What IS this guy doing!!??

[guitar george]

Originally Posted by frankmcr

Holding the metal ruler thing in just the right place to get a nice crisp picture of it.

No, if you look closely you'll see that some of his fingers are in the way.

[personatech]

Keep it up, guys, you're cracking me up!!

[rick-slo]

Originally Posted by zmf

Pretty common really. If the distances between the tuners aren't perfect intervals, it's impossible to get proper intonation.

I assume your joking. Anyway picture looks like some kind of promo shot. The item is for string height measurements.
Here's the whole kit:
https://www.amazon.com/Son-Strummer-.../dp/B01MQNF6TX

[Beakybird]

My daughter goes to bed with a ruler to measure how long she sleeps, so maybe he's measuring how long he's played guitar.

[zephystar]

Maybe they hired the same agency who does the marketing for HK?

[Bax Burgess]

Is the headstock connected to the neck? I would have to see another angle. Could be an odd juxtaposition.

[AcousticDreams]

Originally Posted by Brucebubs

Hey, I bought that guitar when he finished.

Oh Man....forget everything else....I love this guitar!!!!
Killer art.

Who made that?

[frankmcr]

Originally Posted by guitar george

No, if you look closely you'll see that some of his fingers are in the way.

Good point!

Okay, my second guess is that it's a sample of some guy's work as a hand model. Real guitar techs don't have such well-groomed fingernails.

[Mbroady]

Lots of funny responses. But I’m going to guess that the person has a system to measure the string length so as to have the optimal amount of wraps around the tunner post.

I do something like that but with my fingers. Don’t think I would a take pic as a promotion.

[Monsoon1]

Originally Posted by tippy5

Relief of the headstock? What's next headstock truss rods?
I'm going to check my headstocks . . . let's see my tele has no angle. My Gibson is 11 degrees.... I'll remove my clip on tuner before measurements.

No no, you misunderstand, if you play with the tuner on then you must take measurements with it on.

[personatech]

Originally Posted by rick-slo

I assume your joking. Anyway picture looks like some kind of promo shot. The item is for string height measurements.
Here's the whole kit:
https://www.amazon.com/Son-Strummer-.../dp/B01MQNF6TX

It's definitely a promo shot - that's the kit I was looking at on Amazon. You'd think that the manufacturer would want to show the items being used as they should be - not like this!

[TBman]

This is what happens when marketing "experts" don't know anything about the product and the product's target market. They end up making the makers and resellers of the product look like idiots.

[Mr. Paul]

I believe that's Denny Zager applying a coat of magic dust, turning a $300 guitar into one valued conservatively at $2K.

[musicman1951]

Many thanks to the posters here. Lots of belly laughs this morning- always nice.

[Silly Moustache]

Originally Posted by rokdog49

My apologies, apparently my humor escaped you.

Didn't escape me - looks silly.
I have one of those stewmac gauges - the detail the side that he is looking at is a measurement conversion chart.