a few questions about F-stamp tuner installation problems and using wax to lubricate wood screws. Also included in this episode is a replay of some guitar related quizzes of past episodes.

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In this episode of the Fret Files Podcast, Eric and Nat field your guitar tech questions regarding soldering, the fingerboard radius of Martin Guitars, wire recommendations, installing custom made bone nuts, and there’s also some Solid Sound Book reviews peppered in here and there.

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In this episode of the Fret Files Podcast, Eric goes over some of the contents of his new book, “Solid Sound.” Then comes listener submitted questions, including questions about grounding volume pots, adding a volume control to a Piezo pickup, de-glossing guitar necks, the P-13 pickups and flipping magnets over to get an out-of-phase sound, and a discussion about the different eras of Fender guitars.

To participate in the show, you can leave a message with your question or comment by calling 757-774-8482.  To email the show, visit Eric at EricDaw.com and click the contact link.

In this episode, it’s the book release for Eric’s new guitar wiring book “Solid Sound.” Get your copy at SolidSoundBook.com! Joining Eric for the book release is Dan Petrzelka, who was instrumental in getting the book looking right and getting it printed. Also joining the podcast is Rick from Player’s Gear Music who is giving away 2 pedals in conjunction with the release of the book, and Brett Jameson from APEX Coffee Roasters joins for a giveaway of coffee and APEX merch. The second half of the show is Q&A featuring good old Nat in the co-host seat.

To participate in the show, you can leave a message with your question or comment by calling 757-774-8482.  To email the show, visit Eric at EricDaw.com and click the contact link.