The Squier Deluxe Stratocaster is a hell of a guitar straight out of the box. With fantastic sounding Duncan Designed SC-101 single coil pickups providing a great modern Stratocaster tone, a sublime, smooth feeling satin finished neck, and a two point vibrato system that does well under a bit of …
Following on from my review of the excellent DiMarzio PAF Master Bridge model humbucker, here is my review of the PAF Master Neck model. First of all, apologies for the lengthy delay between reviews and posts on my blog. My RSI has been particularly bad over the past several months, …
The iconic “PAF” humbucker found in vintage Gibson guitars has been the baseline for many humbuckers. It seems that there a million and one variations of the original made by companies big and small, each offering their own interpretation of the sound. DiMarzio have certainly had a lot of experience …
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 …
For the past several years there has been a lot of interest in aftermarket tremolo upgrade components. Sustain blocks, springs, and even the humble spring claw have been reworked to provide better tone and sustain. Killer Guitar Components (KGC) are one such company that offer a myriad of upgrade parts …