New Epiphones: Nighthawk Custom & Wilshire Tremotone
Epiphone has two really interesting guitars they are about to release. First is a reissue of the Nighthawk. Epiphone had a Nighthawk model back in the 90’s for a short time which was based on the Gibson model of the same name. It has a mahogany body, AAA flame maple veneer top and a 25.5″ […]
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 […]
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 […]
How to Intonate Your Guitar
Setting the intonation on your guitar sounds like it would be complicated, but it’s really not. If you can change strings, you can handle this too. This video takes a very thorough look at the task and covers all you need to learn this yourself.
How to “Smash” a Guitar
I read about these smashable guitars from Japan a while ago. They are engineered to smash easily and you can then collect up the pieces to be recycled into a new “Smash”guitar. Apparently this is the instruction video that comes with them. This just takes it to a whole other level.