In this episode of the Fret Files Podcast – Eric hosts solo while answering all the calls that have piled up since there hasn’t been a Q&A episode for a while. There’s questions about Epiphone New Yorker pickups, straightening out a hump in an Epi Les Paul fingerboard, installing a K&K resonator pickup, and a Harmony H-160 with a curious problem that Eric can’t solve.

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In this episode of the Fret Files Podcast – just a quick few announcements concerning price increases and my soon-to-be-released book. Also, we have a quick visit with Rick Tish from Player’s Gear Music about his effects pedals.

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In this episode of the Fret Files Podcast, Eric interviews Dave Staudte, veteran luthier, longtime guitar repairman and former Taylor Guitars employee. Eric and Dave talk about guitar humidification, guitar neck resets, fretwork, CA glue, stainless steel frets, and Dave’s steel wool hack.

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In this episode of the Fret Files Podcast, Eric and Nat take questions about repair cauls left inside guitars, bridge plate repairs, making an electric 12 string, cutting the slots in a bone nut, restringing acoustic guitars, and widening the saddle slot in an acoustic guitar to accommodate an under saddle pickup.

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In this episode of the Fret Files Podcast, Eric and Nat call Jeff Metz in PA for a conversation about finish touch up and Yamaha neck resets. Then they take questions about Gibson ES125s, locking tuners, lacquering over an oil finish, and routing neck pockets.

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In this episode of the Fret Files Podcast, Eric and Nat take questions about fret levelling, Paulownia wood for guitar bodies, intonating acoustic guitars, and a follow up about 3 humbucker Gibsons.

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In this episode of the Fret Files Podcast, Eric takes questions about building a pickup winder, string breakage, standing on guitar necks, and a follow up to the dinged guitar neck from last episode. This episode also includes a replay of one of the most informative interviews ever featured on this podcast, the 2016 interview with master luthier Mark Tossman.

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In this episode of the Fret Files Podcast, Eric and Nat talk about the guitar history of the famed Stratosphere Twin double neck guitar from the 1950’s made famous by Jimmy Bryant. Then comes the questions – what’s the shelf life of Titebond glue, what’s the difference between linear and audio taper pots, what to do about a dinged guitar neck, and more.

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In this episode of the Fret Files Podcast, Eric takes questions regarding adding a 3rd pickup to a Les Paul, how to deal with critics, what kind of glue to use for plastic binding, adding carbon fiber to strengthen necks, and more.

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In this episode of the Fret Files Podcast, Eric and Nat talk about Framus guitar history, and then take questions regarding amp handles, dubious bass modifications, Gibson made P-13 pickups, and reinforcing broken headstocks.

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