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The Epiphone Al Caiola Model and Its Tone Expressor System, Pt. 1
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The Epiphone Al Caiola Model and Its Tone Expressor System, Pt. 1

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Multi-Phase Switching—The Final Frontier
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Multi-Phase Switching—The Final Frontier

Grounding Passive Guitar (and Bass) Circuits, Part 1 - Image 1 Les Paul Wiring
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How to Ground Passive Guitar (and Bass) Circuits, Pt. 1

Get out your DMM, and let's explore the simple ways to ground Strats, Teles, and Les Pauls. The good news is, there is no such thing as overgrounding.

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.

DIY: How to Install a Soundboard Transducer
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DIY: How to Install a Soundboard Transducer

Ultra-Flexible Wiring for Your Duo-Sonic
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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.

DIY: How to Adjust a Truss Rod
DIY

DIY: How to Adjust a Truss Rod

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

DIY Relic’ing Tuners, Part 2
Electric Guitars

DIY Relic’ing Tuners, Part 2

The Mod Garage guitar-aging series continues. Try these easy steps to get a vintage look on your plastic tuners.

How to Get the Most out of Hum-Sing-Hum Wiring
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How to Get the Most out of Hum-Sing-Hum Wiring

This circuit lets you get HSH and SSS-like tones from a single guitar.