Reed

Reed is responsible for every step-by-step procedure on Change Your Strings. The HowTo schema-marked guides — string changes by bridge type, precision nut filing, truss rod adjustment, bridge intonation, action setup, fret-level diagnosis — all flow through Reed. Each guide ships with the full HowTo schema (tools, supplies, ordered steps with positions and durations), TL;DR callouts under each H2, and primary-source citations for every tool and technique recommendation.

A guitar-tech tutorial is only useful if it works. Reed authors with the assumption that the reader is going to do the procedure on their own instrument right now and needs every step to be unambiguous, every measurement to have a target value, and every recovery path to be documented. The format is engineered for that:

• Diagnose first (don't file a nut that doesn't bind)
• Measure with calipers, not eyeballs
• Single-step iteration with test-fits between cuts
• Recovery procedures for the most common over-corrections
• Tool-by-tool callouts with the gauge or model number specified

Reed cites tools by manufacturer and model. Stewmac Gauged Nut File Set, Big Bends Nut Sauce, Hipshot Grip-Lock locking tuners, Tusq XL self-lubricating nut blanks. The recommendations come from working with the tools at the bench across hundreds of setups. Where alternatives exist, the alternatives are noted (graphite pencil for Nut Sauce in a pinch, bone replacement nuts vs Tusq, etc.). Reader gets the recommendation AND the substitution path.