August 2011
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Yet another great cigar box guitar
Like I often do, I just type “… guitar” into Google image search. This time, I found this:
Found here. Ain’t she pretty?
July 2011
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New Project
First non-guitar related project well underway. Here’s a hint: Laminated plywood and bottle-caps.
April 2011
2 posts
Work in progress: Motor-X
Back home over Easter, I’ve started the first new project in the pipeline: The Motor-X!
The name will make sense, soon.
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Les Paul vs Leo Fender
Fusing characteristics of a Les Paul and Telecaster is nothing new, it has been done before, but this one is made of more character and grit. Behold, the Fano Alt de Facto SP6:
March 2011
5 posts
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Oh Stew Mac...
I was actually looking for rotary switches and found this…
Silly Americans, so ignorant.
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In lieu of real news...
The first Zigarrocaster, finished in late September, 2010.
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Ideas for a new project & a question
Ever in the search for new Ideas, I decided to couple some of the Stratotone vibe with the LP Junior Vibe and throw in some other elements and behold, a mockup picture was born:
The actual guitar pictured is a Agile 2300 with some photo-chopped additions/modifications:
F-Hole (thinline semiacoustic!), armrest (as seen on the Duesenberg 52 Senior), a single P90 like stacked Humbucker in the...
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February 2011
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January 2011
9 posts
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Harmony, once again
Another of those peculiar little things, another Harmony Stratotone, this one’s called “Newport”. I wonder how many different models they made over the years.
found at Main Street Vintage
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
– Dalai Lama (via kari-shma)
I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.
– Maya Angelou (via kari-shma)
Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
– Confucius (via kari-shma)
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Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via kari-shma)
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Happy 2011
What better way to start my tumblr with an inaugural post on New Year’s?
So here it is, my resurrected tumblblog, for stuff I find on the web and the stuff I make with my hands. I’ve got some nice projects lined up for 2011 that will be posted here when the time comes.
Cheers!
December 2010
1 post