Atlansia Oxford Passive

Submitted by guitar-list on Tue, 2009-05-19 13:47

The body is ash or soft maple. The bolt-on neck is Canadian hard rock maple, with an ebony fingerboard and a 34 inch scale length. Machine heads, pickups (ARSX4) and tailpiece are all made by Altlansia and finished in gold. Controls are one volume and one tone, I believe there are also individual switches for the four single string pickups. Finish is polyurethane.

Ruby Amp in a Magic 8-ball

Submitted by guitar-list on Tue, 2009-05-19 13:20
Ruby Practice guitar amp housed in a magic 8 ball

The Ruby Amp is a great little battery powered solidstate practice amp. The design is based on the Little Gem design which in turn comes from the Smokey Amp designed by Dave Stork on www.blueguitar.org. The design uses relatively few components and is a good DIY project. Cigar box guitar maker J.K. built a Ruby Amp but found himself hunting for a suitable enclosure for it.

Sketchup Loop Subdivision Smooth Plugin

Submitted by guitar-list on Tue, 2009-05-19 10:12

This is a free opensource Loop subdivision plugin for Google Sketchup. Loop subdivision smooths hard edges to give a more rounded organic looking shape. This plugin has not been tested extensively, so please save any important Sketchup models before using this plugin on them.

 

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D'Addario string factory

Submitted by guitar-list on Sat, 2009-05-09 05:14
Close up of electric guitar string making machine in the D'Addario factory

This is one of those How-It's-Made factory tour films, which shows how guitar strings are made in the D'Addario factory. It also shows the quality control procedures used to test that the strings are fit for their purpose. The strings are stretched and twisted in a medieval torture chamber until they break. I never knew there was such a thing as a ball-end-sorter.

ROC Instruments

Submitted by rocinstruments on Mon, 2009-05-04 11:47
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GIBSON MK-72 Bill Butler

Submitted by rubikscube1976 on Sat, 2009-05-02 19:26

Sonic Sound and Light Inc.

Submitted by rwiggins on Mon, 2009-04-27 20:17
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Sonic has a great selection of todays top brands. From starter guitars, high end guitars, bass, Roland V-Drums, trust Sonic to provide superior service and quality. Sonic also has a great lesson program in guitar, bass, drum, piano and wind instruments.

JACKSON JSX-94 Zell

Submitted by zellthemedic on Sat, 2009-04-25 19:53

Dark, metallic blue body. I use Ernie Ball Super Slinky strings on it. Everything is basically stock. Rescued it from a pawnshop for $140. The only problem it had when bought was a slight issue with the Floyd-Rose bridge.

Lollar foils the Pickup Pirates

Submitted by guitar-list on Thu, 2009-04-16 11:04
Basic Pickup Winding and Complete Guide to Making Your Own Pickup Winder, front cover image

Jason Lollar is the  author of the DIY pickup maker's bible "Basic Pickup Winding and Complete Guide to Making Your Own Pickup Winder". This book helped kickstart the custom pickup industry. It has been out of print for a number of years, assuming a mythical status. Secondhand copies have been selling for close to $300.

Rare UK guitars found in basement

Submitted by guitar-list on Wed, 2009-04-15 11:54
collection of 12 early Burns Supersonic electric guitars and basses

A collection of twelve rare early British-made electric guitars has been found in a Cheltenham basement of a house. The Supersound guitars were made by during a short partnership between Jim Burns and Alan Wootton from 1958 and 1959.

The collection includes both single and double cutaway solid body electric guitars and basses with Gibson influenced necks and headstock shapes.