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I've mentioned this in a few posts and specifically in this thread Beech as a body wood; that while I've got access to all the tools for NC routing a guitar body, it has not been in plan for a couple of reasons. Viz: I'm far more experienced at finishing wood than in construction, also...

For now this (maple burl) will be a side table. Eventually I'll probably cut out a guitar body, replacing that part in the table with a matching insert. 3 layers of tung down and wet sanded with #500 paper. I have no idea how many layers I'll carry this to, it's fun to work on and also is my...

What a couple years. I have the (good?) fortune to live in an urban area that's weathered the repeated waves well, & the area is highly vaccinated. Downside, my area was also one of the very first epicenters, my boss and another colleague had both contracted the virus by April 2020. Our high...

Question, has anyone used them? If so, did you feel they're worth the expense? For reference, I'm happy with the Grover tuning machines installed in my Martin and W-strat, don't like the crap machines installed on a (not inexpensive) stock Strat, and hated the sticky ones on an older Ovation I...

A few things got me moving on this: first, I've super enjoyed the overdrive / distortion pedals I've got, second, the guitar shop I go to put a new in box ~1998 klon up for sale at $7500. Maybe most of all, record high COVID rates here and the need for good winter-friendly projects. I enjoy...

(btw, best holiday wishes all!) I've thought about this a good long time and partly because the pickups I would buy for a new build are for now on indefinite backorder (like 6 months +) .. time to think about doing it the hard way. My aim is to build HB's with rare earth neodymium magnets, and...

I've got some mahogany and maple to put together the structure, what I've made first is a battery power supply to let me use pedals without plugging into mains power, at home I'm in a small space, and every wire that has to go to the wall is a hassle, also, it's nice to make the whole rig play...

I'd wondered how they're setup, didn't find the time to dismantle my 5b5, here's the 3b3-01.

I received this from Mayfly last week and have been having a lot of fun kicking the tires! Clearly the headroom afforded by the +9V & -9V = 18V charge pump offers a lot of clarity in this pedal. The other overdrive pedal I've tried is the Heather Brown Blessed Mother, that my local shop...

Here's the plan for this guitar: I'm settling in on a headboard design, a couple of my ideas will be challenging, that's ok. The pickups I want are neodymium Q-Tuner HBs. Those are not available until 2022, I'm not at all sure how long the construction will take, however I'm game to put in...

I think this is going to finish up nicely, digging in for a winter of fun work :-) I have a couple ideas how to carve / finish out the headstock, im psyched for that part! First thoughts, the rosewood in the fretboard is a bit nicer than I got from MusiKraft, same thing for abalone markers!

I'm thinking of building a cabinet with single 12" speaker. I'll go closed back with a panel that can be removed to let it be open as an option. Question, if you could install any 12" Celestion into a cab / amp, what would you choose? I mostly play on clean amp setting, like a lot of chime, and...

We went to Halloween themed burlesque last night, OMG so much fun! So many beautiful women (plenty of different pronouns on the stage). There were some astounding drag kings, especially in the final number. The venue is masks required when not eating / drinking and and vaccination required for...

It seems common that when designers add an active electronics feature to a guitar, the mag pickups will be routed through the feature and the feature will be powered on / off by adding a switch to the output jack. This also renders a guitar which: a. can't be played without the battery...

Edit: Tl;dr per my biases Fender lt25      C-  & honorable mention @ dirty OC 20rt            B+  very usable dirty chan THR 5a              B    extra points for tiny size TheAmp 100    A    ----- I'm curious what others like and why (obviously valve/SS is a main divider for a lot of...

I received my ViRbrato from @mayfly this week and damn if it doesn't perform well. Now this can only be damnation by faint praise, I haven't used other phaser effect, except for what's built into my Fender Lt25 practice / modelling amp. Compared to that, it's night and day. The Zebra does OK...

Last night I hooked up my strat and my recent build (rosewood > mahogany, Lollar pickups) to have a look at harmonics, see how visual the tonal difference was between the two axes. What I saw was the W-build showed far more overtones across the board, I can't say what's coming from the body vs...

My recent build is setup with a freeway 10-way switch. The combinations are great however two parts of the design makes little sense to me, so I'm asking for y'all's thoughts. 1. The freeway only uses the bridge in humbucking mode in the bridge-only position. 2. when split, the switch selects...

I'm asking mostly because if I ask the right folks, I can probably in time get some *hayuge* sections of beech burl. There's not a lot of info out there about using it, one thing of note is it's got one of the highest shrinkage rates of available woods, and also a higher than most ratio of...

Having completed at least rev-1 of my tung-finished guitar, I wanted to clarify some misunderstandings about pure tung oil. The pinned post in the finishes forum is great, I have one pint to better clarify: I think it's more accurate to say they're not built up to film-forming more because ...