Taylor Guitars – The State of Ebony
Apparently, Taylor guitars now owns 75% of the worlds last legal, commercial supply of ebony. Taylor Guitars co-founder, Bob Taylor, talks about what this means to the guitar industry. I guess it’s good that someone who has a vested interest in seeing this resource become sustainable is in control of it. But it’s a shame […]
Magnetic Truss Rod Cover
Brilliant! I think.
2012 TDPRI Build Challenge
TDPRI is a web forum that bills itself as “the number one Telecaster authority on the web”. I see no reason to argue. It’s a great forum with a huge active membership, covering all aspects of the Telecaster as well as plenty of related topics as well. And with the popularity of the Tele’s design with amateur and professional luthiers, the […]
The Bigsby Files
Saying Deke Dickerson is obsessed with the creations of Paul A. Bigsby, would be an understatement. He has spent the last 20 years tracking down and documenting the very sketchy history of one of the modern electric guitar’s founding fathers. Most known for the iconic Bigsby vibrato tailpiece, which is still very popular today. But […]
Acoustic Addicts Episode #2
Seems like the AA guys caught a lot of flack from episode 1 by trying to compare tonewoods in guitars of wildly varying designs. This time they try to be more scientific comparing a bunch of Martins that are much more similar. They also throw in a cheap laminated Yahmaha to show the difference between […]