by daftparagon | Feb 22, 2022 | Repairs
Hollow body guitars. That’s all folks! I can’t tell you how many times I’ve looked at a guitar that was gorgeous, EXCEPT, they drilled 8 (or more!) pointless holes into the top just for the sake of some cheap piece of plastic that makes mounting...
by daftparagon | Apr 3, 2015 | Lessons, Repairs
If you’ve been playing your guitar for a while, or have a strap button hole that just was never drilled properly, you might have this happen every so often: That can be bad news. If you ignore this long enough, the results can obviously be bad. Lots of people...
by daftparagon | Mar 31, 2015 | Lessons, Repairs
I learned how to solder from guitarists writing tutorials online and in books. That is to say, I was given a 25% of the way overview that left me making a lot of mistakes and being generally frustrated. Embarrassed too! I just discovered that I never really knew about...
by daftparagon | May 31, 2014 | Lessons, Repairs
A couple years ago, I bought a super cheap Ibanez acoustic. I think it was on sale for $200, is actual wood all around and has a respectable Fishman preamp/pickup. Of course, when you spend this little for a guitar, you cannot expect perfection. It never played...
by daftparagon | Jan 15, 2014 | Lessons, Repairs
On every guitar I’ve ever owned, the first order of business is to sand away any sort of finish on the back of the neck. I can’t handle playing any other way. Finished necks feel sticky, slow, sweaty, dare I say shitty (if nothing else, to keep the...
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...
