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Gibson and Fender pretty much created the coolest headstock shapes very early on.

I just sold a early 1980's Vantage les paul copy (bolt on neck)..it looks like heritage copied their headstock. It was a cool looking guitar but I really didn't care for the headatock. Heritage should have just copied the Gibson headstock and not have the cutout in the middle that makes it "open...

That is the first riff I learned too! Man, it would have been nice to have the internet guitar tutorials back then. All you had was the Mel Bay guitar course or albums and a turntable. I chose albums and a turn table. I quickly learned that 16 speed on the turntable was half speed and an octave...

Same here. I I have a small "room within a room built out of pallets. It's 6x8' with a sliding glass door glass panels sandwiched and turned sideways for a double glass window. I foot ceiling. I get great results on acoustic drums with it. I use 2 Electra voice EV 410 hand held condensers for...

So, if I were to find an old harmony, Kay, or Silverstone, what does a conversion cost ball park? I'm a fan of those red dot Yamaha from the 70's...fantastic projection and nice tone as well. Unfortunately most have bellied and need a neck reset at this point.

It sounds amazing as is. Rich tone and more projection than a D28. I was just curious.

Late 90's guild dv 52 made in Rhode island?

I said "Dubabo" pickups in my les paul. It's Durbano not Dubabo. They were made by the pickup winder from Australlia "Mr Fabulous". He sells pickups on reverb.com. I probably wouldn't have rolled the dice on a set myself, but the Les Paul was loaded with them when I bought it. I'm REALLY...

I have to say, the used 2011 les paul traditional i recently bought is about as fine a guitar as I've ever owned. I can't find any fit and finish flaws. The fret work is awesome...I tightened the truss and lowered the action so low it was unbelievable. Not a dead note anywhere. It was actually...

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Yeah, I'm familiar with strange brew...great recording as most of there studio was. The "stepping out" performance I was talking about is on "Cream live volume 2". (I'm also very familiar with the "stepping out" studio recording on the blues breakers Beano album.) I'm mainly talking about their...

I guess Cream is the exception. Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker were far too busy IMO. All three of them were excellent in their own right but in a lot of their live stuff each was in their own world of noodling behind a syncopqted drum solo. To be fair that was a popular style of playing. They were...

Leon Wilkinson, bass player for Lynyrs Skynyrd said when they first were starting out that Ronnie Van Zant picked him and Bob burns (the drummer) up early one morning and told them. "We're going to "hell house" (their un-air conditioned metal rehersal building). He told them "just you too will...

I don't think stainless steel frets brighten the tone. As far as stainless steel being harder than nickle or mild steel, that is pretty much a scientific fact. I don't think you benefit tonewise with stainless steel frets, but they are not going to wear as quickly as non-stainless steel frets...

I think it plays a lot more into the equation on acoustic guitars. The pickups and the electronics play the predominant role in electric guitar tone. That being said, Les Paul enthusiasts swear that maple cap les pauls are brighter sounding than their all mahogany counterparts. Also, I have...

One that I think is a myth: "An electric guitar sounds better with a thin nitro lacquer finish than with a thick poly finish." It's a hotly debated topic for sure. On my 1966 strat I made the idiotic mistake, when I was 18 years old, to remove the finish. Natural ash strats with black pickguards...

Here is my Drummer and I doing Voodoo child slight return (he died of lung cancer)

Yes. It's the dark fretboard. I saw a video of her playing on a pale fretboard guitar and she fell to pieces. Lol

Dang man, your guitars fall into the hands of some famous players. That says a lot about the quality of your builds and attention to detail. I saw a interview with Jason on youtube where he was talking about going to look at ed kings guitars to possibly buy one. He said when he played the '59...

Jason Isbell bought Ed kings redeye 59 burst for an undisclosed amount. The "sweet home alabama" strat sold for $450k and "redeye"was the crown jewel of Ed's collection. So, I think it's safe to say Jason paid north of $500k for it.