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The Fret Files
Eric Daw
206 episodes
3 days ago
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 guitar industry moguls.
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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 guitar industry moguls.
Show more...
How To
Education,
Music,
Music Interviews
Episodes (20/206)
The Fret Files
Ep 206 – Norman Harris of Norman’s Rare Guitars
3 weeks ago
45 minutes 34 seconds

The Fret Files
Ep 205 – Listener Questions
1 month ago
36 minutes 14 seconds

The Fret Files
Ep 204 – Listener Questions and a book review
2 months ago
42 minutes 3 seconds

The Fret Files
Ep 203 -Guitar News and Listener Questions
3 months ago
55 minutes 22 seconds

The Fret Files
Ep 202 – Listener Questions and Shop Safety
4 months ago
46 minutes 36 seconds

The Fret Files
Ep 201 – Listener Questions and a Top Ten List
5 months ago
1 hour 14 minutes 23 seconds

The Fret Files
Ep 200 – Listener Quiz!
In this special episode of the Fret Files Podcast, Eric and Nat call listeners who have volunteered to play Guitar Trivia. It's chaos and it's fun and you should listen. Thanks to everyone who volunteered and thanks to those who participated!
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6 months ago
1 hour 6 minutes 34 seconds

The Fret Files
Ep 199-Quiz and Listener Questions
In this episode of the Fret Files Podcast, Eric gives Nat a quiz - "Guitar Pickup or Indie Band?" Then, they take questions regarding wax potting pickups, heavy duty soldering, Strat pickups, spraying lacquer, identifying parts on a schematic, and shielding cavities on electric guitars.
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7 months ago
1 hour 2 minutes 53 seconds

The Fret Files
Ep 198 – Listener Questions
In this episode of the Fret Files Podcast, Eric and Nat talk about being prepared and cleating cracks in acoustic guitars. They then take questions regarding removing glued in saddles, a quiet high string with an acoustic pickup install, how to know what size frets to use on a vintage guitar, vintage guitar refrets, and why Rickenbacker guitars feel different than just about every other guitar.
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8 months ago
47 minutes 18 seconds

The Fret Files
Ep 197 – Listener Questions
In this episode of the Fret Files Podcast, Eric and Nat take questions regarding Baxendale Conversions, wood dust toxicity and sensitivity, magnetizing Alnico, Bolivian Rosewood, 5 string bass setups, and more.
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9 months ago
47 minutes 20 seconds

The Fret Files
Ep 196 – Listener Questions and Product Reviews
In this episode of the Fret Files Podcast, Eric talks about his new endeavor in humbucker production - the "Patent Denied" humbucker pickups (available soon.) Eric does a few product reviews - the "Cleatus" guitar cleat system, the T. J. Thompson Belly Reducer, the Allparts True Tune tuners, and the vintage style Tele bridge plate from Philadelphia Luthier Tools and Supply. Then Eric answers questions about string spacing, Fender Mandocaster saddles, how to replicate the tone of your favorite player, string buzz and setup questions, are there any USA made potentiometers, and more.
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10 months ago
53 minutes 2 seconds

The Fret Files
Ep 195 – Listener Questions and Guitar News
In this episode of the Fret Files Podcast, Eric and Nat talk guitar news with the results of a few recent guitar auctions including guitars owned by Mark Knopfler, Prince, and John Lennon. Then they took questions about pickup polarity, a Kay Barney Kessel truss rod, a lot of wiring questions about Eric's book "Solid Sound," some talk about what types of polish Eric recommends, and a tool recommendation from down under.
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11 months ago
43 minutes 46 seconds

The Fret Files
Ep 194 – A Tribute to Joel Wilkens and Listener Questions
In this episode of the Fret Files Podcast, Eric and Nat give a tribute to renowned guitar restoration expert Joel Wilkins who passed away this week. Then there's the questions - a question about Don Teeter's guitar repair books, a lot of wiring questions about Eric's book "Solid Sound," some intonation and bridge placement questions, and a very nice call from a satisfied owner of some of Eric's pickups.
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1 year ago
56 minutes 13 seconds

The Fret Files
Ep 193 – Rhett Harris from Rhett’s Frets in Nashville
In this episode of the Fret Files Podcast, Eric interviews Rhett Harris from Rhett's Frets in Nashville TN. Eric and Rhett talk fretwork, pickups, 3D printing, Eric's book, running your own business from home, and Idaho winters.
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1 year ago
1 hour 7 minutes 28 seconds

The Fret Files
Ep 192 – Listener Questions and Guitar News
In this episode of the Fret Files Podcast, Eric and Nat review some guitar news about John Lennon's Framus Hootenany 12 string, Eric Clapton's 1974 Martin 000-28, and a guitar exhibit at the California Museum in Sacramento. They then take questions regarding backward functioning truss rods, what to do with an inherited guitar collection, P-90 queries, and more about compound radius guitars. Or is it compound radii? You decide.
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1 year ago
1 hour 3 minutes 49 seconds

The Fret Files
Ep 191 – Listener Questions
In this episode of the Fret Files Podcast, Eric and Nat take questions regarding ground wires on Telecasters, sheilding inside electric guitar cavities, idiot proofing jacks and pots, Desert Sand finishes, and how to set string radius when adjusting action on a guitar with a compound radius.
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1 year ago
59 minutes 13 seconds

The Fret Files
Ep 190 – Listener Questions
In this episode of the Fret Files Podcast, Eric and Nat take questions regarding pickup phase, guitar finishes with no pore filler, getting rid of pick marks on lacquer finishes, the Sorkin "bowtie" bridge, and Eric's ideal Jazzmaster wiring.
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1 year ago
1 hour 2 minutes 1 second

The Fret Files
Ep 189 – Listener Questions
In this episode of the Fret Files Podcast, Eric and Nat take questions regarding the string wrap around Telecaster bridge pickups, coated strings, when to say no, how to treat warped bass necks, and will there be a Solid Sound Vol. 2?
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1 year ago
1 hour 37 seconds

The Fret Files
Ep 188 – Listener Questions and Celebrating 10 Years
In this, the ten year anniversary episode of the Fret Files Podcast, Eric and Nat take questions regarding string trees, power tools, acoustic guitar neck humps, pickup specs, and stopping the clicking noise that happens with loose Fender tremolo arms.
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1 year ago
58 minutes 51 seconds

The Fret Files
Ep 187 – Frank Gross from Thunder Road Guitars
In this episode of the Fret Files Podcast, Eric announces the new podcast schedule for 2024, answers a few listener submitted questions, and interviews Frank Gross from Thunder Road Guitars in Seattle, Wa.
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1 year ago
57 minutes 49 seconds

The Fret Files
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 guitar industry moguls.