Guitar Talk

Your riff stick... You play it, you love it, you want to keep it protected so you keep it in the safest circumstance. But how safe is it? I rememb...

The perfect tonez. The Holy Grail of all riffers. You dream of it, you strive for it, you'd step over your own mum and drag yourself uphill over ho...

You've been playing a while. You know your chords, scales, some favourite songs from the artists that inspired you to devote your soul to the stick...

Okay everyone, it's time. I'm going to spill the beans. Then we are going to eat those beans and with the awesome power of knowledgable flatu...

Y'know sometimes being a guitar tech has parallels with Big Daddy Kane who once spake "Pimpin'... It ain't easy." Apart from the washboard abs, fab...

Hello reader. It's good to see you again. This one will be short but important, and maybe a touch sensitive for the old school guitar maintenance t...

Ahhhh the 90's. The 16 bit graphic video game consoles, the baggy skate shorts, the slow mo on Baywatch. It was a glorious time to be alive. And as...

Anyone that has talked with me about guitars for any length of time is most likely aware of my fondness for Japanese luthierie.  It's a preference...

Oooooookkaayyy now... Personally I'm not the biggest fan of relics. Mainly because my work is aimed at taking existing instruments and making them...

Most of the time people bring you instruments that require straight forward solutions; fret dresses, saddle adjustments, intonations, neck adjustm...

The funny thing about working on guitars is when you start to get serious you begin eyeballing all kinds of power tools, and believing they are the...

Todays episode is a word of caution to those that believe they can create one mighty riff stick to rule them all through extensive "modding". It's ...