Posts from May 2014

I do champion Fender design, but I don't like all their guitars. One guitar I simply can't stand is the Mustang.

My developed an electronics problem. The volume pot developed a nasty dead spot around a 3/4 turn, and the tone pot was getting a bit scratchy. I'm not a guy who knows how to work on electronics when it comes to guitars. Or to be more accurate, I can work on them, but for anything […]

A Gibson Firebird X is a ridiculously expensive guitar that looks like a children's toy. Oh sure, it's got every single feature you'd ever want, including one that you don't: The fact that when the proprietary battery dies, it renders the instrument unplayable until you put in a freshly charged battery. I'm not kidding. But […]

My guitar pick of choice these days is the , "Ocean Turquoise" color. It's a great pick, but the problem is that celluloid wears out real fast.

Certain Fender guitars that are over 25 years old (generally speaking, if it's over 25, it's vintage) are actually fairly affordable. At the time I write this, that means anything made from 1989 or earlier. But you have to watch yourself with vintage so you don't end up with a piece of junk.