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How To Shield A Guitar Pickup for Noise Reduction

How To Shield A Guitar Pickup for Noise Reduction

| November 15, 2010 | 1 Comment

The buzzing or noises heard when plugging in a guitar or bass can drive you crazy. If your amplifier is working correctly, and you’re using a quality guitar cable, the next step may be to shield your guitar’s electronics from radio-frequency (RF) interference (RFI) from sources such as light dimmers, florescent lights, neon lights, motors, […]

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Grounding & Shielding to Reduce Guitar Noise Part 1

Grounding & Shielding to Reduce Guitar Noise Part 1

| November 15, 2010 | 2 Comments

Nice video explaining grounding and shielding related to guitar amplifiers.

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The Basic Steps of Guitar Inlays

The Basic Steps of Guitar Inlays

| November 14, 2010 | 0 Comments

Nice video demonstrating the basics of how to do guitar inlays.

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P1 AX84.com Amplifier Distortion Viewed On An Oscilloscope

P1 AX84.com Amplifier Distortion Viewed On An Oscilloscope

| November 13, 2010 | 0 Comments

Guitar amplifiers today are prized for the tonal characteristics of their distortion – the way they change the pure signal from the guitar pickup. The primary method of creating that distortion is to increase the levels of the signal to a point that exceeds the amplifier’s ability to reproduce cleanly. This results in a clipping […]

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General Guitar Gadgets EA Tremolo Kit Time Lapse Video

General Guitar Gadgets EA Tremolo Kit Time Lapse Video

| November 13, 2010 | 2 Comments

We have to admit that we love timelapse videos. Here’s a nice one on the building of the EA Tremolo pedal kit from General Guitar Gadgets.

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Evaluating Guitar Capacitor Types for Tone

Evaluating Guitar Capacitor Types for Tone

| November 13, 2010 | 0 Comments

Well done video on the differences in tone caused by different types of capacitors. Several follow-up videos were made by same author and many comments and questions made in YouTube.

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Overview of ModKitsDIY.com Pedal and Amplifier Kits

Overview of ModKitsDIY.com Pedal and Amplifier Kits

| November 12, 2010 | 0 Comments

Video demonstration catalog of amplifier and pedal kits available from ModKitsDIY.com.

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How To Install A Pre-Wired Pickup Assembly

How To Install A Pre-Wired Pickup Assembly

| November 12, 2010 | 0 Comments

Video tutorial on how to install a pre-wired pickup assembly. This assembly was purchased from Mojo Musical Supply.

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CeriaTone Amplification Overtone Special Kit Build

CeriaTone Amplification Overtone Special Kit Build

| November 11, 2010 | 2 Comments

Video slide show of the building of a CeriaTone Overtone Special amplifier kit.

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Create Your Own Vintage Stratocaster Guitar Kit

Create Your Own Vintage Stratocaster Guitar Kit

| November 10, 2010 | 2 Comments

There are many electric guitar kits available but some kit builders will want to purchase their own components and just need a parts list to make sure they get everything needed. This article does just that – gives you the parts list needed to build a vintage-style Stratocaster guitar kit. We want to thank Dave […]

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