I recently picked up a Delta Milwaukee 6 inch jointer from 1948. Naturally whenever purchasing a new tool the first thing is to make sure it functions properly as well as start making jigs for it. I wanted some sort of large, secure push block for pushing stock through the jointer safely. Looking online I... Continue Reading →
Back in 2019 I tore apart an old sewing machine to turn it into a pickup winder. After that I wound a first pickup as just a test to make sure everything was working and see if I could make my own pickups. Well the test was successful, the pickup sounded great, and then the... Continue Reading →
What to call this new guitar that I have created. It's a full hollow body design, but shoved into a traditional thinline telecaster shape. It's inspiration was to be a live guitar that could do everything reasonably well. Now that it is done, I would say somehow it does all that and more. I had... Continue Reading →
You know what they say, you get what you pay for. Well sometimes that is true and sometimes it isn't. When it comes to audio connectors I really don't see the value in trying to save money. I have seen so many audio connectors fail over the years. XLRs, 1/4 inch, you name it it... Continue Reading →
The piezo pickup in my acoustic guitar died. So naturally I wanted to install a new one. I purchased the Journey Instruments pickup to install in side the guitar and watched the tutorial video that came with the QR instructions for the pickup. They showed an interesting method of using a golf tee and a... Continue Reading →
If like me you have a hatred for having batteries inside your acoustic guitar. Then you have probably heard of and used a piezo pickup to plug your acoustic guitar in. For years I would say the standard for under saddle piezo pickups has been the K&K Pure Mini. After hearing more and more about... Continue Reading →
Seems like piano conversions are some kind of mythical creature. I have seen them many times in music videos and live shows but information on doing the actual conversion is pretty slim. This is my take on the project of gutting an upright piano and installing an electric keyboard. Obviously step one is to figure... Continue Reading →
So there are times when we are in the back yard and some music would be really nice. Now obviously the two extremes when it comes to effort are to just buy a Bluetooth speaker and be done with it, or to install permanent outdoor speakers. Certainly either of those options would work but I... Continue Reading →
Well my studio monitors started going splat crack instead of boom boom. Now normally the first thought is that means that a driver is blown, but really all it needed was two new capacitors to make it good as new. I opened the speaker up by removing the front and back panel, and once I... Continue Reading →
Guitar players have pedals, sewing machines have pedals. There must be something cool to make for playing guitar with a sewing machine. Sewing machine pedal goes slow to fast. Rotary speakers go slow and fast, and thus an idea was born. I don't know if this has ever been done before, like most things I... Continue Reading →
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