Quick Pickup Swapping: The whys and wherefores Having the ability to swap all the pickups of a guitar in seconds is a joy to behold. The player’s hands rule, but the next biggest drivers of sound personality are the pickups and pickup location. The normal tortuous path for swapping includes string-pickguard-pickup removal, wiring-soldering, possible routing …
Aluminum and Hybrid guitars: Pros, Cons, Whys.. History All-aluminum and hybrid wood-aluminum guitar construction has been around since the inception of the electric guitar. In fact, the first commercially viable guitar was all aluminum. The Electro Hawaiian Guitar Company (Rickenbacker) produced an all-aluminum body lap steel guitar The Frying Pan in ~1931. Rickenbacker history Walter …
Why Headless? Sound, Convenience and Design Why headless when so many other guitars aren’t? It’s not hard to find info onheadless pros vs. cons, but none that are very complete. I wanted to go into detail for hardcores so they can see how our design decision was made. Ergonomics Ask anybody touring w/ a 10lb Les …
So intonation correcting nuts are possible