Progress

Maple vs rosewood fingerboard in another blind A/B test. Can you tell the difference?

In which I offer up AB testing of nearly vintage Kent Armstrong pickups against modern retro Bare Knuckle Apaches…

Another variant on the four pickup sets I’ve tested. This time it’s Bare Knuckle Apache vs Guitar Fetish JH Exp.

Nearly vintage Kent Armstrong pickups vs Guitar Fetish ‘Jimi’ Experience pickups. Have a listen.

Compare Bare Knuckle Apache and Tonerider Pure Vintage Strat pickups in an audio bakeoff.

Over the past few years I’ve experimented with a few pickups on my strats. And in the process of deciding which ones to keep and which ones to sell, I’ve recorded them all playing the same piece of music.
It’s…

The new ‘fat’ guitar is being groomed. She’s slowly learning how to tame her wild spirit and how to behave in polite society.
Jack Ellis from Jack’s Instrument Services drilled the body and fitted Callaham ferrules for through stringing like…

I’ve been asked a couple of times now for help with the wiring of the Dan Armstrong (London) sliding pickup guitar. The fact that the low-profile-pickup-sliding-on-a-rail feature was possible because it was also a low impedance pickup meant that, somewhere,…

When I was recording for the Caedmon album ‘Chicken to Hug’ I used my James Bisset Fiftieth Anniversary Edition strat almost exclusively.
This worked fine until one day the engineer and producer piped up nervously and said the guitar sounded…

OK – I haven’t posted in nearly a year, but what better way to start blogging again than to announce a new album that I wrote for, played and sang on.