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By Alastair Miller ·A common occurrence in the electric guitar world is to throw out an old patch cord when it stops working, and then go out and spend $20 on a new one. If you've got five minutes and a soldering iron you can save that $20 for something special, and in the case of this super cool old telephone cord style patch, a fix is a must!...
By Alastair Miller ·
Some of the more exotic tonewoods require a little bit of prep work before they're fit to build an instrument out of, like this african blackwood that came complete with wormholes and sap pockets.
The first thing to do, is pick out any old dried up sap and ...
By Alastair Miller ·
Here's my absolutely beautiful home made caliper's..... well they might not be the prettiest, but they do a swell job of measuring my tops and backs. They were an awful lot cheaper than buying a pair from your local luthier supply, and these ones come with a handy conversion chart.
I started this one with a chunk of 5/8" thick aluminum, a $15.00 dial indicator, and a thumb lever for the dial that the hardware store salesman gave me for next to ...
