The Fret Files
Latest Episodes
Ep 127 – Q&A
In this episode of the Fret Files Podcast, Eric and Melissa talk about the history of switch companies, and take questions regarding gold foil MIJ catalog guitars, keeping vibrato guitars in tune, wir
Ep 126 – Q&A
In this episode of the Fret Files Podcast, Eric and Melissa talk about the history of 6 string basses, and take questions regarding fret leveling, cutting nuts, gluing loose braces, how to join the se
Ep 125 – Q&A & a new segment
In this episode of the Fret Files Podcast, Eric and Melissa introduce a new segment, The Guitar History Corner! Then they take questions regarding tune-o-matic saddle notches, leather picks, reverse a
Ep 124 – Q&A
In this episode of the Fret Files Podcast, Eric and Melissa take questions regarding RWRP pickups, setting up a guitar for an alternate tuning, 3 piece laminated necks, pore filling when finishing, fr
Ep 123 – Q&A
Eric is joined by his buddy Nat (Melissa is on vacation) to answer questions about the Trinity Triton Amp Kit build that we talked about in episode 88, and lots of other things including fret leveling
Ep 122 – Q&A
In this episode, Eric and Melissa take questions about Eric's kit amp, making guitar straps, why do people wax pot pickups, are Martin F-55's cool, and parallel/out of phase wiring explained.
Ep 121 – Q&A
In this episode, Eric and Melissa takes question about Jerry Garcia's guitars built by Doug Irwin, stranded vs solid core wire, cutting nut slots, cutting saddle slots, and when is a guitar neck just
Ep 120 – Rick Tish from playersgearmusic.com
In this episode, Eric takes a question about removing residue from the finish on a pre-CBS custom color Fender Stratocaster, and interviews Rick Tish from playersgearmusic.com about Rick's shop where
Ep 119 – Q&A
In this episode, Eric and Melissa take questions about humming Charlie Christian pickups, Eric's "secret" out of phase wiring trick, cool Japanese guitars to look out for, brass bridge pins, refrettin
Ep 118 – Q&A
In this episode, Eric and Melissa take questions about cryogenic fret wire, Jazzmaster wiring, linear pots, adjustable saddles on Gibson acoustics, adjustable polepieces on a P-90 pickup, and does tone really "come from the hands?"