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How to Remove and Install Humbucker Covers
Guitar pickups are pretty simple things – magnets, wires, wax, some metal bits and a bobbin to hang it all on. But with all the jargon and mojo surrounding them, it’s intimidating for many guitarists to even consider they could repair or mod one. Covered humbuckers are especially mysterious with everything all locked up in [...]
How to Solder
Being into the DIY part of guitars means knowing how to solder. From swapping pickups and pots to building and modding stompboxes and amps, it’s an essential skill. And it really isn’t that hard. Soldering correctly is all about the details. If you approach it with the mindset of ” gluing” the parts together with [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]