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Ep 31 – Q&A And Fret Sprout

Ep 31 – Q&A and Fret Sprout

In this episode, Eric and Melissa take questions about fret sprout, how to store loose pickups, getting stuck metal parts unstuck, torrefied tone wood, 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.

Ep 30 – Q&A And Xmas

Ep 30 – Q&A and Xmas

In this episode, Eric and Melissa take questions about slotted headstocks, alnico magnet strength, Takamine guitars, Paulownia wood, and also discuss feedback on the Danelectro style lipstick tube pickup shootout from last month.

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.

Ep 29 – Q&A And Lipstick Pickup Showdown

Ep 29 – Q&A and Lipstick Pickup Showdown

In this episode, Eric and Melissa take questions about pickups galore, humidifiers, fretwork and intonation. At the end of the episode is a great Danelectro pickup comparison between 5 different manufacturers of lipstick tube style pickups. The 5 pickups we compare are a vintage 1960’s original pickup, an Asian made reissue, a Seymour Duncan, a Kent Armstrong, and Doug Tulloch’s new Nep-Tone pickups. The results might surprise you.

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.

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Ep 28 – Q&A And Horror Stories

Ep 28 – Q&A and Horror Stories

In this episode, Eric and Melissa take questions about beveled pickup polepieces, warped necks, pickup winding, setting intonation and read GUITAR HORROR STORIES!

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

Ep 27 – Q&A And Customer Relations

Ep 27 – Q&A and Customer Relations

In this episode, Eric and Melissa talk about dealing with problems between customers and repair specialists, strobe tuners, hard wired tone roll offs, paint problems, and warped necks.

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

Ep 26 – Q&A And Mark Tossman

Ep 26 – Q&A and Mark Tossman

In this episode, Eric and Melissa talk about neck resets, linear vs. audio taper pots, sustain loss during a refret, and more. The second half of the show is a great interview with guitar repair master Mark Tossman.

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

Ep 25 – Q&A And Headstock Breaks

Ep 25 – Q&A and Headstock Breaks

In this episode, Eric and Melissa talk about headstock crack paint touch-ups, pickup winders, advice for the diy refinisher, short scale Fender guitars, and how pickguards effect tone.

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

Ep 24 – Q&A And Rusty Polepieces

Ep 24 – Q&A and Rusty Polepieces

In this episode, Eric and Melissa talk about capo tuning problems, neck shims, router humps, zero frets, why pickups go bad, and why Eric no longer takes custom orders.

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

Ep 23 – Q&A And News Follow Up

Ep 23 – Q&A and News Follow Up

In this episode, Eric and Melissa follow up on a news story from last month, talk guitar wiring, slotted headstocks, bone nuts and more.

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

Ep 22 – Guitar News And Q&A

Ep 22 – Guitar News and Q&A

In this episode, Eric and Melissa bring back an old segment… Guitar News! They also field questions about guitar pickup phase and hum cancelling properties, how to tame a rowdy bridge pickup, how to dampen string vibration behind the nut, b-benders, and can an old acoustic guitar be disassmbled and made into a new acoustic guitar?

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

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