Happy Birthday Leo Fender!! Yep, good ol’ Uncle Leo was born on this day August 10th in 1909. He would have been 102 years old and I’m pretty certain he would be at his bench in his lab cooking up some experimental pickup design or amp circuit. So today when you pick up your Telecaster,… Read More »
Here is a seven minute and twenty-six second look into the past. This is a really cool video of the Fender factory in 1959..!! You can see all of the factory workers doing their individual parts in the guitar building process. The factory is very modest, the workers have no dress code whatsoever and I… Read More »
I get a lot of emails from guitar players asking about how to get a certain guitar players sound. You know… a personal hero, a particular tone from a record and so forth. While there are ways to get close to the sound my question is “Why”? Why put all that effort (not too mention… Read More »
Barden Engineering has a brand new T-Style bridge pickup now available. This is a new “modern” version of the classic Barden recipe. The new modern version features a heavier coil winding for a more aggressive tone and beefy sound. Best of all the price is the same as the original. Click here to visit Barden… Read More »
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… Read More »
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… Read More »
One of the simplest, effective mods you can do to your guitar “on the cheap” is to experiment with tone caps. First before we get started lets get answers to a few questions about these little buggers. What is a tone cap and how does it work? Read more...
One very simple maintenence procedure can help keep your guitars’ signal at its best and prevent the loss of ground connection. Clean your jacks! We are talking about the 1/4″ jacks on your amplifier as well as your guitar. Read more..
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