Articles from October 2009
October 30, 2009 | Posted by Billy Penn
Here is a video about how to “relic” guitar parts for that aged vintage look. This is the way I’ve been doing it for a number of years with great results. It’s best of you do this in a well ventilated area and wear rubber gloves. After you remove the parts that you want to [...]
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Tags: Aged, Fender, Gibson, Guitar, Les Paul, Relic, Stratocaster, Telecaster | 
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October 29, 2009 | Posted by Billy Penn
Here is a great clip of some guitars being compared to the new Ruokangas Unicorn. I am a big fan of Juha Ruokangas and his exceptional guitar building skills. He is a super nice and very knowledgeable guy. In this video a few players put the new Unicorn through it’s paces and is A/B’d with [...]
Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Duke, Gibson, Guitar, Juha Ruokangas, Les Paul, Mojo, Unicorn, VSOP | View Comments
October 28, 2009 | Posted by Billy Penn
Here is a video of the method I like to use to stretch brand new guitar strings. This really helps to keep your guitar in tune after a string change. Do not use too much tension and tune after you stretch the strings each time. You may have to go around stretching then tuning a [...]
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October 26, 2009 | Posted by Billy Penn
Here is a video on how to read the impedance of a speaker. If you take a reading of an 8 ohm speaker you will find that it does not read perfectly at 8 ohms. According to Anthony Lucas at Eminence Speakers “When a speaker is labeled 8 ohms, it is actually a nominal reading. [...]
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October 25, 2009 | Posted by admin
The technical team at 300guitars.com apologizes for the recent site outage. We have the site on a new server as of three weeks ago and are still hashing out some very minor issues. A big “Thank You” goes to reader “Chuck” for the notice he sent to us about the outage. We work very hard [...]
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October 24, 2009 | Posted by Billy Penn
Ok, so I’m cruising around the the interwebz and find this totally cool website called Pedalboard Planner which was launched by Pedaltrain. On the site you can build a virtual pedalboard to see how all your effect pedals could be laid out. Choose from 5 different Pedaltrain pedalboard sizes and 26 different effect pedal manufacturers [...]
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October 23, 2009 | Posted by Billy Penn
Here is a quick video tip on how to prevent dropping your guitar pick. If your hands get sweaty and your pick slips from your fingers then this tip will really help you out…….and it’s on the cheap!
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October 22, 2009 | Posted by Billy Penn
You can fine tune your tube amplifier with one tube substitution. The tube that you want to change is V1 which is the first gain stage preamp tube. You can tailor the gain structure with different tubes making your amp run cleaner or dirtier and also change the dynamics. For example changing a 12AX7 for [...]
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October 22, 2009 | Posted by Billy Penn
JP over at the Strat-O-Blogster shares the same thing as the rest of us….he’s passionate about guitars and guitar driven music! His blog is about Stratocaster guitars as well as Strat and general guitar culture, guitarists, guitar topics and guitar resources. His mission is to help spread the word about artists who may not have [...]
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October 21, 2009 | Posted by Billy Penn
Hey there 300guitar maniac peeps. Here is a video with a few warm up hand exercises I like to do before a gig or session. These really help to loosen up and lubricate all the joints with synovial fluid in your hands. I learned these from Scott Sonnon over at RMAX International. If you do [...]
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October 19, 2009 | Posted by Billy Penn
Hey all you guitar maniacs big news! I am now an Eminence speaker dealer! If there is any Eminence speaker that you’ve had your eye on look no further because they are now available right here with FREE shipping within the continental U.S.A.! Click on the Eminence ad and check all the specs and listen [...]
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