My Saga PRS style kit guitar has been an ongoing DIY project for a while. Whilst it is a very cheap guitar made from cheap timber and components it funnily enough has quite a good tone. I’ve done a bit of DIY work to get to this stage. I’ve installed …
There has been a lot of discussion over Eddie Van Halen’s use of his name on a huge range of signature products over the past few years. Some wonder if he’s spending more time trying to sell his name than writing new music for Van Halen. One item of contention …
Today I received a new bridge to replace the rubbish tune-o-matic bridge on my Saga PRS style kit guitar. I wanted something that could keep better tune, and would allow me to adjust the the radius without having to redo the saddles. The Wilkinson Brass Roller Saddle Bridge with locking …
Ibanez have made some fantastic locking tremolo bridges over the years. The Edge and Lo Pro Edge are highly regarded amongst Ibanez enthusiasts, and the recently discontinued Edge Pro is starting to receive a lot of praise too. There is a problem inherent to floating tremolo bridges though. They quite …
Following on from my “Taming the Tone Zone – continued” post, I have been conducting some more “invasive” modifications to the popular DiMarzio pickup. I decided to open up the Tone Zone and try some magnet modifications. Some people are probably questioning my reasons for doing so many modifications with …