I’ve been using this on all my guitars for a while now. The middle lug of your pot is the input and output of the control. The two outer lugs have different value capacitors connected to ground. This allows one to have two tone controls on one pot. I like to think this setup is …
May
17
building a guitar at work…
I’ve had and alder body design sitting at home for several years now: I’ve also had a neck I made several years ago just lying around as well. Now, we recently built a 5 string bass at Moses that had a multi-scale fingerboard ala Ralph Novax. The low b string on a bass tends to …
May
08
Never thought of that..
I have always used Dunlop strap locks. They are on every guitar I own. My friend Dylan was over working on music and was talking about getting a new strap for his Epiphone. The strap buttons are in a different location than his strat, and he would have to adjust the strap when changing guitars. Since …
May
03
Second guitar: the space tele
This is my second guitar I finished…..this was my “dream guitar” at the time it was built . Ash body with an epoxy top, Graph-tech piezo saddles, Bill Lawrence pickups, a Garcia inspired onboard effects loop, glow-in-the dark face and side dots. The finish is a black lacquer prep coat followed by clear lacquer with …
Apr
28
The lowly tapered wedge
I have a ton of these shims all over the shop and use them all time. I like to use them while I’m leveling a neck and leveling the frets to keep a bolt on neck from flexing while sanding: They are also helpful for drilling face dots on a neck quickly: just insert a …