V. much agree with that. Really good book for position playing. Over too soon though so you need other stuff. Never really thought of the David Baker/Jerry Coker books as reading, more lick...
Thanks. I think I prefer the Hofner shape but I have enough material to make one of each. Good point about covering the f hole but I like the traditional look and I'm not sure if a bespoke shape...
I'll be re-installing the pickup that was originally installed on the guitar, modifying it to a pickguard mount. It's a full-sized, shallow humbucker. Good point about mass. The new neck has...
Please keep posting, be ause I probably wouldn't be here without you. Thank you and may God always bless you. Request....can you do Christmas Time is Here?
All great stuff and very challenging reading.
What mistakes? I find none. That seems like a difficult piece to get through for anyone.
Here are some pics of my pressing the Ibanez JP20 plate. Ignore the wood. It’s just some scrap sycamore maple. This former was made from a 3d scan of the guitar in the picture and...
Bill Lawrence designed the electronics for possibly the HR and certainly the L6S. I think the Varitone was Gibson's cheaper approximation of Bill's design. Wilde Pickups (operated by Bill's widow...
Open Studio Echols class tomorrow morning. :encouragement:
while I hate to agree with ragman ... when he's right, he's right
I'm pretty sure most Eastman's are X braced but depending on the maker parallel braced tops sometimes have one of the braces glued at a slightly more radical angle than the other. Here's an old...
I just found these pics Gibson ES-175D (1989) – Classic Guitars and Amps The top seems to be the standard lamination and pressing (plate shape) but not sure about the mahogany. The back seems...
Left-Handed Non-Cut Carve?
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