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My Guitar Tracks Sound Thin, WTF?
The other night I was recording some rhythm guitar tracks on my DAW and wasn’t happy with how they turned out. I really needed an over the top, in your face , yet focused and edgy tone, basically a...
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Cigar Box Guitars, I Want One!
A few weeks ago I was in my basement repairing some plumbing when I came across a box of old guitar parts that must have been lost in the shuffle from when I moved. At the time I was preoccupied with...
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Free Virtual Guitar Builders
Update 5/15: There is a virtual guitar building contest at http://www.seymourduncan.com/tonefiend/guitar/mini-contest-misadventures-/in-body-building/. The object of the contest is to “build” the...
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WTF is Bucket Brigade Technology?
Guitarist love to talk equipment and use impressive guitar lingo. Lately the MXR Carbon Copy analog delay is creating a buzz among guitarist who boasts its “bucket brigade technology”. What is...
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Guitarists break world record with Hendrix tribute – Thenews.pl :: News from...
Guitarists break world record with Hendrix tribute – Thenews.pl :: News from Poland. 7273 guitarists gathered in Wroclaw, Poland today and simultaneously jammed out “Hey Joe” breaking the old record...
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Nashville flood brings lawsuit by Gibson, Nissan | The Tennessean |...
Looks like Gibson might get some payback from the still unresolved search and seizure the government performed on them in 2011. Gibson, along with several other companies are suing the federal...
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Guitar String Wire Factory Destroyed
NY wire factory destroyed by fire AP CLEVELAND, N.Y. (AP) — A family-owned central New York factory that made wire for guitar strings and the aerospace industry has been destroyed by fire. James Ransom...
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Finding The Perfect Guitar Pickups
When I started working on my own guitars I wanted to learn as much as I could about every guitar component. I studied the different tonal characteristic of the various body and neck woods, I learned...
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Weighing Options
While I was at the guitar shop buying some strings, I decided to test drive a few guitars. Even though I knew full well I was not going to buy one that day, I was on a quest to find a really nice...
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To Build or Not to Build?
Back when spandex wasn’t just for cycling, I wanted a Kramer Baretta more than anything. After begging for several months for a ride to the closest Kramer dealer, which was 50 miles away, I finally...
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