Make a folding guitar

Submitted by guitar-list on Mon, 2009-06-22 13:10
Hinged guitar neck

This instructable shows how to make a folding guitar. The technique of folding the neck using a hinge to the body end of the neck is not new, but this guide shows a DIY version. This guide has some interesting ideas, but I would say its still in the development stage: I can't see a mechanism to lock the unfolded neck in place.

How to replace your guitar pickups

Submitted by guitar-list on Mon, 2009-06-22 12:50
Squier telecaster bridge raised showing the underneath of the pickup

Guitarists sometimes replace their stock pickups in the hope of improving their guitar's tone. This step by step guide shows you how to swap your existing guitar-pickups for new ones. 

London Guitar Show 2009

Submitted by guitar-list on Tue, 2009-06-02 15:14
London Guitar Show 2009 logo, it's like a conglomerate of a stratocaster, les paul and an explorer

The London Guitar show is back at the  ExCeL Exhibition Centre, London Docklands June 11th to 14th 2009. The lineup is:

Saturday 13th June

10 am Guitar Idol final

12.45 Jan Akkerman

CASIO DG-20

Submitted by guitar-list on Thu, 2009-05-28 14:46

The Casio DG-20 was a budget guitar synthesizer. It had plastic strings triggering onboard synthesizer sounds as well as a built-in speaker, built-in drum machine, drum pads and MIDI output.

HONDO H1

Submitted by guitar-list on Thu, 2009-05-28 14:15

Elongated Explorer/lighting bolt shaped electric guitar,. Manufacture of the  H1s started sometime in the 1980s. It has a fixed bridge, a single humbucking pickup at the bridge with a single volume control. Later made models may feature an additional tone contol. The headstock shape echos the body shape, with a circle-H Hondo logo.

HONDO H124A

Submitted by guitar-list on Thu, 2009-05-28 13:52

Korean made dreadnought style acoustic guitar. Soundboard is plywood, 20 fret rosewood fingerboard. Tuners are open three-on-a-strip units with white plastic tuner buttons and ferrules. Paddle shaped headstock with gold painted on Hondo II logo. Black bridge pins. Black binding is painted on only. MAnufacture of this guitar probably started somtime after 1974

HONDO SERIES II ACOUSTIC GUITARS

Submitted by guitar-list on Thu, 2009-05-28 13:38
Brand name: 
HONDO
Information: 

Series of budget Hondo steel string acoustics first introduced in 1974. Quality of the series II models was a marked improvement on the original models (1968 to 1974).

Von-Slatt Guitar Amp

Submitted by guitar-list on Thu, 2009-05-21 14:19
Von Slatt Steampunk guitar amplifier

This is a guitar amp by renowned steampunk craftsman Jake Von Slatt. The amp started life as a Crate 1215 tube amp, bought on Craigslist. The main cabinet is a 1930's radio rescued from the trash.

ATLANSIA OXFORD SPECIAL ACTIVE

Submitted by guitar-list on Tue, 2009-05-19 14:15

Special active version of the Atlansia Oxford bass. It has an incredible 16 single string pickups, four per string. These are controlled by a 16 button keypad.

ATLANSIA OXFORD HBX2

Submitted by guitar-list on Tue, 2009-05-19 14:02

Atlansia Oxford HBX2 bass, with the unusual Oxford headstock support bars. Different pickup options from the other Oxford basses (two humbuckers perhaps?) The attached rest could be a knee or arm rest, but is probably an arm rest. Has the Atlansia tuners at the bridge end.

Pictures from Walfy Walftone