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I'm working on a new stereo amp with a parallel effects loop (well, just on the design, I'm not building it yet - mostly, I'm working on a rather novel way of controling the tremolo circuit) so that I can use my digital delay without messing up the original signal, so yes, there are times when...

MOSTLY made in the USA. Some of the HPL guitars (the X guitars) and the travel guitars are made in Mexico. The style 15 and higher, at least, are all made in the USA, and without question a D-28 would be made right there in Nazareth, PA. They only make a very few cheap product lines in...

Only that I can't be in the shop when anyone is working with it. If he doesn't like the sound of his guitar, he should buy a different one. Trying to turn an existing acoustic guitar into a different one is a total waste of time, and will pretty much always fail utterly. Light "Cowards...

I wouldn't want to do it in two weeks, as the neck needs some time to dry out after getting steamed out. In my shop, the fastest you can usually expect (if we are not at all busy) is about 4-6 weeks. Usually, more like 2-3 months. If you send it to the factory, more like 3-6 months...

Yup, that's what I said. And though it is true that EMG's can handle 27v, there is really no reason to do so - unless of course you just want to use up an extra battery. You certainly will not be hearing a sonic difference. Light "Cowards can never be moral." M.K. Gandhi

Nope, I asked. 18v for guitar is of limited value, though. On a bass, particularly a slap/pop players bass, they make a lot of sense, though. Light "Cowards can never be moral." M.K. Gandhi

Drops in humidity are a much bigger problem than simple low humidity. Yes, low humidity is a big problem, but if a guitar spends it's summer bloated and moist, then when it drys out in the winter it is MOVING, which is when the problems happen. Light "Cowards can never be moral." M.K. Gandhi

One thing Muttley said, which I forgot to mention, is I get a lot more out of flexing the wood than out of taping. I'm OK at it, but my dad (who is something like 500 acoustics ahead of me) can tell a lot about a piece of wood by flexing it, and depending on what he is after will sand tops and...

Nope, don't do it. Not even when I'm making acoustics. The basic premise of tap tuning is to make your guitars more consistent, but as near as I can tell the builders who do it have the same level of variability as those of us who don't. And the most consistent guitars I know of (even if I...

I lived in Boston for 6 years. The swings in indoor humidity are much worse than a desert, as in the desert the humidity is always pretty much the same. But no matter what, your advice is shit, and anyone here who knows what they are talking about are going to point this out any every time you...

By the way, if there is nothing wrong with the wiring, and you are really burning through batteries that quickly, there is something wrong with one of the pickups, and it will have to be replaced. The preamps are all internal to the pickup, and as they are potted in epoxy there is no way to...

It depends on what all you have in there. If you just have one pickup, the battery is going to last a lot longer than if you have three pickups, a preamp, and an active tone control kit. Even so, 5-6 hours of playing time seems short to me, and I would strongly suggest getting it looked at...

Did you even read my post? I don't care what your experience is, I care that your information is WRONG. Light "Cowards can never be moral." M.K. Gandhi

"As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1." Wow, you must really be new to the internet. Either that, or you are either an idiot or a troll. So, let me point out some rather tired and dull facts of which you are clearly...

I don't need to. Very few people on this board know who I am, though many know my story. They judge me by the quality of my information, which on guitars is highly opinionated but accurate, and on electronics is amateurish and confused (which is why I don't post that much in amp threads, and...

Muttley and I have more experience trying out shit like that on guitars than any ten people on this board. It's how we make our living. Light "Cowards can never be moral." M.K. Gandhi

No, it won't. No, some guys will imagine they like the sound more. In fact, there will be no difference. They will particularly imagine they like the sound more when they have just spent a stupid amount of money on some device to add mass to the headstock. It's a myth. And a stupid one...

If you're talking about Bob, he is and has always been a Martin man, to the best of my recollection. They've done at least one, and I think several signature models for him. But that is what the D28 IS. A big monster of a box that you can bang the shit out of. Just watch a bluegrass rhythm...

I wouldn't say they were overbuilt (at least, not the `70's ones), but that they were built to be played HARD. Whack the shit out of a Guild, and they just keep giving it back to you. Play a Taylor that hard, and it sounds like geese farting. Both styles have their place. Light "Cowards...

The trick is not to rule out the tuners - it's so unlikely to be the tuners causing the problem that you should rule out everything else before you even consider the tuners (unless, of course, you can see a worn gear or something). Light "Cowards can never be moral." M.K. Gandhi