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?
Aug 27th
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July 2011
1 post
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New Project
First non-guitar related project well underway. Here’s a hint: Laminated plywood and bottle-caps.
Jul 30th
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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.
Apr 28th
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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:
Apr 17th
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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.
Mar 26th
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In lieu of real news...
The first Zigarrocaster, finished in late September, 2010.
Mar 18th
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Mar 17th
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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...
Mar 11th
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Mar 9th
February 2011
1 post
Feb 14th
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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
Jan 30th
“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.”
– Dalai Lama (via kari-shma)
Jan 30th
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“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.”
– Maya Angelou (via kari-shma)
Jan 24th
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Jan 21st
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“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”
– Confucius (via kari-shma)
Jan 12th
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Jan 7th
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Jan 2nd
“Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via kari-shma)
Jan 2nd
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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!
Jan 1st
December 2010
1 post
Listensketchyjoe: andimustscream: This sounds...
Dec 31st
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