The Fret Files

In this episode, GUITAR HORROR STORIES!  Also, Eric and Melissa take questions from listeners about using raw bone from the butcher, shipping a guitar, fret polishing, and shelf stable hide glue. To participate in the show, you can leave a message with your question or comment by calling 757-774-8482.  To email the show, go to EricDaw.com and click the contact link.  Thanks for listening!

In this episode, Eric interviews guitar repair guru and former Rickenbacker employee Mark Arnquist. 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, Eric and Melissa take questions from listeners about conversion necks, open tunings, luthier conferences, compound radius setups, and which way should Gibson Tune-o-matic saddles face? 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, Eric interviews luthier, repairman, and former Rickenbacker employee Dale Fortune. 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, Eric does a little Guitar News and then interviews A. D. Barron, AKA “0le Fuzzy,” the Telecaster collector and enthusiast and the mind behind the term “Telecaster Nitty Gritty.” 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, Eric and Melissa take questions about guitarist neurosis, bass setup tips, pickup winding, fighting feedback on acoustic pickups, coil tapping vs. coil splitting, and a very special question- “who makes the worst guitars in the world?”  Who could it be??? To participate in the show, you can leave a message with your question or comment by calling 757-774-8482. To email...

In this episode, Eric interviews Chelsea Clark of “ Guitars and Caffeine ” based in Los Angeles, California.  We talk about her backstory, her current shop, the  “America for Music” project, and the ethics issues that sometimes arise in guitar repair and restoration. To participate in the show, you can leave a message with your question or comment by calling 757-774-8482. T...

The Fret Files: A Guitar Workshop Podcast Eric Daw, a 20 year guitar repair veteran, talks guitar tech, guitar repair, guitar tools, guitar building and all things relating to the art of guitar craft. Eric takes calls, reads emails, and interviews a myriad of interesting guitar people. In this episode, Eric and Melissa discuss some … Continue reading The Fret Files – Episode 38 →

The Fret Files: A Guitar Workshop Podcast Eric Daw, a 20 year guitar repair veteran, talks guitar tech, guitar repair, guitar tools, guitar building and all things relating to the art of guitar craft. Eric takes calls, reads emails, and interviews a myriad of interesting guitar people. In this episode, Eric and Melissa discuss some … Continue reading The Fret Files – Episode 37 →

The Fret Files: A Guitar Workshop Podcast Eric Daw, a 20 year guitar repair veteran, talks guitar tech, guitar repair, guitar tools, guitar building and all things relating to the art of guitar craft. Eric takes calls, reads emails, and interviews a myriad of interesting guitar people. In this episode, Eric and Melissa discuss some … Continue reading The Fret Files – Episode 36 →

The Fret Files: A Guitar Workshop Podcast Eric Daw, a 20 year guitar repair veteran, talks guitar tech, guitar repair, guitar tools, guitar building and all things relating to the art of guitar craft. Eric takes calls, reads emails, and interviews a myriad of interesting guitar people. In this episode, Eric and Melissa take questions … Continue reading The Fret Files – Episode 35 →

The Fret Files: A Guitar Workshop Podcast Eric Daw, a 20 year guitar repair veteran, talks guitar tech, guitar repair, guitar tools, guitar building and all things relating to the art of guitar craft. Eric takes calls, reads emails, and interviews a myriad of interesting guitar people. In this episode, Eric and Melissa take questions … Continue reading The Fret Files – Episode 34 →

The Fret Files: A Guitar Workshop Podcast Eric Daw, a 20 year guitar repair veteran, talks guitar tech, guitar repair, guitar tools, guitar building and all things relating to the art of guitar craft. Eric takes calls, reads emails, and interviews a myriad of interesting guitar people. In this episode, Eric and Melissa take questions … Continue reading The Fret Files – Episode 33 →

The Fret Files: A Guitar Workshop Podcast Eric Daw, a 20 year guitar repair veteran, talks guitar tech, guitar repair, guitar tools, guitar building and all things relating to the art of guitar craft. Eric takes calls, reads emails, and interviews a myriad of interesting guitar people. In this episode, Eric and Melissa take questions … Continue reading The Fret Files – Episode 32 →

The Fret Files: A Guitar Workshop Podcast Eric Daw, a 20 year guitar repair veteran, talks guitar tech, guitar repair, guitar tools, guitar building and all things relating to the art of guitar craft. Eric takes calls, reads emails, and interviews a myriad of interesting guitar people. In this episode, Eric and Melissa take questions … Continue reading The Fret Files – Episode 31 →

The Fret Files: A Guitar Workshop Podcast Eric Daw, a 20 year guitar repair veteran, talks guitar tech, guitar repair, guitar tools, guitar building and all things relating to the art of guitar craft. Eric takes calls, reads emails, and interviews a myriad of interesting guitar people. In this episode, Eric and Melissa take questions … Continue reading The Fret Files – Episode 30 →

The Fret Files: A Guitar Workshop Podcast Eric Daw, a 20 year guitar repair veteran, talks guitar tech, guitar repair, guitar tools, guitar building and all things relating to the art of guitar craft. Eric takes calls, reads emails, and interviews a myriad of interesting guitar people. In this episode, Eric and Melissa take questions … Continue reading The Fret Files – Episode 29 →

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.

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.

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 conta...

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.

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.

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.

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 quest...

In this episode, Eric and Melissa field questions about favorite guitar books, filling fingerboard divots in ebony, the pros and cons of jumbo frets, good options for an economically priced Strat bridge, and more. Then Jason Verlinde of the  Fretboard Journal joins Eric for an in depth ‘behind the scenes’ interview about the magazine. To participate in the show, you can leave a message with your q...