Review: Sketchy Setups
“Sketchy Setups” is the first in a series of visual guides for setting up your guitar, from Irish luthier Gerry Hayes of Haze Guitars. It targets the Fender Stratocaster in particular, and is written in a very clear, conversational tone, by someone who obviously has a lot of experience with the subject. It almost feels like having […]
Fender Vaporizer
“Our test subject, Is of the common variety player. Single male, age 45 to 65. He’s a self professed “expert” in tone. He is fanatical about gear, and refuses to like anything new.” Well, Fender seems to know their buyers well:)
Duo-Sonic II Project
I haven’t posted any of the projects I’ve been working on for a while, but this one came out really well, so I thought I’d share it. I still haven’t worked my way up to building a guitar from scratch yet, but I have been slowly accumulating the tools and knowledge. This copy of a […]
Fender Opens New Acoustic Custom Shop
Despite having some of the most iconic and popular electric guitars in the world, Fender is not the first company you think of when it’s time to buy an acoustic guitar. In fact, for many people they would be toward the bottom of the list as far as desirability goes. I happen to own a […]
Fender Voyager Prototype Guitar
Apparently the Music Zoo was given permission at NAMM to take a peak into “Larry’s Lab”. Larry Thomas, the CEO of Fender has commissioned the prototype Fenders in this room to push the boundries. New designs, and new manufacturing techniques. The one shown here was built by Charvels Josh Hurst. The guitar shown here […]