Bassoforte
Diego Stocco creates a new musical instrument out of an old piano, bass and other bits on hand and records a song with it.This is just a cool piece of music, let alone the manner it was made. Though I actually winced at the part where he’s sawing the head off the guitar neck. This […]
DIY Guitar painting rig
Just came across this brilliant idea for a simple rig to hold your guitar for painting. It was posted on the TDPRI forums by member “Mudbean”. The design allows for the guitar to be held at any angle in its 360 degree rotation as the weight of the guitar provides enough friction between the dowel […]
Handmade Metal Pickguards
One thing I have always wondered about guitars is, why are the pickguards plastic? You’ve got all kinds of exotic woods, precision craftsmanship, topped off with a cheap piece of plastic. Not to say they always look bad, just that a lot of times they could look so much better. The Japanese guitars of the […]
Affordable, custom PCB
DorkbotPDX is offering custom PCBs based on your own designs for a very reasonable $5 per square inch for 3 copies of your board. They say that the low price comes from creating large circuit boards with dozens of small boards ganged together. Great idea. The boards are 2-layer, with soldermask and silkscreening on both […]
The Marauder Project: Part 1
The Gibson Marauder was sold from 1975-80. It was the “Norlin era”, considered by many to be a low point in the companies history. About 7,ooo were sold thanks in part, to the low price tag. Designed as an entry level guitar, it had a lot of Fender-type elements such as a bolt on neck […]