Hey!
I’m Bernie Tusko, founder of FretGuru and creator – some would say obsessive mad scientist – of all kinds of helpful tools, tips and next level strategies that will bring your guitar to life.
Whether it’s with my personal clients, or with students in a teaching and tutorial setting, the results are the same – and they end up thinking of me as some sort of “Guitar Whisperer” – who can coax unreal amounts of tone, sustain, volume and ease of playing out of any guitar.
How It All Started
As my skill and vision for the guitar craft and has grown and unfolded, it’s taken some very unexpected turns. What started as me just tinkering to figure out what made a guitar easier/more enjoyable to play turned into a career. People began tracking me down to work on their guitars and before long it wasn’t possible for me to do anything else… like I’d been swallowed by the craft that I loved.
I would have never thought that the tools I’ve developed for my personal workbench would have found their way to thousands of other workbenches around the world… and to so many of my peers and A-List luthiers?! I’m humbled and honored… and inspired to do more.
A Passion for Music
In getting to talk with and give guidance to so many passionate guitar enthusiasts around the world, one thing that I find so amazing and energizing is – despite any cultural or language differences there may be – we are all able to connect on this deeper common language of personal expression.
And the willingness to expand this ability – to express more freely, and to move past the roadblocks that try to hold us back seems like a universal drive that keeps us growing and moving forward.