August 2, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn There is a review of the Porter Standard Tele Pickup set on the Reviews page along with a video clip. This set of Tele pickups were hand made by Brian Porter. They feature alnico magnets, fiberboard bobbins, cloth wire and a nickel silver cover for the neck pickup. All of you who visit me here [...]
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July 29, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn The new Fender Limited Edition “Snake Head” Telecaster model is now available..!! This is a Custom Shop creation replicating the first Tele prototype that was produced in the summer of 1949. Legend has it that good ol’ Uncle Leo and a few of his associates took the prototype from club to club for guitar players [...]
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June 30, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn A quick interview with Chihoe Hahn….talking T-style guitars..!!! Click here to visit my Youtube channel for demos.
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June 4, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn The Victoria Amplifier Company has just released the new “Ivy League” amplifier model. It is based on the vintage 5F10 Fender Harvard circuit. The original Harvard amp featured three inputs, Volume & Tone controls, a 6AT7 preamp tube, a pair of 6V6 power tubes and 10″ speaker. The “Ivy League” amplifer incorporates all of these [...]
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May 21, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn The new book Fender: The Golden Age 1946-1970 is now finally available..!! This looks like an awesome book and I want one now..!! Most people that visit me here know I am a Fender Tele guy (nut) and love all things related to the golden era of the Fender company. The simple practical designs, the [...]
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May 18, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn There is a really cool video interview over on the Guitarnoize blog. There are 4 parts and Seymour talks about all kinds of pickups and designs as well as some of the artists he has worked with over the years. One of the coolest parts is when he talks about the Tele-Gib.. I built one [...]
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May 16, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn This is a little bit of a rough video clip of Danny Gatton playing Since I Fell For You. I think a lot of people think of Danny as a country or rockabilly player…which he was but he was so much more than just that. In this clip we get to see his jazzier side [...]
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May 4, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn There is a new article on the Guest Guru’s page by Jim Pasch of The Parts Drawer called “Vintage Pots- Metal vs Plastic Shaft”. Jim is our Vintage Guitar Guru here at 300guitars. In this article Jim talks about metal and plastic shaft pots that were used on vintage Fender guitars. Some people question the [...]
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April 15, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn This is a really cool “banjo” type lick that you can use in country, rockabilly, swing and jump blues tunes. You have to get the right hand pattern down and then you can play the lick and expand on it.
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April 14, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn Every now and then I get an email or two from players asking about putting a Fender neck on a G&L guitar. Some of the G&L guitars have pretty thin necks and it is not easy to obtain a replacement from G&L if you don’t like the profile plus there are no readily available aftermarket [...]
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April 2, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn One of the biggest negative aspects of mounting a Bigsby tailpiece on your guitar is that you have to drill holes. It is a definite committment and there is no way around it…..until now. The good folks over at Vibramate have come up with some hardware to allow you to mount a Bigsby tailpiece on [...]
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