My name is Orion Kubow and I want to explain a simple method which I used to completely improve the sound and feel of my guitar. Rather than just throw a bunch of information at you, I thought I’d begin this post by asking you some questions.

Questions:

• Have you ever wondered why some guitars have fret buzz?

• Have you noticed that chords sound out of tune on some guitars even when the guitar is perfectly tuned to pitch?

• Have you ever noticed that some guitars just feel better than others to play?

The reasons for these problems used to be a mystery to me. I assumed that some guitars were just better than others and that was that.

Let’s go back in time to 2007:

I was playing guitar on a regular basis, but I didn’t know much of anything about the mechanical elements of my guitar. I had a Fender Stratocaster and I was always a little unhappy with the way it sounded. The intonation was always a little off, the low E string tended to buzz a lot and one of the tone knobs never seemed to work. One day I was playing it in my living room when my roommate walked in . . .

“Nice guitar,” he said.

“Not really” I griped and proceeded to complain to him about all of the problems that I was experiencing with it. My roommate was a guitarist too and he told me to take my guitar to Al Markasky and ask for a setup. Al, he happily explained, was a local luthier with a shop in Santa Cruz. I took my guitar in to Al the next day and asked him to do a setup. I wasn’t really expecting much.

I picked up the guitar a couple of days later and was amazed!

All of the problems were gone and the guitar sounded better than ever. It also seemed easier to play and I could play faster than before. I asked Al what he had done to make the guitar so much better and he proceeded to tell me all about his setup work. A few weeks later I came back to Al and asked him if he’d like to co-produce a DVD on guitar setup. He thought about it for a while and then eventually agreed.

Al and I produced two DVDs and created this website to help share the knowledge that completely changed the sound and feel of my guitar for the better. We’re sharing this information with you in three different formats:

1. DVDs

Our DVDs sell for the incredible value of $29.95 on Amazon.com and $24.95 on CreateSpace.com (less than the cost of a professional guitar setup) and both come with a 100% satisfaction guarantee. If you’re not absolutely satisfied with our DVDs we’ll refund 100% of your purchase price. Just send us an email at editor (at) fretmd (dot) com within 60 days of your purchase and we’ll send you instructions on how to get your refund. More information on our guarantee here.

As you can see, we’re passionate about our products and believe in their value. Our money back guarantee is proof of that. If you’re still not convinced, just browse our product reviews on Amazon.com to see what others have to say about us.

Please make use of this website to the max and don’t be afraid to sign up and post a comment if you’ve found our site useful.

2. Video Clips

We’ve taken some great clips from our DVDs which you can view for free here. Some of the clips are embedded in our interactive tutorials.

3. Free Tutorials

• Electric Guitar
• Acoustic Guitar
• Bass

We wanted to give our customers a way to read all of the information that they learned in the DVDs. One of the weaknesses of the DVDs is; it’s hard to remember the numbers of certain measurments and the various types of tools that Al uses in the DVDs; (and you don’t really want to keep rewinding). For this reason we decided to publish tutorials. We spent hours writing and rewriting these tutorials together. They’re now available to you, 24/7 free of charge.

I hope you make maximum use of all of the resources we’ve made available to you on this website. Please leave comments and make use of our share links to share our articles and tutorials with friends when you find them useful.