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These pages are dedicated to exactly that! Diy Guitar, guitar tone, bass tone, amp tone, effect tone: All these things are of great concern among our ranks as DIY musicians! Let's get together and create the largest collection of DIY Guitar Tone information on the net!

Rondo Fretless Bass Guitars

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D'Addario Chromes Flatwound Bass Strings

I recently put a set of these strings on my Epiphone EB-0 bass, along with the DiMarzio DP-120 'Model One' pickup, in search of that real EB-0 tone heard on so many older records from the 60's & early 70's.

When I first got that bass, it had some old flatwounds on it that sounded like hammered crap, and I was dead-set against ever using flatwounds. But the guys on the Yahoo Group 'SX-Bass Club' talked me into trying a set. So I queried them on the relative tonal qualities of several flatwound string sets (that don't cost like $40!!!), and arrived at the conclusion that the D'Addario "Chromes" would suit me best.

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Since 2004, South Austin Guitar Repair is your friendly neighborhood shop for guitar setups and repair. Austin guitar repair services include setups, pickup installation/electronics troubleshooting, bridge re-glues, neck resets, neck scalloping, fret leveling and re-fretting and more!

Ibanez Artcore AFS-75TD Review

I have to start this out with an admission of a long-standing bias against Ibanez guitars. This began ‘way back in the 70‘s when they were making exact copies of the more popular Gibson models, such as the Flying V, Les Paul, and Explorer. Back then, to me, those Gibsons were the ‘Holy Grail’, as far as I was concerned, and it really ticked me off that anyone would profit by copying exactly the designs of those most revered guitars. So upset by that was I that I never once, ever, thought about buying an Ibanez instrument. But they got their due when Gibson sued the snot out of them over that.

Well, time and age mellowed me, I guess, and I pretty much forgot about it when Ibanez stopped making copy guitars and started designing their own styles. The problem then was that I simply didn’t care for their designs. Boy, they just can’t win with me, can they?

Enter the Artcore Series. I still don’t much care for the ‘Artcore’ nomenclature...what’s that mean, anyway? This-core, that-core...what is that? I’m getting old, I guess....but I know a nice guitar when I see one.

A friend of mine likes the setups I do on my guitars, and he wanted me to go thru his entire collection and either set them up like that, or make recommendations on any variations I think best on any particular guitar. So he sent me home with his Ibanez AFS-75TD, in a beautiful silver metallic finish with creme appointments. It’s a thinline hollowbody with two humbuckers and a Bigsby-ish tremolo. I generally hate tremolos, as anyone who knows me is painfully aware of. But this one’s nice. Not a Floyd Rose hell-diving thing, it’s designed for, well, tremolo....not diving two octaves into the depths of Satan’s pit. And it performs its designed function beautifully. Sorry...got a little sidetracked on that, so impressed as I am by it.

If you need help with guitar repair and setup in Austin, Texas, check out South Austin Guitar Repair.

Ibanez Artcore Guitar Review

Gibson SG Special Faded

This was a used instrument when I got hold of it, and thus it shows its age a little, in some light ‘buckle-rash’ on the back and in the ‘polishing-down’ of the matte finish in places. All in all, though, the instrument is in good condition, i.e. no thru-the-finish scratches or any cracks or chips out of the wood.

Gibson SG Faded - FEATURES:

• Two humbucking pickups, covered
• Pickup selector switch
• Tone & Volume control for each pickup
• Tune-O-Matic bridge/tailpiece
• All Mahogany body & (set) neck
• ‘Full-size’ black-white-black pickguard
• Kluson-type tuners with the classic greenish plastic ‘keystone’ buttons
• ‘Faded’ natural matte finish, no grain filler, no stain

Gibson SG Faded - LIKES:

All Mahogany, All the Time! What’s not to like about that? I love the warm, thick tone you get from guitars made from good ol’ Honduran Mahogany. In my opinion, though, Mahogany is really a better match for P-90 pickups, adding some warmth underneath the bright bark of the P-90’s. But humbuckers also sound wonderful with it, as evidenced by this guitar. I’ve always loved the comfort of the thin, contoured SG body, as well as the style. The pointy-horned shape evokes an aggressive vibe, while maintaining a very classic look.

Zoom Q3 Video Recorder Review

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OK, The Zoom Q3 Handy Video Recorder delivers some amazing audio technology to the camcorder! This truly is the best sounding video camcorder you've heard to date. I have personally experienced the quality of the video and audio recording, and my friend bought one almost immediately after hearing me RAVE about this Zoom Q3 Handy Video Recorder!

Actual Zoom Q3 Recordings

The proof speaks for itself! We did a review of Grammatico Amps "The Kingsville" in Austin, Texas. It was a one-take improvised demonstration and interview. I set up the Zoom Q3 handy Video Recorder on a short tripod right on the floor! With the Q3 positioned to catch Luke and the amp, we just let it roll. no extra takes, no stop and start, just one take! The lighting was not adequate, so there is some difficulty seeing in the shade, but what amazed me the most is the sound!

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Grammatico Kingsville Amp Review - Recorded with Zoom Q3 handy Video Recorder

Guitar Cable Amp and Hands

(Note: I found an old email from Dave ~rip~ with his take on the use of a guitar cable amp and hands to pull out your own original sound. I think he was getting on me a little bit in this one - I have the pedal board syndrome like he described ... Scott ... 8^)

Now, boys & girls, don’t take me all wrong here…I’m not ‘anti-effects’, though I will admit to be a serious late 60’s-70’s throwback in terms of most things musical including guitar tone.

Bassists | Give Fretless a Shot!

If you’re a bassist, and you’ve never tried fretless, then that’s something you definitely need to put on your ‘bucket list’, or better yet, your ‘to do right now’ list.

If you have an old bass lying around catching dust; one that you rarely if ever play anymore, you can give it (and your playing) some new life by converting it to a fretless bass. We’ve written a manual on the process, and you can find it here: BassDefret.com

Or you can have someone do it for you… or you can even buy a factory-built fretless bass. The idea of converting your old bass, though, will save you a chunk of change, and renew that old instrument at the same time. And you’ll have the satisfaction of having done it all by yourself!

As for the benefits of fretless bass, there is an expressiveness and ‘feel’ to fretless that you just cannot get from a bass with those pesky little metal ‘speed bumps’ across the fingerboard. Not to mention that lovely mellow buzz, or ‘mwah’ as some refer to it, of the strings against the fingerboard as they vibrate. Once you start playing fretless bass, you’ll discover a whole new palette of tones and effects available to you. Lovely vibratos and glissandos are possible on fretless that are not possible on a fretted bass. When soloing, you will even find the ability to play microtonally a real boost to the expressiveness you can achieve. Them ol’ ‘blue notes’ are yours for the playing! Play large-interval slides without any ‘fret clicks’ as you slide your finger up or down the board!

Features:
Mahogany body
Bolt-on mahogany neck
Rosewood fretboard
P-90R neck pickup
P-90T bridge pickup
1 Volume, 1 Tone control
3-way pickup toggle switch
Wraparound bridge/tailpiece

Action, Fit & Finish:

This guitar came into my hands from a friend of mine, whose young guitar student bought it, and found it needed some attention (setup) to play at its best. 'Needed some attention' turned out to be somewhat of an understatement.
Lets' start with:

Fit & Finish: