http://www.300guitars.com Guitar Mania by Billy Penn Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:25:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.300guitars.com/2012/02/building-the-hofner-violin-beatle-bass/ http://www.300guitars.com/2012/02/building-the-hofner-violin-beatle-bass/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:25:46 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=10336 Here is a great video that my friend John Frondelli posted on Facebook recently. I love to watch the manufacturing process of musical instruments. Check it out!! Tweet]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2012/02/building-the-hofner-violin-beatle-bass/feed/ 0 http://www.300guitars.com/2012/02/rig-rundown-brian-setzer/ http://www.300guitars.com/2012/02/rig-rundown-brian-setzer/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:01:15 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=10326 Here is a cool video of Brian Setzer’s rig. The dialogue is a little dry but you can see a few of Brian’s guitars up close, the Roland Space Echo and of course the blond Bassman amp. Check it out. Tweet]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2012/02/rig-rundown-brian-setzer/feed/ 0 http://www.300guitars.com/2012/02/like-mojotone-on-facebook-for-a-chance-to-win-a-20-gift-card/ http://www.300guitars.com/2012/02/like-mojotone-on-facebook-for-a-chance-to-win-a-20-gift-card/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:17:47 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=10322 During the entire month of February, Mojotone will randomly select one lucky customer each week to receive a $20 Mojotone Gift Card!! All you have to do is simply click the “Like” button to be entered into our contest for the weekly drawing at the link below. Good luck! Click here to visit Mojotone’s Facebook... 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Mallory 150′s or some boutique PIO caps will not fit. I believe that the carbon film resistors are not helping either especially... Read More »]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2012/01/fender-princeton-reverb-reissue-gets-hand-wired/feed/ 6 http://www.300guitars.com/2012/01/guitar-maintenance-101/ http://www.300guitars.com/2012/01/guitar-maintenance-101/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:00:11 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=10290 If you didn’t get my Guitar Set Up Guide yet then here is a great deal for you!! I am basically offering the first chapter for FREE !! This first chapter of my Guitar Set Up Guide can actually be used as a stand alone maintenance manual to help you easily maintain your guitar. Click... 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Tweet]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2011/12/guitar-set-up-guide-on-sale-until-december-31st/feed/ 0 http://www.300guitars.com/2011/12/1958-gretsch-country-club-projectosonic/ http://www.300guitars.com/2011/12/1958-gretsch-country-club-projectosonic/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:55:12 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=10247 Check out this really cool 1958 Gretsch Country Club model. It is the stereo “Projectosonic” model. It’s set up to have the Low E, A and D strings go to one amp and the G, B and high E strings go to another amp. You can play it in mono as well. Some unique features... Read More »]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2011/12/1958-gretsch-country-club-projectosonic/feed/ 0 http://www.300guitars.com/2011/11/mojo-blackface-bassman-amp-kit/ http://www.300guitars.com/2011/11/mojo-blackface-bassman-amp-kit/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:51:04 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=10233 Here is a “guts shot” of a Mojo Blackface Bassman amp kit I just completed for a customer. I get kits sent to me pretty regularly for assembly and thought I’d post a photo of what a completed chassis looks like. The Mojo kits include good quality parts and everything mounts up very nicely. This... Read More »]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2011/11/mojo-blackface-bassman-amp-kit/feed/ 5 http://www.300guitars.com/2011/10/intex-cable-review/ http://www.300guitars.com/2011/10/intex-cable-review/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:44:13 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=10218 There is a review of the Intex hand made instrument cable on the Reviews page. This cable is very heavy duty and just like Jean-Marc says on his site “When 1 instrument cable is all your career will ever need”, I believe it’s the truth. Along with being heavy duty and sonically excellent, each cable... Read More »]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2011/10/intex-cable-review/feed/ 1 http://www.300guitars.com/2011/10/glen-campbell-ghost-on-the-canvas/ http://www.300guitars.com/2011/10/glen-campbell-ghost-on-the-canvas/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 23:05:31 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=10205 Cool album alert! Glen Campbell’s “Ghost On The Canvas” is awesome! I have to admit I’m a Glen Campbell fan from way back. I can remember my grandfather listening to him in the early 70′s in his Oldsmobile Delta 88 with 455 Rocket engine on 8-track. Witchita Lineman, Galveston, By The Time I Get To... 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Now is the time to save a few bucks on some things that you were thinking of getting for a project. Winter is coming and it’s a good time to get ready for a project. Use... Read More »]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2011/10/amplified-parts-10-off-sale/feed/ 0