So I decided to try something different, and get a kit guitar from a seller online. I chose a Telecaster kit from Cotton Eyed Joe. The kit came with a swamp ash body which has a flame maple veneer top, maple neck with maple fretboard, Telecaster styl
Read more…A friend gave me an old Forcite explosives box. I had a home spun Fender 5F1 Champ chassis on my bench that was finished this past summer. It was built from scratch, using two re-claimed transformers and vintage 10" speaker, and a donor chassis.
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Read more…New C.I.T.E.S. regulations come into effect January 2, 2017 that will make the export/import of any rosewood (all 200 species) and/or the import/export of any guitar/musical instrument that has ANY form or amount of that wood subject to requiring the
Read more…Dan Sleep and I had a discussion about tone capacitors in guitars recently. There are lots of methods, mods, and tastes for which tone capacitor value sounds best to the individual.
This isn't a comparison of those differences. But the video attached
Read more…I found this interesting amplifier on Ebay. Not one bit of information was found online about the unit. Hmm...
After further searching, I discovered that the founder of the Orrtronic Company was J. Orr, of Opelika, Alabama. Mr. Orr was instrumental
Read more…It's been a while since I have built any guitars. A new passion has taken my attentions...restoring vintage tube amplifiers.
A few months ago I found a vintage tube amp chassis on Ebay. Compulsion urged me to click "bid", and so I did...and won.
The
Read more…As luck would have it, I found myself perusing through a Salvation Army store, and found an old portable radio. The sticker read $6.00 and "it works". I snatched it up quicker than you could slap a tick. I turned it on to see, and shazam...radio work
Read more…First, to any Leafs fans out there...so sorry. What a bummer.
So, I've been working on some new mag pickups since receiving a care package of magnets from Don Goguen of the Nation.
I have two pairs wound, wax potted, and ready to go.
Send me a messag
Read more…Howse ya all here in the "Nation"?
Farmer Ted here...I have a super offer here. The photos are of a tabletop steel guitar. The body is a re-incarnation of a Dominion Organ & Piano Co. Pump Organ (c. 1896). Resonator is a stainless steel steamer top
Read more…The box of this Custom Electric-Acoustic Resonator Lap Steel Guitar is 100+ yr. old wood from a pre-1900's Dominion Organ & Piano Co. pump organ. In addition, the acoustic side wall is the original "effects" control dowel plate...it shows the organ w
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