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strat shaped guitars with no pick guard

Fri 2025 Sep 5

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While I'm happy with my Yamaha Pacifica PAC112VM and it absolutely works for me, it does have a pick guard. Granted, it only covers the middle and neck pickups along with the selector switch, but still, that disqualifies it from the "super easy to maintain" category.

Truly super-easy Strat shape guitars have no pick guard at all because you can access the electronics for maintenance from the rear via small panels, so let's look at those.

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finding a new case for an old phone can be annoying
Wed 2025 Sep 3

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This was (and still is) an adventure, and not one I wanted to take.

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the nipple you need? guitar pot cleaning cap
Mon 2025 Sep 1

guitar pot cleaning cap

I recently griped about Stratocaster design in how it's such an annoyance to clean the volume and tone pots. This cap might be a solution. Maybe.

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old school emergency finance guide for the terminally online
Thu 2025 Aug 28

credit cards cannot be used for a while

I put this guide together for those who literally have no clue how to make payments if your debit or credit card gets frozen.

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my totally disgusting phone case
Wed 2025 Aug 27

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This looks nasty, but it's what happens when a phone case gets used because these things obviously don't last forever.

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