by Hank Castello | Oct 1, 2026 | Blog
Learn Fretwork Stop Spending Your Days Sanding Frets Professional fretwork starts with recognizing what the guitar needs. Are you looking for fret wear during your setups? Did you know that most fretwear can be removed, extending the life of the frets and saving...
by Hank Castello | Sep 8, 2026 | Blog
All that string wound around your tuning posts – is that really causing your tuning problems? Should you empty your wallet for a Floyd-type locking system and turn restrings and intonation-setting into half-day torture sessions? Let’s skip the folklore and...
by Hank Castello | Sep 6, 2026 | Blog
Millions of Guitars Need Skilled Techs. Why Not You? Look at the chart. Guitar manufacturing has exploded since the 1950s. That means millions upon millions of guitars are already out there — being played, bought, sold, modified, neglected, damaged, repaired and...
by Hank Castello | Sep 4, 2026 | Blog
Trusted by musicians. Trained by GTA. There’s a big difference between learning guitar repair in a classroom and learning it inside a busy professional repair shop. Guitar Tech Academy’s on-site program is held at Hank’s Guitar Shop in Clearwater, Florida, a 5-star...
by Hank Castello | Sep 2, 2026 | Blog
No Buzz Doesn’t Always Mean No Contact A guitar can lose tone and sustain on certain frets—even when you can’t hear any buzzing. Are the strings touching the frets? Or maybe you filed a nut slot slightly lower than planned. Is it still safe, or is the open string...
by Hank Castello | Jul 12, 2026 | Blog
Stories like this are appearing more often as the calendar pages turn. But haven’t you been in the rat race long enough? Isn’t it time for a change? Time to start doing something you love. Time to be your own boss. Time to set your own hours, so you’ll...
