Archive for the ‘Guitar Maintenance’

Anyone see my pick for this thing04.15.08

Good God, I thought that my RD Artist was heavy!

Keep on Jammin’
BTW don’t forget to check out my newish Guitar blog Guitar Licks and Tips. I’ve got some great posts over there for guitar and music enthusiasts to go through.



Posted in Entertainment, Guitar Maintenance, Guitars, Humorwith 4 Comments →

Guitar side ports09.28.07

The one thing that I see in the evolution of the acoustic guitar today is its link with the past from Canada’s own, Glenn Gould. He used a unique approach while playing in his later years, around 1983, when he took away part of the piano body to let the sound come out of […]



Posted in Glenn Gould, Guitar Equipment, Guitar Maintenance, Guitars, History, Musicians, My Equipmentwith 8 Comments →

Time to overhaul my Gibson RD - Artist?08.10.07

This guitar is my baby! I have been through thick and thin with this thing. I now feel and fear that this perfect instrument has to be improved in one area and one area only.
I love the “character marks” on it, that means “wear and tear” for the uninitiated. The oxidization or colour change in […]



Posted in Guitar Equipment, Guitar Maintenance, Guitars, Musicians, My Equipmentwith 2 Comments →

Tremolo Bars08.02.07

Has anyone ever wondered what the tremolo setup in their guitars look like, but was too afraid to take it apart. I’ve never had a guitar with a tremolo bar but my buddy did and one day he decided to show me.
My buddy in Brantford was a collector of guitars. He was rather talented, but […]



Posted in Electronics, Guitar Equipment, Guitar Maintenance, Guitars, My experiences, Technology, Videowith 5 Comments →

I’m not violent but shouldn’t someone get these idiots04.09.07

I am forever asking certain guitar players “why don’t you wind up the excess string on the end of your guitar head? Someone is going to lose an eye!” This style of finishing is like a cowboy lasso. I always ask them if they have ever had the end of their string go into their […]



Posted in Guitar Equipment, Guitar Maintenancewith 2 Comments →

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