by Steve | Jan 7, 2009 | Archtop, Customization, electronics, vintage |
This tale may ruffle the feathers of vintage purists. Would you rout a 50’s Harmony archtop for a pickup? As a rule, we and others in our profession have an unwritten standard that says you don’t do irreversable modifications to vintage guitars unless you...
by Steve | Aug 11, 2008 | Customization, electronics, gibson, Uncategorized |
Okay Blueshawk fans, we know what you’re thinking; there’s no such thing as a Blueshawk bass. Well, thanks to a tag-team effort, there is now. This was truly one of the most challenging electronics customization projects we’ve ever done and it turned...
by Steve | Jun 17, 2008 | Customization, electronics |
One of the guitar instructors from the Old Town School of Folk Music came to us with an interesting idea. He performs solo with an acoustic guitar and stomps his foot to create a sort of woody bass drum effect. He wanted us to help him design an amplified box that he...
by Steve | Jun 11, 2008 | Customization, electronics |
I met a young blues player named Weston when I was doing guitar repair at the Chicago Guitar Center. After years of fighting the long scale length of an old Peavey guitar, he discovered a better fit in the 3/4 size Squier Mini and Ibanez Mikro guitars. We helped Wes...
