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I looked at quite a few different winder designs before I built this one. It's was my first attempt at one of these. The mainshaft is driven by a roller on to the 5" wheel on the right side (when viewed from the front), which in turn drives the other 5" wheel at a 10/1 ratio to the mainshaft for...

I'm building this guitar almost entirely out of stuff I have on hand. I started a few days ago, but stopped because my band saw was dull. I finally got some new blades today and made good progress. The body is made from some poplar that was left over from a stairway that I built. The neck is...

That was the question I heard while I had the seven foot long piece of mahogany standing in the corner of my guitar room for several weeks while it acclimated. "A guitar!" I would answer to sometimes bewildered faces. I've been working on this for about four weeks now...

I have had this guitar for a while, but finally got around to winding a set of pickups for it. I thought the original black hardware would look shitty with the nickel pickup covers so I switched it all to chrome, and added a les paul style pickguard. I also polished the uglier than hell finish...

A while back, I picked up this severely molested '66 Super Reverb Amp. The original cabinet was long gone, along with the speakers. The internals were also heavily modded. Among other things, the PT had been switched to one from a Twin Reverb. It didn't take much work to get it working pretty...

A sad day.

I traded for this a few days ago. So far I'm pretty happy with it. We'll find out later how it sounds with a P12R, and some vintage tubes. The guitar is an Epi Alleykat that I picked up a couple months ago.

A '02 les paul studio followed me home today. I had to put it down finally to make this post. :D

pickup winding video 3.5MB Original sountrack. ;)

I'm thinking about getting some straplocks. What brand do you prefer, and why? Do you have to buy complete sets, or can you buy the button parts for the guitar alone?

It's almost done. I'll wind a pickup for it today, and string it up. This is my first build that is this involved. I've made others, but they were all bolt-on necks. I glued the blanks for the body, and neck several months ago. I was pretty busy racing all summer, and didn't have much time for...

I got an Uke over the weekend. It's really nothing special. Just a cheap chinese one. I think it's concert size. The scale is around 13 5/8". Overall it measures 23 1/2" long. I can't put this thing down. It's really making me want a nicer one to play. Does anyone have recommendations In The...

The body is built from some poplar that was leftover from a job that I did a few months ago. The top is mahogany veneer. The sides and back are black. The neck is a mystery neck that I bought on ebay. It turned out to be pretty nice. 12" rad 1-5/8ths nut Strat style rout. The tuners, neck plate...

I built this little cabinet for my 1X12 combo project.

It's a PV Vortex 1. This one is my sons. He brought it by for a little work. I rescued it from a pawn shop, and gave it to him 9 years ago. It's an incredible guitar. Maple neck/body, Kahler trem, ebony fretboard. It suits him perfectly. He's so metal that when it rains he rusts. They aren't too...

I've had this one for around 5 years. It's taken a while to get around to it, but I'm working on it finally. I took a picture before tearing it apart for the humidifier. It's a '61 Roy Smeck/Harmony.

My g/f works for a tow company. This '66 Harmony archtop was left in an impounded car. It was in the car for a couple months, exposed to the desert heat. The top and back had seperated in several places. After a couple weeks in the humidifier it found its shape again. I glued it back together...

The UPS guy delivered mine yesterday. So far I've only tried it out with my old Silvertone 1482. I like it! The amp really responds to different voltage settings. At 95v it sounds like a totally different amp. I bought it primarily as a piece of test gear, but couldn't wait to plug an amp into...

I bought a used M-Audio 24/96 on ebay. B'bye latency. I haven't stuffed it into the computer yet. I hope it lives up to the hype. It's got to be better than the USB thingy I've been using. Wish me luck.

I bought this Ibanez a couple months ago. After some research I determined it (ser.#F714xxx) is most likely a 1987 roadstar pro 540S. The pu's are IBZ's. From what I've read they were made by DiMarzzio. Notice how they're switched. There is a mini switch for each pu, and on the volume pot is a...