by daftparagon | Jul 28, 2014 | Building, Gear, Good Finds, Lessons, Music
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. About six months out of every year I go...
by G. Edward Jones | May 12, 2014 | Building, Good Finds, Lessons, Music
This week around the web we find out that Godzilla is way bigger than you thought… Deep Sea News takes time out from talking about sponges or whatever, to spend some time on the only deep sea creature that counts. Gojira is growing at an exponential rate and...
by G. Edward Jones | May 5, 2014 | Building, Good Finds, Lessons
Paint, it would seem, is a thing… This wee a bunch of videos about painting your guitar with minimal jibber jabber from me. I know that last part makes you happy.
by G. Edward Jones | Jan 12, 2014 | Building, Good Finds, Lessons
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...
by G. Edward Jones | Dec 30, 2013 | Building, Guitar Store Gospel, Lessons, Passion & Self Hate, Playing, Repairs, Upgrades
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...
by G. Edward Jones | Dec 9, 2013 | Building, Gear, Good Finds, Lessons
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...
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