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I know it's been done before, but thought I'd post my take on it. I really hate to change strings - that's why I almost never do it. This has made it easier. First, an old broken 1/4" hex bit. I've got a lot of these lying around - I never throw anything out.

This is a guitar I made earlier this year. I was in the shop, thinking about materials for my next guitar, when I beheld this beauty sitting on a pile of junk. Eureka! I had replaced it a year ago due to a crack across it from too many uses by my fat ass, but since I seldom throw anything away...

Last year (2009) I lost my job, and being at loose ends and without income, I entered a $100 Telecaster challenge on the MIMF website http://www.mimf.com/cgi-bin/WebX?14@97.r0oyaFP7DCv.0@/ . In honor of my unemployment, I decided to challenge myself to make it with no cash outlay, using only...

Sorry to be so ignorant. Does anyone know the difference, mainly in tone/playability, among these guitars? (Besides the obvious differences in headstock, fretboard, and number of pickups/switch.) Why would I choose one over the other? (Unfortunately, I'm partial to a rosewood fretboard - I've...

I have developed, in conjunction with Proctor and Gamble, a new resonator guitar product. It serves as a capo on the first three frets in the distal position, and on frets 4, 5 and 6 in the proximal position. It is also used to get rid of those pesky dust specks and sebaceous oil accumulations...

The side is cracked on one side, and the top is pulled out on the opposite side. There is also a loose top brace inside. I'm thinking of just gluing it back with the appropriate adhesive, after putting everything is back in place. Clamping is going to pose a problem. Any thoughts appreciated...

that you get here from someone who posts under a variety of pseudonyms, and has no credentials or credibility to back it up, to be the equal of information given by someone recognized in the field of audio recording, who backs up his information by posting under his own name. In fact, anonymous...

Sure looks like it. I can't find anything about its designer/manufacturer except made in Russia on the box (but I didn't look very hard.) Looks like that capsule would screw right on to the MK-012 body...

Just wanted to compliment MF on their service. I recently ordered a couple of these when they were $50 each on the stupid deal of the day. They were advertised to come with electronic tuners ( http://www.amazon.com/Qwik-Tune-QT-8-Guitar-Tuner/dp/B0002F75EW ) but instead came with plastic pitch...

unless someone can tell me why I shouldn't. I need a volume pedal for steel guitar, and I have this foot controller, for which I have no use. I can saw it apart into a single or two pedal section, and use the optocontrollers and LM358 op amps in a volume control circuit. Anyway, I don't want...

I'm setting up a small home studio to record myself singing Gregorian chants. I've pretty much decided on all the components except the mic. Preamp $25 - The Behringer Eurorack UB502 5-Channel Compact Mixer "features the same state-of-the-art Invisible Mic Preamp and ultralow-noise design (with...

This has nothing to do with recording, but thought I'd show a neck reset I did this last week on an old Mexican classical guitar with high action I had lying around, using the method outlined here: http://www.frets.com/FRETSPages/Luthier/Technique/Guitar/NeckReset/BCRIchReset/bcrichreset1.html...

Just a heads-up if anyone is looking for something to store mics in. Harbor Freight Tools, home of cheap Chinese merchandise (of which some is pretty good), is having a "sidewalk sale" this weekend in Reno (and I presume elsewhere). They have a four compartment wooden case for $30, which seems...

Today, while packing to move, I came across this photo of a pedal steel I built (in my appartment in Sacramento) about 35 years ago, using a Fender lap steel. When I moved to Southern CA I took it with me, but it wouldn't fit into the next move so I gave it to an old guy across the street in...

This may have been discussed, but I haven't seen it. Several of my cheaper guitars have a fret placed directly after the nut, over which the strings pass after emerging from the nut grooves. This fret acts to define the neck end of the string length, instead of the nut doing this as is usual. I...

I found this quote from a recent thread somewhat provocative. In trying to figure out how much current a capsule produced, I realized how ignorant I was of AC circuit theory. By using the following parameters (which probably suffer from inaccuracies, as I pulled them out of my butt) I tried to...

I've just installed a Delta 410, and the faders in the output mixer section don't have any effect on the line level coming out when I play wav files. The only way I can control output volume is in the bass management section, by using the volume slider in the general settings. The metering of...

These are terms that are bandied about a lot in audio circles (as are "warm", "tube", "iron" and others.) I have not been able to find much agreement on what they mean. (Maybe it's like trying to describe the color "red" - however, colors can be defined as portions of the electromagnetic...

I think you're going to have to be specific as to what constitute spam, to put this crap to rest. To me, spam is unsolicited mass advertising that comes in my email. It's like junk snailmail or telemarketing calls. Quick definitions (Spam) * noun: unwanted e-mail (usually of a commercial...

Alan Did your forum disappear off of recording.org, or am I just crazy?