Archive for February, 2012
Double-Neck Guitar Kit Build
YouTuber Olivsam made this nice video of his double-neck (6-string/12-string) guitar kit build. He reports that the kit was purchased from eBay. It’s one of the SG-style double-neck kits sold under numerous brand names. After building the adjustments needed were neck height, bridge height, truss rod, intonation and of course tuning. Then it’s time to [...]
White Noise vs. Pink Noise
We have some GuitarKitBuilder articles coming up that test gear using noise sources, both pink and white, so we’ve created this reference article in our Kits 101 area for the reader that wants more information on the meaning of these terms. The terms “white noise” and “pink noise” refer to specific types of noise that [...]
Mojotone Princeton Reverb Clone
YouTuber ecauble posted this nice video showing his MojoTone Blackface Princeton Reverb Style Amp kit. The video also features some of his effects pedals, including a Proton envelope filter, BYOC octave divider, Keeley TS9, and Fulltone DejaVibe, and a BYOC 5-knob compressor. Mojo’s Blackface Princeton Reverb Style Amp Kit features JJ tubes (2 6V6 output, [...]
Robert O’Brien Online Acoustic Guitar Building Course
Robert O’Brien (O’Brien Guitars) is a classically trained guitarist and woodworker with an interest in putting the two arts together to make guitars. The opportunity to do so came in 1997 when he was living in São Paulo, Brazil: “I had the opportunity of meeting Antonio Tessarin, one of the best and most highly regarded [...]
Pedal-Effect Kits Directory
This is Guitar Kit Builder’s directory of guitar pedal and stompbox kits. We try to maintain a comprehensive list of kit makers and sources so please let us know of any needed additions or changes by emailing us at editor at guitarkitbuilder dot com. This directory has two sections. The first is a list of [...]
Amplifier Kits Directory
This is Guitar Kit Builder’s directory of amplifier kits. We try to maintain a comprehensive list of kit makers and sources so please let us know of any needed additions or changes by emailing us at editor at guitarkitbuilder dot com. To read our articles about building these kits please click on the category of [...]
Guitar-Building Classes in Your Area
We maintain this list of guitar kit building and guitar-making workshops as a service to our readers. We have no information on the quality or customer satisfaction of these sources. If you’d like us to list your program, please send us the program name and website to editor at guitarkitbuilder.com AUSTRALIA The Luthiers Lot BELGIUM [...]
