Free Guitar Tools: Decoders, Calculators & Setup Guides
Every free guitar tool on Owning A Fender in one place: serial number decoders for 20+ brands, a guitar worth calculator, factory setup specs lookup, action height calculator, string tools, and a gear garage for your collection.
Free Guitar Tools
Every free tool on Owning A Fender, in one place. Whether you're dating a guitar by serial number, pricing one for sale, or dialing in a setup, start here.
Guitar Worth Calculator
Wondering what your guitar could sell for? Our free guitar worth calculator gives you an instant used-market value range based on brand, era, and condition — no email, no signup. It's the fastest reality check before you list, trade, or insure an instrument. For a deeper dive into valuation, read the complete guide to how much your guitar is worth.
Authenticity Quick-Check
Buying used and wondering if it's the real thing? The free fake guitar quick-check walks you through the classic counterfeit red flags — price, seller behavior, serial, decals, and workmanship — and gives you an instant risk band for Fender, Gibson, Squier, Epiphone, or any other brand. If flags come up, the $9 Authenticity Checker screens the actual listing photos.
Serial Number Decoders
Date your guitar from its serial number in seconds. Start at the multi-brand serial number lookup — pick any of 22 brands and decode instantly — or jump straight to a brand:
- Squier Serial Number Lookup — date any Squier guitar or bass by serial
- PRS Serial Number Lookup — Core, S2, SE, and CE models
- ESP Serial Number Lookup — ESP Original, LTD, and Edwards
- Schecter Serial Number Lookup — USA Custom Shop, Korean, and Indonesian models
- Fender Serial Number Lookup — the canonical decoder for USA, Mexico, Japan, and vintage Fenders
Factory Setup Specs Lookup
Skip the manual hunt — the factory setup specs lookup pulls the manufacturer's recommended action, relief, and pickup heights for your exact model. The perfect starting point before any DIY setup.
Action Height Calculator
Not sure what your string height should be? The action height calculator recommends target measurements at the 12th fret based on your guitar and playing style, so you can set up with confidence.
Pickup Height Calculator
Get the ideal pickup-to-string gap for your Strat, Tele, Jaguar, Jazzmaster, P-Bass or PRS, then a raise/lower recommendation from your current measurement with the pickup height calculator.
Setup Calculator
Get your guitar's factory setup calculator specs — action height, neck relief, and pickup height — for your exact model in one snapshot.
String Gauge Recommendation Tool
Get a personalized string gauge suggestion — plus three string set picks — based on your guitar, playing style, genre, and tuning with the string gauge recommendation tool.
String Comparison Tool
Compare popular string sets side by side — gauges, materials, feel, and tone — with our string comparison tool. Find the right set without buying five packs to try.
My Gear Garage
Keep your whole collection organized in one place. My Gear Garage tracks your guitars, maintenance schedules, and setup history so nothing falls through the cracks.
Looking for the paid stuff? Our products page has the $9 personalized price estimate report, in-depth setup guides, and history reports.
