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Ultra Precision Guitar Tools
"Works in progress, tools for violin and drums"
SixStringers customer support guides your success even if you have never worked on an instrument before.
Frets are the cornerstone to a guitar that plays and sounds awesome. Wonky frets neuter fine woods and expensive electronics and hardware. Precision True Level is the only way.
True Level Frets: All frets the same height and parallel to the fretboard, and every fret matches the fretboard radius. This is Impossible with sanding beam and freehand files.
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Fret forensics provides the proof that a flat sanding beam does not true level uneven high and low frets from fret to fret and across each fret.
Real numbers real truth.
Eyeballing a freehand crowning file to form a perfect fret radius matching the fretboard radius for 22 frets is impossible. 19th century solutions in the 21st century are impractical.
Precision "No Measure" Fret Slot Saw
When replacing frets it is necessary to clean the slot and often times to deepen the slot for longer tang frets. But how do you know you are not cutting the slot too deep or shallow?
SixStringers makes it easy with six preset slot depth that cover all fret tangs.
The saw cut width is 0.0232", the perfect size compared rot 0.023" because sone tangs are in fact 0.0232" and you don't want to force a wider tang into a narrower slot.
3rd Party Resources
There a lot of things we do not make but you need to do the various jobs.
If you are new to working on guitars this list of 3rd Party Tools and Consumables will save you from the grave mistake of making wrong assumptions.
We've done the shopping for you, offering more than one choice to choose from.
Never assume that brand names are the "It Tools" because all too often they are expensive junk.
Knowing the right tool for the job
Example, you are looking to refret, you are thinking stainless steel, you need high HRC fret cutters. Google the HRC (the hardness) of stainless steel frets; 42 - 45 HRC. The cutters must be significantly harder, around 60 HRC.
When a Seller does not state material specs it means the material is low quality, because no seller is for example going to omit a high HRC rating. SixStringers has done the shopping for you, see our "3rd Party" menu.
Real tools, not eye candy. Some Sellers anodize their tools in pretty lipstick on a pig colors and then jack up the price 4x and more for some zesty color that serves zero utility.
Notched straight edge should stand up on its own on the fretboard. A Sculpted or triangular shape fails. Fancy shapes cost 4x more for a tool that does not work as required.
Want to know more... just ask.
We do not have any affiliation with 3rd Parties:
We have no relationships with any 3rd Party Seller we suggest. Our goal is to help our customers find the right tools at the best prices with positive ratings and reviews.
A lot of tools sold as Luthier (guitar) tools are standard tools that are private labelled, the Sellers do not make these tools they just brand them and multiply the price many times because now that standard tool is miraculously worth so much more when it's labelled as made for guitars.
We assume no responsibility or accountability for any 3rd Party Seller we suggest. If ever there is an issue, (none so far) that is between the buyer and that seller, SixStringers is not involved. If a Seller we suggest makes a wrong move, let us know, we will immediately delete them from our suggested 3rd Party suggestions. (exception, we will not delete SM and other so called competitors, we already know they are over priced and often times their quality is grossly overstated. We include them in 3rd Party so you may compare before you buy.)
Guitars Picks: You'll know you picked right.
Carbon Fiber infused Deep Voice guitar picks
If you prefer a brighter lighter tone with big volume...
These brighter lighter tone high volume picks are made from non-toxic engineering polymer for extended play life compared to the commodity plastics used by popular makers.
Features the same grip and built-in flex control as our Carbon Fiber lineup.
Don't let the thin gauges fool you, these aren't flappies that chase your strings.
Four Play, Four Tone
Choose the style and tone on the fly.
Opens new doors of creativity.
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