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The Piglet guitar build project, part 5
guitarz.blogspot.com: The above photo shows the piglet guitar body with the access panels cut into the rear side. The small round hole will be for the guitar's electrics, just a single volume pot in...
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Hamilton Custom Guitars: another example
guitarz.blogspot.com: There has been a lot of interest in this 2013 post about this Hamilton Custom Guitar. Mark Natola contacted us to say that he is a Hamilton owner too, having recently bought a...
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The Piglet guitar build project, part 6
guitarz.blogspot.com: At last it's beginning to look like a guitar boody. Here's the Piglet unclamped after the top has been glued on. I ended up giving it 48 hours in the end, so plenty of time to set...
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Hoyer shortscale bass, a genuine relic from the late 1960s/1970s
guitarz.blogspot.com: Ah, damn! I think I would have bid on this eBay UK listing for a vintage Hoyer solidbody shortscale bass had I seen the auction in time. It's a German-made instrument with one of...
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The Piglet guitar build project, part 7
guitarz.blogspot.com: After much filling in and sanding, on Sunday I thought I was ready to begin spray painting.However, no sooner had I attached a piece of wood into the neck pocket to act as a...
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Julian Cope's Squier "Fake Fender" Jazz Bass listed for sale on eBay UK
guitarz.blogspot.com: I'm a big fan of Julian Cope, so when I saw this listing on eBay UK for his "Fake Fender" Jazz Bass (actually a re-badged Squier circa 2004), it made me sit up and take notice.To...
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The Piglet guitar build project, part 8
guitarz.blogspot.com: Applying the first coat of brown finish to the rear of the guitarThe latest instalment of this project report has been a long time in coming, in part because of the long time it...
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The Piglet guitar build project, part 9
guitarz.blogspot.com: Finally happy with the brown finish on the rear and sides of the guitar body, it was time to move onto painting the front in a shade of piggy pink. Which meant of course applying...
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The Piglet guitar build project, part 10
guitarz.blogspot.com: Having painted the final coat of pink on the front of the guitar, leaving to dry for a few days and on removing the masking tape, I found that the line around the top where it had...
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Gibson Grabber Bass copy by Melody
guitarz.blogspot.com: If any of you still regularly tune into Guitarz these days, you may have noticed that when I'm not posting about piglet-shaped guitars, that more often than not my attention will...
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The Piglet guitar build project, part 11
guitarz.blogspot.com: Picking up from where we left off last time, here I have painted in the outline of the piglet, using the carbon lines as a guide. Finally we're getting to see what this little...
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The Piglet guitar build project, part 12
guitarz.blogspot.com: Following on from part 11, with the artwork now applied, the piglet was ready to be clear coated. I tried hanging the guitar body up to spray it but I found that the Rustoleum...
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The Piglet guitar build project, part 13
guitarz.blogspot.com: At the end of the previous installment I said that all there was left to do was the final assembly. However, I'd forgotten about installing the colour-changing LEDs in the eyes....
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Stunning Rare 1983 Burns Bandit Guitar
guitarz.blogspot.com: Sorry that I've not been here lately. Life has been busy, and that's good, but it leaves me little time to find cool guitars to share here.This Burns Bandit needed to be...
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The Piglet guitar build project, part 14
guitarz.blogspot.com: Moving on to assembly, which meant much measuring......drilling of holes......and even more measuring!In the picture above we are determining the optimum position for the bridge...
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Rare Fender Acoustic Jazzmaster JZM Deluxe
guitarz.blogspot.com: Love it or hate it, Fender makes acoustic versions of their electric icons. I'm not a big fan, but I understand the appeal. That said, I have some love for this abomination. It's...
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The Piglet guitar build project, part 15
guitarz.blogspot.com: The Piglet in action on-stage with Red & The Hogweeds at a festival in a field somewhere in Wales.That's me on the Flying V bass, by the way.Sorry guys, I've not posted for...
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Burns Weill RP2G Super Streamline bass guitar from 1959
guitarz.blogspot.com: Here's an intriguing and supposedly quite rare bass guitar from Jim Burns and Henry Weill, the Burns Weill RP2G Super Streamline Bass. I suppose that back in 1959 it looked...
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Very strange Precision and Jazz Bass headless conversions listed on eBay
guitarz.blogspot.com: Here are an odd pair of basses I saw listed in separate auctions from the same seller on eBay. As you can clearly see they are strangely tweaked Fender designs, namely a Jazz Bass...
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5 Weird Guitars from Craigslist!
guitarz.blogspot.com: Hi there. My name is Billy and I’m a writer with Guitartricks.com, where we teach people how to play guitar online! I’m a huge fan of looking for weird, interesting guitars, and...
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Something Strange Came Out Of The Skies
Please excuse this post for being not particularly guitar-related. Having said that, there are quite a few guitars, basses and mandocellos (!) used on the album. I'll go over all that in more detail in...
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5 Things Rock Guitarists Can Learn from Classical Guitarists
guitarz.blogspot.com: Guest post by Alex BruceImage by _Alicja_ from PixabayAs a Guitar teacher, one hour I’m teaching Hendrix songs, and the next hour I’m helping someone prepare their Classical...
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Beginner Guitarists - 5 Things You Should Know
guitarz.blogspot.com: Guest post by Alex BruceImage by Valéria Rodrigues Valéria from PixabayHindsight is a wonderful thing, so the saying goes, and this seems objectively true in any walk of life....
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Playing by ear: Top tips
guitarz.blogspot.com:Guest post by Alex BruceLearning to play by ear is a really important skill for guitarists. It furthers your understanding and knowledge of your instrument, prepares you a whole...
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Make Scales More Fun!
Mike Olekshy – GuitarTricks.comTired of the same stock scale patterns you’ve been practicing? These simple tweaks can transform the sound of well known guitar scales, coaxing sounds that beg for more...
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