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Pros & Cons of Pitched Vs. Straight Headstocks
Gear

Pros & Cons of Pitched Vs. Straight Headstocks

Boutique luthier Jol Dantzig (cofounder of Hamer Guitars) examines the potential perils of different headstock angles and the balance between performance and ease of construction.

DIY: How to Adjust Electric-Guitar Intonation
Gear

DIY: How to Adjust Electric-Guitar Intonation

Gruhn Guitars' setup guru Nathan Golliher shows how to easily make your Strat, Les Paul, and Telecaster ring true up and down the fretboard.

DIY: Relic’ing Metal Hardware
Gear

DIY: Relic’ing Metal Hardware

Our series on how to age a guitar, piece by piece, continues. This month we tackle the bridge and strap buttons.

Ultra-Flexible Wiring for Your Duo-Sonic
Mod Garage

Ultra-Flexible Wiring for Your Duo-Sonic

Four rad add-ons and a whopping six pickup combinations for the Fender offset.

A Homemade “Third Hand”
Pro-Advice

A Homemade “Third Hand”

While on a Gibson factory tour, I learned I could easily make my own DIY humbucker installation tool out of materials lying around my shop.

Does a Solidbody Bass' Unplugged Tone Matter?
Bass Bench

Does a Solidbody Bass' Unplugged Tone Matter?

The old adage says not to judge a book by its cover—so why do we do it so much with instruments?

The COVID Files: Inside the Mod Garage Shop During Lockdown
Reviews

The COVID Files: Inside the Mod Garage Shop During Lockdown

Dirk Wacker shares what the last six months have been like for him and his guitar-tech business in Germany.