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Guitar build diary - part III
Time to hollow out the body and get the top glued on. This is the main chamber where the sound hole sits, there will be two other ones...
Rob Parry
Jun 14, 2016
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EMG 85/60 Pickups Demo
My trusty Ibanez has had many pickups in it, acting as a test bed for sets that have gone on to be used elsewhere, including Bare...
Rob Parry
Jun 5, 2016
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Quarter Pounders
Refurbished a tele with some Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound pickups in it. They sounded bloody awful with the stock electrics, 250k pots...
Rob Parry
Jun 2, 2016
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Strap Button Mod – Loose No More
If you’ve owned a guitar for longer than 5 minutes you’ll know that at some point your strap buttons will work their way loose, the...
Rob Parry
May 28, 2016
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Guitar build diary - part II
Three piece maple and walnut neck. Dimensioned, glued up and rough cut on the band saw: Template fixed on with screws and double sided...
Rob Parry
May 26, 2016
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Guitar build diary - part I
The build has begun on an as yet unnamed guitar, I really need to remember to take pictures this time as I’ll be documenting every step....
Rob Parry
May 4, 2016
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Custom Shop '69 Demo
Fender’s Custom Shop ’69 pickup set is the benchmark that all other ’60s voiced single coils are measured against. Alnico V magnets, with...
Rob Parry
May 3, 2016
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Tele on tour
I’ve seen a lot of this thinline telecaster over the past couple of weeks, it’s had a fret level, a new pickguard, internal copper...
Rob Parry
Apr 29, 2016
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