Whenever guitar players go on a gear rant I usually pull out a line about how guitar players are dumb and bass players will play a bass made out of a2x4 plugged into a speaker from a 1986 Camaro Berlinetta. That’s a thing.
Category: Building
From Around The Web 05.12.2014
This week around the web we find out that Godzilla is way bigger than you thought…
From Around The Web 05.05.2014
Paint, it would seem, is a thing…
Izzy Swan
So, at the end of 2013 I posted this bit of advice from Izzy1 Swan. If you’re too lazy to click the link and watch the video the overview is this: Woodworking is easy. You don’t need a lot of tools, you just need to try. Even the most complex project is just a bunch… Continue reading Izzy Swan
Words of Wisdom
Most of us here on the Daft Paragon Ranch are still bleary eyed from tryptophan comas caused by a week of leftover turkey. However, before we get back up to speed in 2014, I wanted to leave 2013 on a positive note. Izzy1 Swan is a wood worker out of South Carolina who has a very… Continue reading Words of Wisdom
From Around The Web 12.09.2013
I have what can best be described as very low level carpentry skills. They’re the types of skills learned after DIY/HGTV convinced my wife that any home improvement project could be completed in 22 minutes plus commercials, usually without proper tools. I am probably not the person you should come to for advice on how… Continue reading From Around The Web 12.09.2013
How It’s Made: Electric Guitars
From what I gather, “How It’s Made” is a regular show on the Discovery channel that is kind of like Mister Rogers, but with fewer puppets. At some point, they did a trip to Godin to show how electric guitars are made. It’s worth watching if you’re unfamiliar with the process in production facilities. What’s… Continue reading How It’s Made: Electric Guitars
Crimson Guitars Answers Questions
Here is the grand total of things I know about Crimson Guitars: They are English. They are run by a dude named Ben Crowe who seems to be a pretty normal cat, with a small child and a head full of tribal tattoos. They make Robert Fripp’s signature guitar which has more knobs and switches… Continue reading Crimson Guitars Answers Questions
Big D Guitars Tap Tones
I used to hang out on ProjectGuitar.com back in the day. My never ending RG project was, in fact, the first picture of a project guitar uploaded to the PG forums (and then the forum software got hacked or corrupted and had to be re-installed and all was lost and I became a sad panda). … Continue reading Big D Guitars Tap Tones