The Marauder Project:Part 3
So obviously the first step in refinishing an electric guitar is to remove all the hardware and strip the paint. The hardware comes off with a screwdriver or two in about 15 minutes. The paint is a bit more stubborn. Since I started this project in the winter and don’t have a garage, I wanted […]
DIY Masterpieces -‘HoboCastor’ Basses
I’m heavily into the DIY guitar scene, sometimes I think I spend more time building and tweaking then playing. So I thought it would be cool to start highlighting some of the incredible work I find in the forums and websites where like-minded guitarists congregate. I plan on making this a kind of ongoing series […]
Paper Guitar Kits
I came across these beautiful looking paper model guitar kits. They are both about 12″ and obviously one is a Les Paul, though I can’t quite make out if they are using the official headstock design. And the other a Telecaster. They are made up of about 100 laser cut parts. They can be ordered […]
The Marauder Project: Part 2-The Plan
Incase you missed it – part 1 My original plan for refinishing the Marauder was to bring it back to something similar to it’s original color – A deep wine colored stain. But as I looked over images of Marauders with different finishes, most of them being stained rather then painted, something just didn’t seem […]
How Guitar Tone Capacitors Work
This is a subject I was planning on writing an article on till I found this excellent video by John Cooper from PlanetZ. I think technical stuff like this is easier to digest this way, at least for some people. Anyway, if you have been trying to figure out what people are talking about when […]