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Mod Garage: Prepping Your Electric’s Neck

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Mod Garage Tonewood Teardown: Chasing the “Closet-Classic” Look
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Mod Garage Tonewood Teardown: Chasing the “Closet-Classic” Look

Mod Garage Guitar Makeover: Optimize Your Electric Guitar’s Body
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Mod Garage Guitar Makeover: Optimize Your Electric Guitar’s Body

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Mod Garage Guitar Makeover: Neck-Pocket Cleanup and DIY Routing

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Tonewood Teardown: How Good Can a Cheap Guitar Sound?
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Tonewood Teardown: How Good Can a Cheap Guitar Sound?

Feelings vs. Physics: What Matters Most for Electric Guitar Tone?
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Feelings vs. Physics: What Matters Most for Electric Guitar Tone?

If you want to know how your electric will sound through an amp, think about mass, not mojo.

Electric Guitar Tonewood Teardown: Can We Get Good Sounds From Cheap Guitars?
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Electric Guitar Tonewood Teardown: Can We Get Good Sounds From Cheap Guitars?

In the first part of a Mod Garage miniseries, our columnist sets some parameters on tone talk.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repair: Sustainable DIY Guitar Workshop Helpers
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repair: Sustainable DIY Guitar Workshop Helpers

You don’t need to blow your savings to set up a basic guitar workshop. Here are some quick-and-easy DIY tools you can rig up with household materials.

Are You Using the Right Guitar Cable?
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Are You Using the Right Guitar Cable?

The least exciting piece of your rig can impact your tone in a big way. Here’s what you need to know.

The Andy Summers Telecaster Wiring, Pt. 2
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The Andy Summers Telecaster Wiring, Pt. 2

We’ve covered Andy’s iconic guitar and what makes it so special, so now we’ll get to building our own.

The Andy Summers Telecaster Wiring, Part I
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Andy Summers Tele Wiring

The Police guitarist’s go-to guitar is the source of a few mysteries, so let’s crack the code.

Fighting Feedback on a Telecaster
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Fighting Feedback on a Telecaster

If you’re used to cranking your Tele, you may have encountered a feedback issue or two. Here are some easy solutions.

The Dan Torres Mid Boost and Scoop Mod
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The Dan Torres Mid Boost and Scoop Mod

This simple passive mod will boost your guitar’s sweet-spot tones.

Rory Gallagher’s Strat and Why He Used Fender Beveled Pickups
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Rory Gallagher’s Strat and Why He Used Fender Beveled Pickups

How the Irish guitar virtuoso got a unique tone with a factory-stock Strat.