Graph Tech
Latest Graph Tech guitar news, new electric and acoustic guitars, signature models, artist collaborations, and releases tracked by Guitar Radar.
Guitar Radar follows Graph Tech through 1 story and 1 product release, covering new gear, launches and company news as they happen. Most of it sits under gear. The most recent story, from Sep 30, 2026, is “Graph Tech expands its clamp-free Un-Lock Nut system to 7-string guitars”. The newest product in the releases catalog is the Graph Tech 7-String Un-Lock Nuts.
About Graph Tech
Graph Tech began when Dave Dunwoodie, a Vancouver guitarist, ran into string binding on a Fender Stratocaster tremolo during a gig. Tired of putting pencil lead in the nut slots, he experimented with composite nuts and engineered what the company calls the world's first self-lubricating nut, a formula it says is 500 percent more slippery than graphite. Equipboard gives the start as 1983, and the company is now based in Delta, British Columbia.
Its material TUSQ is a synthetic ivory used for nuts and saddles, and Black TUSQ XL nuts add PTFE impregnation intended to improve tuning stability and string life. Graph Tech's String Saver saddles led to the Ghost system, which encapsulates piezo crystals inside the saddle; the company says this protects them from moisture and corrosion, and the system has an optional 13-pin hex output for guitar synths. In 2014 Floyd Rose and Graph Tech combined to create a Floyd Rose tremolo with Ghost saddles.
Guitar Radar follows Graph Tech's new nuts, saddles and electronics.
Sources: Graph Tech: The Graph Tech story · NAMM Oral History: Dave Dunwoodie · Premier Guitar: Floyd Rose and Graph Tech announce new tremolo system
