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Mod Garage Tonewood Teardown: Chasing the “Closet-Classic” Look
photo courtesy SINGLECOIL (https://singlecoil.com)
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Mod Garage Tonewood Teardown: Chasing the “Closet-Classic” Look

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​Reader Guitar of the Month: Custom Yellow Active LP
Reader Guitar of the Month

​Reader Guitar of the Month: Custom Yellow Active LP

How to Make a Vintage-Repro Pickguard
DON’T Do It Yourself?

How to Make a Vintage-Repro Pickguard

As the Covid Wars Continue, So Do Supply Shortages
Acoustic Soundboard

As the Covid Wars Continue, So Do Supply Shortages

It’s not a bait and switch. This year is a throwback to the post WWII-era of instrument manufacturing, for better or worse.

DIY: How to Pick Your Guitar Pick
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DIY: How to Pick Your Guitar Pick

Micro-Frets Stage II—Rare American Vintage
Vintage Vault

Micro-Frets Stage II—Rare American Vintage

This semi-hollow from 1971 features a distinctive build and clean, spanking P-90 tones.

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 Set Up a Fender Stratocaster
Guitar & Bass Mods

DIY: How to Set Up a Fender Stratocaster

Here, ace Nashville repairman John LeVan walks you step-by-step through the setup process and shows you how to make your Strat play like a dream and ring like a bell.