When guitar players think about tone they think about the obvious things: guitars, amplifiers, stomp boxes, etc. The one part that is often left out of the tone equation is the humble instrument cable. These play a much bigger role than many may realise. Cheap no-name cables are made with …
Kickstarter has been a great thing for musicians and musical equipment creators. A recent Kickstarter success is the Epic Grip titanium guitar pick. this single guitar pick design shot over its $5000 budget to over $35000, well and truly establishing itself as a popular new product. Since I really have …
As many regular readers would know, I recently finished my Strat build project. I was lucky enough to have Hantug Custom Guitars in Turkey make up a specially spec-ed custom bridge for this project. The temporary bridge was a Wilkinson vintage strat style tremolo, which was alright, but really was …
Instrument cables play a bigger part in a guitar player’s tone than many would think. Many use cheap no-name cables that are available for a few dollars at the local music store. These cables quite often have flimsy jacks and cheap, thin nasty cable that doesn’t hold up well to …
I’ve been working my way through my Ibanez RG550 RFR reissue, testing out a range of Floyd Upgrades tremolo parts. First up was the Brass Sustain Block for Ibanez Edge. In my review of the brass sustain block I found it made for a massive tonal upgrade over the nasty-looking …