Minnieweather Custom Basses

Submitted by guitar-list on Tue, 2010-02-09 08:10
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A resident of Portland, Oregon, David Minnieweather started building basses while in the 9th grade at school. Eventually, after making a few custom instruments for his friends, he decided to take luthiery seriously and made around 30 basses through the 1990s.

GRETSCH JET CLUB G1413

Submitted by guitar-list on Fri, 2010-02-05 17:20

The Gretsch Jet Club G1413 was an electric guitar in the Korean-made Electromatic line from Gretsch. It sold between 2000 and 2003. The Electromatic brand was applied to a series of less-expensive solids and semis based on classic Gretsch designs, priced to compete with Epiphone and similar budget brands.

LACE GUITARS CYBERCASTER (USA MADE)

Submitted by guitar-list on Fri, 2010-02-05 08:11

The Lace cybercaster was a USA made electric guitar from the LACE Helix series. The overall styling is a combination of Fender Jaguar, with a pointed Gibson SG horn coupled with a dash of Gibson Explorer. The transparent butterscotch finish on the two piece ash body brings the Gibson Flying V to mind.

ORANGE ROCKERVERB II

Submitted by guitar-list on Thu, 2010-02-04 13:19

The Rockerverb II, introduced in March 2010, is an updated version of the classic Orange Rockerverb amplifier. The New Rockerverb II series includes the following new specifications and changes:

EYB ELECTRIC SITAR

Submitted by guitar-list on Thu, 2010-02-04 12:17

During the late 1960s numerous records were punctuated with the unmistakable zingy rattle of the electric sitar. Danelectro was responsible for creating this new instrument (following an idea from the inventive American session player Vinnie Bell) and they produced two models: the Coral Sitar and its cheaper alternative the Danelectro Baby Sitar.

Build a Wah pedal from scratch

Submitted by guitar-list on Mon, 2010-02-01 14:20

Paul Marossy from DIYguitarist.com built his own Wah pedal from scratch. As Paul notes, the most difficult part was building the mechanics. The linkage between the potentiometer and the foot pedal is a particular challenge in Wah and Volume pedals.

MADA SAB

Submitted by guitar-list on Fri, 2010-01-29 11:19

The specifications for the MADA SAB acoustic electric bass are:

BODY
Size 470 x 337x 45mm
Two shelled hempstone® construction moulded out of hempfibre
Sustain Block alder
Material thickness 3-5mm
One sound-hole

MADA caimes

Submitted by guitar-list on Fri, 2010-01-29 10:29

The specifications for the MADA caimes electric guitar are:

Guitar robots at EMP

Submitted by guitar-list on Thu, 2010-01-28 21:53
Trimpin EMP Guitar Robot

This is a trailer for Trimpin: The Sound of Invention, a documentary film about engineer, sound artist, and inventor, Trimpin. The film is currently showing on the festival circuit. One part shows how Trimpin rigged up a load of guitar robots to make the famous tower of guitars sculpture in the Experience Music Project in Seattle.

Record player pickup winder and unwinder

Submitted by guitar-list on Thu, 2010-01-28 21:38
Record player pickup winder

This is a home made pickup unwinder made by Bill Crozier, after he was unsatisfied with the sound of his Tex Mex pickup. He designed a pickup unwinder to unwind the pickup wire onto a reel, and then used the same setup to scatter rewind the pickup. He mounted the pickup on a rotating Lazy Susan, and the wire take-up spool on a record player.