Episodes

  • Ep 194 – A Tribute to Joel Wilkens & Q&A

    Ep 194 – A Tribute to Joel Wilkens & Q&A
    Jul 15 2024
    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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    56 mins
  • Ep 193 – Rhett Harris from Rhett’s Frets in Nashville

    Ep 193 – Rhett Harris from Rhett’s Frets in Nashville
    Jun 15 2024
    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 hr and 7 mins
  • Ep 192 – Q&A and guitar news

    Ep 192 – Q&A and guitar news
    May 15 2024
    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 hr and 4 mins
  • Ep 191 – Q&A

    Ep 191 – Q&A
    Apr 16 2024
    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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    59 mins
  • Ep 190 – Q&A

    Ep 190 – Q&A
    Mar 15 2024
    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 hr and 2 mins
  • Ep 189 – Q&A

    Ep 189 – Q&A
    Feb 15 2024
    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 hr and 1 min
  • Ep 188 – Q&A

    Ep 188 – Q&A
    Jan 16 2024
    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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    59 mins
  • Ep 187 – Frank Gross from Thunder Road Guitars

    Ep 187 – Frank Gross from Thunder Road Guitars
    Dec 15 2023
    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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    58 mins