EBow on a Dobro? Oh, yeah! If you’ve screwed around much with an EBow—you know, that battery-powered plastic thingie that you slide against your guitar strings to magnetically invoke infinite sustain—you may have also noticed that it works on steel-string acoustic guitar, especially on the unwound first and second strings. It’s hardly an […] 
UPDATE, Friday, September 23th: Attend the first Tonefiend DIY Club meeting here. ____________ Can if I make like a zombie and eat pick your collective brain? One of my key goals for this blog is to promote do-it-yourself experimentation. It’s a topic I approach with the passion of a recent […] 
Compare the honkin' magnets on the installed Quarter Pound to those of the factory pickup. The original P-Bass is a fascinating instrument. It’s wasn’t the first electric bass guitar—inventor and owner Paul Tutmarc claimed that title with the instruments he created and sold through his Seattle, Washington, music shop in the 1930s and […] . . . to a blog about all the things you can do with — or to — a guitar. Topics: DIY, instruments, amps, effects, recording, software, technique, music history, music heresy.
UPDATE, Friday Sept. 23: The contest is now closed! Read the results here. Yet another thing you could be doing instead of practicing. I knew it would be hard, but I didn’t think it would be that hard! The Amps vs. Models Contest is still very much in progress. Yes, yes, yes—you […] 
Lavalier mics: Not just for talking heads! UPDATE: You’ll find a reworked version of my article on the “forbidden” guitar mic here at the online guitar magazine Pure Guitar — along with a ton of other great stuff. It’s still free! :beer: […] 
Excuse me, Mr. Beatle, but Scotland Yard would like to speak with you about your illicit treble content. DISCLAIMER: I am not encouraging any illegal activity. Just sharing some observations. Over the last few years, just about every musician I know has been spellbound by a series of illicitly leaked recordings. These […] 
The story so far: In Part 1 of this post, I snatched a pair of Seth Lover pickups in an attempt to improve my unlovable ’81 Les Paul. Will they transform the guitar from a pig to a prince? Or am I just casting pearls before swine? I’m sharing some comparative recordings I made […] |
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