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Are your guitar or bass frets looking a bit worse for wear? Are you wanting to learn about cleaning and maintaining your fretboard? Dull and tarnished frets don’t just look bad – they also affect the playability of your instrument and can shorten its lifespan.  If you’ve ever played on a electric or acoustic guitar…

We’ve all been there – you’re in the groove, playing your favourite riff, when suddenly you hear it: that annoying fret buzz that makes your perfect tone sound more like an angry bee trapped in a jar. Fret buzz can be incredibly frustrating, turning what should be a smooth jam session into an exercise in…

Hey fellow guitar lovers, Stu here 🙂 Are you scratching your head, wondering whether you should be searching for a “luthier near me” to fix up your trusty axe? Well, hold onto your picks, because you might be barking up the wrong fretboard! Let’s face it: when it comes to guitar maintenance, things can get…

Hey there, Stu from Stu’s Guitar Setups Haywards Heath in Sussex, here to chat to you about something that might surprise (and possibly even upset…) you. Why that shiny new guitar or bass you just bought needs a proper guitar setup.  Now, I know what you’re thinking: “But Stu, I just dropped a small fortune…

Hey there, Stu from Stu’s Guitar Setups here in (sometimes) sunny Sussex. Today, we’re diving into a question I get asked all the time: “Is it really worth getting my budget guitar set up?” If you’ve ever picked up a cheap guitar and thought, “This doesn’t quite feel right” or wondered if your affordable axe…

Hey there, it’s Stu from Stu’s Guitar Setups in Sussex, and today we’re diving into a topic that’s as sharp as the issue itself – sharp fret ends! As we’re heading into the colder months, I’ve been seeing more and more guitars come in with this pesky (and sometimes painful…) problem. So, I thought it’d…