Shop carefully for tools, and you'll be able to have MORE :hello2: :hello2: :hello2: Those $25 feeler gauges that Stew-Mac sells can be had for $12 at your hardware or auto supply store... not to pick on them (well yes) this thread:
http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=6982.0
mentions their $22 fret rocker - it's a little flat thing 3" long, and their $34 "fret leveler" - it's a flat heavy thing. I use a 6" knife sharpening block, with wet/dry paper wrapped around it... Some of their tools are indispensable, like a crowning file, some of them are really neat-o like their sanding stick and the string lifter:
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Nuts,_saddles/Special_tools_for:_Nuts_and_saddles/String_Lifter.html
But you don't need to pay $11.33 for a 6" steel shop ruler, it's the same one your hardware store has for $2.99.
If you keep an eye out for weird little files, clamps and pliers at the bargain bins you'll have more than you can imagine in no time. :blob7: :blob7: :blob7:
http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=6982.0
mentions their $22 fret rocker - it's a little flat thing 3" long, and their $34 "fret leveler" - it's a flat heavy thing. I use a 6" knife sharpening block, with wet/dry paper wrapped around it... Some of their tools are indispensable, like a crowning file, some of them are really neat-o like their sanding stick and the string lifter:
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Nuts,_saddles/Special_tools_for:_Nuts_and_saddles/String_Lifter.html
But you don't need to pay $11.33 for a 6" steel shop ruler, it's the same one your hardware store has for $2.99.
If you keep an eye out for weird little files, clamps and pliers at the bargain bins you'll have more than you can imagine in no time. :blob7: :blob7: :blob7:
