Chicago Music Exchange (and a free shirt)
Here’s a few more – “Smash” “Exit” Recently on one of the many guitar forums I read everyday, someone posted the a links to a few of these videos by Chicago Music Exchange. They were pretty funny, and they obviously ‘get’ guitarists. And as someone who designs and edits video for a living, I liked that they were […]
Seymour Duncan Introduces the Liberator™ Solderless Pickup Change System
What better story to follow my “How To Solder” article, then an announcement from Seymour Duncan for a new system that allows you to swap pickups in your guitar without needing to do any soldering. Dubbed the Liberator™, it’s essentially a volume potentiometer with a clamping system to attach the pickup wires to. Initially there will […]
How to Solder
Being into the DIY part of guitars means knowing how to solder. From swapping pickups and pots to building and modding stompboxes and amps, it’s an essential skill. And it really isn’t that hard. Soldering correctly is all about the details. If you approach it with the mindset of ” gluing” the parts together with […]
The Marauder Project:Part 4
Part1 Part2 Part3 So, in the last episode we were left with an uneven, lemon colored lacquer finish. I mentioned that I came up with a ‘great’ way to fix this, ‘great’ being a relative term here. I bought an air compressor and a spraygun. I actually have a lot of experience mixing and spraying […]
PJ Harvey-“Rid of Me”
Just PJ and a guitar, that’s all you need.