I have thick fingers with quite fleshy tips, and I struggle to play most Fenders, and the narrower Gibson models. I tend to have a new nut made if the nut end of the neck will allow a slightly wider spacing E-e; consequently, my guitars are usually picked on the neck’s ability to...
Despite the thick soundboard and lack of hole, this thing is loud and sounds a lot like a carved archtop with the strong attack you want in jazz. The pickup is great too and deserves the reputation it has for not only jazz but most any type of electric guitar music you can name. 3 ...
Many guitar makers and guitar factories “roll” their necks. This means that they roll the shaft of the guitar neck along a sanding belt in order to achieve a round and tapered profile. I like to carve my necks with aggressive rasps and files. This is a very rewarding process. It is ...
Bob’s earliest guitars at the Dream stood out right away for their slim-profile necks. He wasn’t familiar enough with the guitars of other brands to know how thick a neck was “supposed” to be. “I probably had that EKO Ranger in my mind, so I just shaved the neck until it star...
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The hard rock maple blocks I start with are 38mm thick (1.50 inches) - I thickness them progressively , a few mm at a time off each face of the block, over a period of 2-3 years to the final thickness required depending on the neck type (1950-59 one piece maple are left at about...
Two of Fender’s noiseless Tele pickups ensure amazing hum-free performance, and this guitar has all of that Tele spank in the bridge position with the thick, dark sound of the neck pickup. It’s got an ace up its sleeve too, pull up the tone knob and you get both pickups in series...
And when it comes to the bridge, we've designed a new exclusive double-cut from thick polished stainless steel, no plating, and custom large-diameter marine brass barrel saddles. Most importantly, our newly designed in-house built pickups provide superior balance and are perfectly matched. The...
Gone is the thick plastic-feeling lacquer, in favor of a soft and supple aged finish that we found a delight to play with during our testing. So, if you are looking for those classic acoustic sounds of yesteryear but don’t want to fork out a small fortune, it’s definitely worth ...
Based on Papa Het’s original design and featuring his signature EMG active pickups, the Snakebyte is tailor-built for thick metal tones, courtesy of a mahogany body and three-piece, set mahogany neck with ebony fingerboard, plus 22 extra-jumbo frets and that arresting snake 12th-fret snake ...