Short scale guitars are an interesting area of the electric guitar market. Mostly aimed at younger beginners, and maybe more seasoned players looking for a smaller guitar to travel with, they are typically built to a strict budget. The strict budget doesn’t usually lend towards a quality guitar build. There …
I’ve not typically been one to GAS over signature guitars, but the one signature guitar that I’ve wanted to get my hands on for many years is the Ibanez PGM301 Paul Gilbert signature guitar. I’ve traditionally played Ibanez RG series guitars, so the body shape suited me, and I’ve always …
The Squier Bullet Strat project is getting closer to how I wanted it to look like and play, but there’s a bit more work to be done. First up, the stock tuners had to go and I wanted to try and get some decent locking tuners that didn’t break the …
The Squier Bullet Strat project has been coming along nicely. With the aid of the Wilkinson bridge’s full size sustain block, Hantug Custom Guitars brass saddles and titanium spring claw, the guitar sounds great unplugged. The DiMarzio made IBZ/USA stacked single coil, in conjunction with the stock Squier pickups are …
The Squier Bullet Strat has been a rather surprising guitar. I had heard that the “COB” Chinese-made Bullets were quite the bargain find, but after cleaning it up, installing the Wilkinson bridge, the Hantug brass saddles and titanium spring claw, and stringing up the guitar, it has really surprised me. …