by Steve | Oct 13, 2011 | electronics, Pickups
Most of the acoustic guitar pickups we install don’t come with controls for volume or EQ. Here’s a solution we should have thought of years ago! When it comes to acoustic pickup systems, our favorite ons are simple rigs that run directly out through an...
by Steve | Sep 2, 2011 | electronics, Fender, gibson, Paul Reed Smith |
Affordable pickups, hand-wound in the USA? We found ’em. Welcome Porter Pickups! You’ve got yourself a nice electric guitar that feels comfortable, looks great, but sounds… meh… The thing to do is get some new pickups in there. It’s an...
by Steve | Apr 21, 2011 | electronics, National, vintage, Vintage Restoration |
This is such a cool guitar. It’s always fun to restore a family treasure like this. This short-scale National Model 1122 Cosmopolitan has been in the owner’s family for a long time. He remembers his dad playing it for the family when he was a kid. It had...
by Steve | Nov 5, 2010 | Autographs, Complete refinish, electronics, finish, Refinish, touch up |
Autographs on a guitar can disappear over time. Here’s how we make sure they don’t. I’ve got a baseball behind my workbench signed by 1970’s Cubs outfielder Jose Cardinal (my favorite player as a kid.) I don’t play ball with it because I...
by Steve | Oct 21, 2010 | Complete refinish, electronics, finish, gibson, Refinish, Uncategorized, vintage, Vintage Restoration |
This Les Paul looked very different when we were finished with it. This late 60’s Les Paul Deluxe has had lots of work done to it over the years. Its original P90 or mini-humbucker pickups were removed and replaced with full size humbuckers, it has had mini...
by Steve | Aug 6, 2010 | acoustic, bass, electronics, Fender, Repairs |
Have you got a guitar, bass or piece of equipment you don’t use anymore? Join us in supporting Chicago’s Intonation Music Workshop by donating it through our shop. We’ll fix it up nice and pass it on to some kids who will put it to good use!...
