“Man, you really are such a nerd aren’t you?” Yes. Yes I am. And I actually enjoy talking about what kind of wire you use in your guitar. I do. So this picture above is of coaxial wire (co=on the same, axial=line). It has two conductors (pieces of metal) in one wire, which is perfect for […]
Alright, back again! For this week’s project, there’s enough material to cover for an entire book, but fortunately for you, I’m just going to talk about ‘phase.’ I have the perfect candidate here in a custom Warmoth Strat. Marvel at this glorious flame-maple-top-over-chambered-alder-with-birdseye-maple-neck-and-rosewood-fingerboard. I know, it’s a lot to take in, and don’t even get […]
So you’re playing your electric guitar and everything is going well, but then suddenly you move the wrong way and sound stops coming out of your guitar. What?! How does this happen?! Lucky for you, this is incredibly common and something that you can easily fix yourself. 99% of the time, when you don’t get any […]
Oh how I love Jazzmasters! With all the funky switching and extra knobs, most people don’t even know what they’re all for. So a quick primer for the uninitiated: on the passenger side you’ve got two knobs that say volume and tone, and a toggle switch. The switch is your pickup selector. when it’s to […]
Well this was pretty crazy. I wired this guitar back when I used to work at Collings. I was asked to install a new pickup with some push/pull switches for series/parallel and coil splitting. This one was a lot of fun The first thing I did was to remove the knobs, and this is the trick […]
I love my Line 6 DL4 pedals. They sound great and are super versatile, but the crummy switches can make them almost impossible to use. So I found a pretty simple way to replace the switches with ones that will last longer and respond more predictably. The first thing to do is to remove all […]
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