Long bonsai tweezers for all those hard-to-reach places. I found it in my local Goth gardening emporium, tucked between the carnivorous plants and taxidermy mice: a long pair of tweezers with a spatula on one end, designed for manicuring bonsai plants. Voilá—the perfect tool for fiddling around inside a hollowbody guitar. You can […] 
Here’s a deceptively simple finger exercise that can serve as a basic warm-up, an overall strength-builder, and, if you take it far enough, the cruelest torture regimen this side of 16th-ventury Spain a great way to expand both your technique and your melodic imagination. The basic idea is simple, something appropriate for a very first […] 
The capacitor value matters. But for guitar tone controls, the type of capacitor does not. Many players know you can change the voicing of your tone pot by substituting capacitors of different values. I’ve seen many explanations online, though I’ve never come across side-by-side audio comparisons. This post is designed to fill the […] 
Your guitar won't fall down. You might. A lot of you know this trick already, but it bears repeating: The rubber caps on Grolsch and some other Euro craft beers are the perfect size for strap locks. Don’t get me wrong—proper strap locks are great, but the beer-bottle variety are actually quite reliable, […] 
UPDATE, Friday Sept. 23: The contest is now closed! Read the results here. But although the prizes have been claimed, but you can still challenge you ear for fun here! Listen and win — if you dare! Ready for some fun, kids? [Evil clown laugh.] Join the Amps vs. Models Contest! The winner […] |
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