Way back when I first started to play the guitar, I also was building and programming computers. Eventually, it became clear to me that being a guitarist was not as lucrative as being a computer guru. Years of school and a career in software later, I turned my fascination of guitar into the focal point for all of the technical skills I acquired during that time.

For every tiny example here, I have written thousands of lines of code. I have no idea what has happened to most of that code since I never owned the computers they were written on, nor the projects which they were written for. I freely admit that most of this stuff here is outdated. I also remember that most of these were written at a time when I was learning about something novel, whether it was a new language, exploring object-oriented architecture, or just whipping out a quick spreadsheet to solve the problem I was facing at the moment. You would be surprised how far I pushed Excel to do things in my career. From reverse engineering executables into source code, to generating source code based on spec sheets or some other high-level input. Excel was never meant to do that, but, in my defense, it has built in Visual Basic support.

FREEWARE: I wrote these a long time ago. Feel free to use them as you see fit. I don't have the source code anymore. (And if you are paying attention, yes I copied this section directly from the Audio/Video page)

ZenGuitar screen saver - Screensaver written for Phil Sudo and Zen Guitar enthusiasts.

FretboardDots 2.2a - Fretboard diagramming software for guitar, banjo, mandolin, and bass.

Fretboard Fret Calculator - Excel based fret position calculator. Just enter your string scale and watch the magic happen.

String Space Calculator - Excel based calculator for string spacing at nut for equal space between strings. Enter string spread and string gauge.