by daftparagon | Aug 19, 2015 | Gear, Gear Guides
Acoustic guitar builders love wood. They can’t get enough of it. Not just the right species of wood, but the perfect tree or cut or assembly all make huge differences in the sound of the finished product. That’s why folks like Collings, whose wood...
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 daftparagon | Dec 5, 2013 | Building, Good Finds
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...
by G. Edward Jones | Dec 1, 2013 | Building, Good Finds, Lessons
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...
by G. Edward Jones | Sep 8, 2013 | Good Finds, Lessons
Every so often I get it stuck in my head that I want to build the perfect guitar, so I fire up the AutoTrader Machine and point it at a website which isn’t dedicated to increasing my carbon footprint. After spending some time tooling around Warmoth I inevitably...
