I am marking out frets for the first time. It's a short-scale diddley bow, turned out to be a 18 7/8" scale. I am using Stewart MacDonald's scale calculator. The scale looks right, and the other frets are turning out okay, but the first fret is a f
Read more…My most recent build was my first electric. I was surprised to see how well a piezo pickup actually works, since it was my first one. However, it is a little quiet and a LOT tinny. If I don't turn the "high" setting down to about zero on my amp it
Read more…Hey all,
My dad's really into classic cars/hot-rods and likes to hang cool stuff in his garage... see where I'm going here? I'd like to make him a cool hot-rod themed three-stringer as usable wall art. I've got some cool ideas, like putting an exh
