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Insanely Ingenious Home-made Guitar FX
Just saw this over on ToneFiend. This guy on youtube who goes by the name MotorGoblin, is the MacGuyver of the guitar world. You won’t believe the way he goes about making a vibrato, wah and flanger. Each one of these videos made me laugh out loud when it was revealed what he was building.
MechBass
It can be difficult to find bass players…
Tour of the Wampler Production Facility
Although Wampler is one of the more recognizable boutique pedal builder names, I was still surprised at the size and sophistication of his factory. Especially since so many builders are one-man operations run from basements or garages.
Drilling a Guitar for String-Through Ferrules
I’m currently putting together a DuoSonic from parts and got to the point where I had to drill the holes in the body for the string-through ferrules. I remembered there was some kind of trick to make sure they all lined up nicely. If you just drill straight on through with an 1/8″ drill bit, [...]
Tru-Oil as a Guitar Finish
Tru-Oil is the brand name for a wipe on varnish made by Birchwood Casey. Originally developed as a gunstock finish, it’s relative ease of application, decent durability, and grain enhancing properties, have won it a lot of favor among guitar finishers. There also seems to be a lot of confusion about it too. I think [...]